kopper @w.on-t.work · 10/09/2026the bit field is the set of all jokes and you find the joke you want by masking off all the other jokes you do not 160
kopper @w.on-t.work · 10/09/2026a "boolean" defines the answer of the question "is this bit funny" 161
kopper @w.on-t.work · 10/09/2026because the bit field, the concept of all jokes ever, is too vast to store on any given tape, we instead refer to subsets that are loaded on-demand, or streamed, as it were. that is called a "bit stream" 060