A thread 11 years ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6693653

Why does this look like a perfect representation of TV static?

https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,1,0,3,1,1,...

This is my favorite [1]. These are a fun exercise to program yourself. Fairly straightforward but also insightful and easy to create fun variations with.

[1]: https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#2,10,0,2,1,0,6,1...

It's interesting how some of them halt after a while and some of them don't. I wonder if one could figure out which ones do and which ones don't?

This is interesting, looks like different patterns at different levels of zoom.

https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#20,2,16,1,2,9,1,...

Very impressive! There is something earie and disturbing about the animation, some primal instincts triggered.

This one leaves a nice impression on your eyes if you stare at it: https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,2,3,3,0,3,1,...

This one has a few satisfying phases: https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#5,3,4,2,2,0,2,1,...

a short film: https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#7,3,5,2,0,6,2,1,...

long time to reach NESS (if it does at all): https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#7,3,3,1,0,0,2,3,...

Cool glyphs: https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,4,0,2,1,3,1,0,...

(Seizure warning, for many of these)

some of them, somehow, look depressingly similar to out world, i feel uneasy watching it being destroyed

A lot of the style of images this creates are similar to Cellular Automata. Especially when you have a piece of information move diagonally across the screen.

Some I liked and/or found interesting:

- https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,1,1,2,0,...

- https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#6,6,4,2,3,0,4,2,...

- https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#6,6,0,5,2,4,3,1,...

- https://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,2,5,1,2,3,3,...

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