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A Mind Is Born (256 bytes)
lftkryo · Apr 19, 2017 · 2m 22s
What this video covers
A Commodore 64 demo by Linus Akesson that fits video and music into 256 bytes, winning the Oldskool 4K Intro compo at Revision 2017. A technical write-up accompanies it.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
It is HN's favorite example of extreme code compression, a compelling song and visuals from a program smaller than a tweet.
11.5recommendation score
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- distinct recommenders
- 9
- recommendation months
- 5
- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“not only because it is 256 bytes, but because it is a compelling song too.”
“There's an amazing demo called 'A Mind Is Born'”
“my favourite 256 byte demo is for the C64”