Cult of the (Slightly Damaged) Brick

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

19 hours ago, GG0z said:

We need @Deception @Through The Living Star @Ink and Embers to agree, and then it's settled!

Hello! I agree to everything! May I sign up for, uh, propaganda?

[Deception He/Him]

5 hours ago, Ink and Embers said:

Hello! I agree to everything! May I sign up for, uh, propaganda?

BricK BrIcK BriCK (if u can figure out what that means in brickish u get another pile of nothing like the one from my prank topic)

Spread the word about the power of BRICKS and the weakness of the *gags* cinder block.

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

Teach me Brickish

[coldfuzion76 he/him]

I vow to crush all the cinder blocks!

Spoiler

 

[Keteᛕ He/Him/His]

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[Deception He/Him]

50 minutes ago, Keteᛕ said:

Teach me Brickish

This may seem confusing at first, but will make sense when you finish reading.

 

First, you have to know Binary, and how to convert it to normal base 10 numbers.

In binary, everything is a 1 or a 0, and instead of, for example, a 1s 10s and 100s place like in base 10 (normal numbers), it has a 1s, 2s, and 4s place with the value multiplying by 2 each time instead of 10.

For example, let's decode 0010101.

The 1 on the right is in the ones place. Current total: 1

The next number to the left is a 0, in the twos place. Add nothing. Current total: 1

The next number to the left, a one, is in the fours place. Add 4 to the total. Current total: 5

The next number to the left is a 0, in the eights place. Add nothing.

The number to the far left is a 1, in the 16s place. Add 16 to the total. Current total: 21

 

There are now no more non-zero numbers to the left, so we are done. 0010101 (binary) is equal to 21 (base 10).

 

Now that you know how to convert from binary to base 10, you can begin creating a  single Brickish letter, represented by one word "brick", except the case of each letter matters. An uppercase letter maps to a 1, and a lowercase to a 0.

For example, bRiCk would be 01010.

 

Now, to actually create a letter. Each letter gets a number, which corresponds to its place in the alphabet. If you can't figure out what place in the alphabet a letter has, or what letter in the alphabet a number becomes, sing the ABCs in your head and count on your fingers.

For example, the A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, etc.

To make a letter in Brickish, first find the letter's number. Then encode that number into binary.

If the resulting binary number is less than 5 digits long, pad the left side with 0s. For example, 101 would become 00101 to make it 5 digits. If you do this correctly, it should never be more than 5 digits.

 

Now, map that number to the word "brick", where capitals are 1 and lowercase letters are 0. For example, 00101 becomes "brIcK".

YAY! You just made a letter in brickish! Now, formatting.

Letters (bricks) are separated by spaces

- brick brick brick

Words are separated by newlines.

brick brick

brick

brick brick brick brick

would be 3 words.

Now of course, you will never see a normal all-lowercase "brick" in Brickish, because that maps to a 0, and there is no 0th letter of the alphabet.

 

 

 

Here is a full example of decoding the Brickish letter "BrICk".

1. Convert to binary. 10110
2. Convert to base 10. 16 + 0 + 4 + 2 + 0 = 22
3. Sing the abcs and finger count to find the right letter. 22 maps to the letter V.
4. DONE!!!

 

 

 

Finally, the last thing you need to know to be fluent in Brickish: how to convert base 10 to binary, to create a word.
 

Let's use 19 as an example.

First, we create the left most digit in the 5 digit binary sequence, the one in the 16s place. If your number is more than 16, that digit will be a 1, and subtract 16 from your number. Current binary: 1, current number: 19-16 = 3

Now we do the same thing for the 8s place. 3 is less than 8, so we put a 0 there. Current binary: 10

Now the 4s place. 3 is less than 4, so we put a 0 there. Current binary: 100

Now the 2s place. 3 is more than 2, so we subtract 2 from it and put a 1 there. Current binary: 1001

Finally, the 1s place. 1 is equal to 1, so we subtract one and put a 1 there.

Final binary: 10011

 

 

 

THE FULL PROCESS OF CREATING THE WORD "hey":

H is number 8 in the alphabet.

8 maps to 01000 in binary.

01000 maps to bRick in brickish

 

E is number 5 in the alphabet.

5 maps to 00101 in binary.

00101 maps to brIcK in brickish.

 

Y is number 25 in the alphabet.

 

Let's go through the process of turning this into binary.

16s place: is 25 more than or equal to 16? Yes. Subtract 16 (new number 9) and put a 1 there. Current binary: 1.

8s place: is 9 more than or equal to 8? Yes. Subtract 8 (new number 1) and put a 1 there. Current binary: 11.

4s place: 1 < 4, so use a 0. Current binary: 110.

2s place: 1 < 2, so use a 0. Current binary: 1100.

