[vcf-midatlantic] das blinkenlights

[Dean Notarnicola]

A sufficiently complex pattern will give the impression of randomness and
keep it from getting tedious to look at.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 7:47 PM Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> I have some front panels that I'd like to blink like in the movies.
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> Since the human brain likes to find patterns, I suspect that
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> pure random numbers are nowhere as satisfying as some patterns.
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> Has anyone done research on that?
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> Of course, I'll have multiple modes such as Conway's Life,
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> counting in various ways, ring counters, etc.
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> -- jeff jonas
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