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

submitted 4 days ago by sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Digital (discrete, e.g. binary) is mutually exclusive with analog (continuous, e.g. voltage), but either can be either physical (existing in the real world), or virtual (simulated, represented).

A digital clock can be physical or virtual. A virtual clock can be digital or analog.

Btw I don't think it makes sense to say redstone computers are "simulating binary", at least not any more than real computers do. It's just another digital computer, running in a virtual environment rather than a physical one.