1s place. 1 = 1, so subtract 1 (new number 0) and put a 1 there.

Final binary: 11001

 

Now that it is in binary, we just need to map it to capitals and lowercases of the word brick. 11001 maps to BRicK.

 

FINAL RESULT: 

bRick brIcK BRicK

 

It seems like a long process, but you will get faster at it.

 

[Conure1243 He/Him]

17 hours ago, Deception said:

This may seem confusing at first, but will make sense when you finish reading.

 

First, you have to know Binary, and how to convert it to normal base 10 numbers.

In binary, everything is a 1 or a 0, and instead of, for example, a 1s 10s and 100s place like in base 10 (normal numbers), it has a 1s, 2s, and 4s place with the value multiplying by 2 each time instead of 10.

For example, let's decode 0010101.

The 1 on the right is in the ones place. Current total: 1

The next number to the left is a 0, in the twos place. Add nothing. Current total: 1

The next number to the left, a one, is in the fours place. Add 4 to the total. Current total: 5

The next number to the left is a 0, in the eights place. Add nothing.

The number to the far left is a 1, in the 16s place. Add 16 to the total. Current total: 21

 

There are now no more non-zero numbers to the left, so we are done. 0010101 (binary) is equal to 21 (base 10).

 

Now that you know how to convert from binary to base 10, you can begin creating a  single Brickish letter, represented by one word "brick", except the case of each letter matters. An uppercase letter maps to a 1, and a lowercase to a 0.

For example, bRiCk would be 01010.

 

Now, to actually create a letter. Each letter gets a number, which corresponds to its place in the alphabet. If you can't figure out what place in the alphabet a letter has, or what letter in the alphabet a number becomes, sing the ABCs in your head and count on your fingers.

For example, the A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, etc.

To make a letter in Brickish, first find the letter's number. Then encode that number into binary.

If the resulting binary number is less than 5 digits long, pad the left side with 0s. For example, 101 would become 00101 to make it 5 digits. If you do this correctly, it should never be more than 5 digits.

 

Now, map that number to the word "brick", where capitals are 1 and lowercase letters are 0. For example, 00101 becomes "brIcK".

YAY! You just made a letter in brickish! Now, formatting.

Letters (bricks) are separated by spaces

- brick brick brick

Words are separated by newlines.

brick brick

brick

brick brick brick brick

would be 3 words.

Now of course, you will never see a normal all-lowercase "brick" in Brickish, because that maps to a 0, and there is no 0th letter of the alphabet.

 

 

 

Here is a full example of decoding the Brickish letter "BrICk".

1. Convert to binary. 10110
2. Convert to base 10. 16 + 0 + 4 + 2 + 0 = 22
3. Sing the abcs and finger count to find the right letter. 22 maps to the letter V.
4. DONE!!!

 

 

 

Finally, the last thing you need to know to be fluent in Brickish: how to convert base 10 to binary, to create a word.
 

Let's use 19 as an example.

First, we create the left most digit in the 5 digit binary sequence, the one in the 16s place. If your number is more than 16, that digit will be a 1, and subtract 16 from your number. Current binary: 1, current number: 19-16 = 3

Now we do the same thing for the 8s place. 3 is less than 8, so we put a 0 there. Current binary: 10

Now the 4s place. 3 is less than 4, so we put a 0 there. Current binary: 100

Now the 2s place. 3 is more than 2, so we subtract 2 from it and put a 1 there. Current binary: 1001

Finally, the 1s place. 1 is equal to 1, so we subtract one and put a 1 there.

Final binary: 10011

 

 

 

THE FULL PROCESS OF CREATING THE WORD "hey":

H is number 8 in the alphabet.

8 maps to 01000 in binary.

01000 maps to bRick in brickish

 

E is number 5 in the alphabet.

5 maps to 00101 in binary.

00101 maps to brIcK in brickish.

 

Y is number 25 in the alphabet.

 

Let's go through the process of turning this into binary.

16s place: is 25 more than or equal to 16? Yes. Subtract 16 (new number 9) and put a 1 there. Current binary: 1.

8s place: is 9 more than or equal to 8? Yes. Subtract 8 (new number 1) and put a 1 there. Current binary: 11.

4s place: 1 < 4, so use a 0. Current binary: 110.

2s place: 1 < 2, so use a 0. Current binary: 1100.

1s place. 1 = 1, so subtract 1 (new number 0) and put a 1 there.

Final binary: 11001

 

Now that it is in binary, we just need to map it to capitals and lowercases of the word brick. 11001 maps to BRicK.

 

FINAL RESULT: 

bRick brIcK BRicK

 

It seems like a long process, but you will get faster at it.

 

HECK YES. Will read more when I have more time

[GG0z He/Him]

COnure... your member titles just keep getting better!

