Midnight Pub

What is a Playground

~analog

a "playground" is a place to explore/dissect/combine Ideas

a fun loop: Learn -> Practice/Explore -> Play -> Create -> Repeat


littlejohn

Mine had a really cool sign at the entrance, it went something like this:

          **** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****
      64K RAM SYSTEM  38911 BASIC BYTES FREE
    READY
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stargazer

SYS 49152

I must have typed that thousands of times back in the day. I was always playing with assembly language as the C64 Basic was not speedy.

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analog

The thing I really liked about basic, was that it was one of the only languages that let you draw to the screen out of the box.

https://processing.org/ is my new basic.

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hobs

SYS 64738

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fungmungus

Completely accurate and yet a nice slide (even if not looping) never hurts either.

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analog

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/worlds-tallest-longest-tunnel-slide/index.html

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fungmungus

Amazing! By my count, via the articles image, that slide includes no less than five loops.

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analog

Just imagine the static charge you'll have built up when you get to the bottom!

I AM CAPTAIN ELECTRIC! FEEL MY CHARGE!

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fungmungus

They should create a perpetual motion machine where the charged slidees are used to power a lift back to the top of the slide.

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analog

so the batteries in the matrix :)

https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/neo-wakes-up-640x353.jpg

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fungmungus

If I recall Neo was definitely ejected from the life as a living battery via a water slide.

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