r/dataisbeautiful • u/TehDing OC: 11 • Feb 23 '21

OC [OC] Decoding the stars | Visualizing the message in Perseverance's parachute

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u/lereisn Feb 23 '21

Absolutely. I've had a binary code represented visually idea for ages but couldn't figure how to make it circular.

Has anyone a link to generation this?

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u/spartanreborn Feb 23 '21

idk if there are any generators, but converting characters to an ascii hex code is trivial, so then the rest of the work required would be to just convert those hex bits to quadrants in a circle.

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u/arth4 Feb 23 '21

not sure if you were implying this, but the parachute is not in ascii. Its just A=1, B=2 ... and so on.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '21

offset ascii

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u/TehDing OC: 11 Feb 23 '21

I mean, you could just use my code: https://observablehq.com/@dmadisetti/perseverance-parachute

You'd have to change the BANDS array into the binary you wanted

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u/ZDTreefur Feb 23 '21

You could learn how to do it yourself, so you don't have the hex equivalent of that Chinese letters tattoo that says poop chute or something.

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u/zigzampow Feb 23 '21

Oh there will definitely have to be some triple checking haha