[Conure1243 He/Him]

1 minute ago, GG0z said:

COnure... your member titles just keep getting better!

Thank you!

I needed it to be there soon before I released the cards...

I mean...

whaaaat?

[GG0z He/Him]

43 minutes ago, Conure1243 said:

Thank you!

I needed it to be there soon before I released the cards...

I mean...

whaaaat?

Cards? 

[coldfuzion76 he/him]

21 hours ago, Deception said:

This may seem confusing at first, but will make sense when you finish reading.

 

First, you have to know Binary, and how to convert it to normal base 10 numbers.

In binary, everything is a 1 or a 0, and instead of, for example, a 1s 10s and 100s place like in base 10 (normal numbers), it has a 1s, 2s, and 4s place with the value multiplying by 2 each time instead of 10.

For example, let's decode 0010101.

The 1 on the right is in the ones place. Current total: 1

The next number to the left is a 0, in the twos place. Add nothing. Current total: 1

The next number to the left, a one, is in the fours place. Add 4 to the total. Current total: 5

The next number to the left is a 0, in the eights place. Add nothing.

The number to the far left is a 1, in the 16s place. Add 16 to the total. Current total: 21

 

There are now no more non-zero numbers to the left, so we are done. 0010101 (binary) is equal to 21 (base 10).

 

Now that you know how to convert from binary to base 10, you can begin creating a  single Brickish letter, represented by one word "brick", except the case of each letter matters. An uppercase letter maps to a 1, and a lowercase to a 0.

For example, bRiCk would be 01010.

 

Now, to actually create a letter. Each letter gets a number, which corresponds to its place in the alphabet. If you can't figure out what place in the alphabet a letter has, or what letter in the alphabet a number becomes, sing the ABCs in your head and count on your fingers.

For example, the A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, etc.

To make a letter in Brickish, first find the letter's number. Then encode that number into binary.

If the resulting binary number is less than 5 digits long, pad the left side with 0s. For example, 101 would become 00101 to make it 5 digits. If you do this correctly, it should never be more than 5 digits.

 

Now, map that number to the word "brick", where capitals are 1 and lowercase letters are 0. For example, 00101 becomes "brIcK".

YAY! You just made a letter in brickish! Now, formatting.

Letters (bricks) are separated by spaces

- brick brick brick

Words are separated by newlines.

brick brick

brick

brick brick brick brick

would be 3 words.

Now of course, you will never see a normal all-lowercase "brick" in Brickish, because that maps to a 0, and there is no 0th letter of the alphabet.

 

 

 

Here is a full example of decoding the Brickish letter "BrICk".

1. Convert to binary. 10110
2. Convert to base 10. 16 + 0 + 4 + 2 + 0 = 22
3. Sing the abcs and finger count to find the right letter. 22 maps to the letter V.
4. DONE!!!

 

 

 

Finally, the last thing you need to know to be fluent in Brickish: how to convert base 10 to binary, to create a word.
 

Let's use 19 as an example.

First, we create the left most digit in the 5 digit binary sequence, the one in the 16s place. If your number is more than 16, that digit will be a 1, and subtract 16 from your number. Current binary: 1, current number: 19-16 = 3

Now we do the same thing for the 8s place. 3 is less than 8, so we put a 0 there. Current binary: 10

Now the 4s place. 3 is less than 4, so we put a 0 there. Current binary: 100

Now the 2s place. 3 is more than 2, so we subtract 2 from it and put a 1 there. Current binary: 1001

Finally, the 1s place. 1 is equal to 1, so we subtract one and put a 1 there.

Final binary: 10011

 

 

 

THE FULL PROCESS OF CREATING THE WORD "hey":

H is number 8 in the alphabet.

8 maps to 01000 in binary.

01000 maps to bRick in brickish

 

E is number 5 in the alphabet.

5 maps to 00101 in binary.

00101 maps to brIcK in brickish.

 

Y is number 25 in the alphabet.

 

Let's go through the process of turning this into binary.

16s place: is 25 more than or equal to 16? Yes. Subtract 16 (new number 9) and put a 1 there. Current binary: 1.

8s place: is 9 more than or equal to 8? Yes. Subtract 8 (new number 1) and put a 1 there. Current binary: 11.

4s place: 1 < 4, so use a 0. Current binary: 110.

2s place: 1 < 2, so use a 0. Current binary: 1100.

1s place. 1 = 1, so subtract 1 (new number 0) and put a 1 there.

Final binary: 11001

 

Now that it is in binary, we just need to map it to capitals and lowercases of the word brick. 11001 maps to BRicK.

 

FINAL RESULT: 

bRick brIcK BRicK

 

It seems like a long process, but you will get faster at it.

 

The robots I work with get their program calls from binary coded decimal. I use something similar almost every day. Great idea!