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What kind of things can you do in Minecraft by building computers out of that redstone stuff? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 days ago by sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Anything a real PC does, given infinite space and creativity. You're just simulating binary physically.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

would it not still be digitally?

digitally physical?

my head hurts..

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

It is a bit confusing.

Minecraft is a digital simulation of a physical (albeit blocky) world.

If we treat minecraft as a physical world (one simulated, but that's beside the point), we can claim that it's a (simulated) physical simulation.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Yes, calculating with moving parts are how the first computers/calculators worked. Nowadays, you'll usually see them represented by relay computers, which are usually an educational experiment, or meant to be used in harsh environments where a modern computer couldn't function properly.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anything an 8-bit pc can do. There are technical limits to what Minecraft can handle and

[–] NichtElias@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People have built 16 bit and 32 bit computers in Minecraft, the tighter restraint is the limited clock speed (resulting from suboptimal simulation efficiency)

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

And by limited, we mean like, on the order of Hertz probably.