3 stories tagged esoteric-computing, newest first.
4 points by falperc | 1 comments
GitHub repo for Doomformer, which computes neural networks including transformers using DOOM game mechanics like voodoo dolls, conveyor belts, lava and doors, verified bit-exact.
29 points by beefburger | 9 comments
Nicolas Seriot's article showing ncurses terminfo parameter expansion can simulate a two-counter Minsky machine, making it computationally universal, with a Fibonacci demo.
![Screenshot of tom7.org: Harder Drive: hard drives we didn't want, or need (2022) [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2024/8/31/16800c55-0542-48d6-af46-c2484cede76a.jpg)
395 points by pabs3 | 69 comments
Tom 7's project page for "Harder Drive," a SIGBOVIK 2022 paper and video about absurd ways to build hard drives that store data in unusual places.