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Tetris is capable of universal computation.
Programmer Michael Birken published an extremely detailed set of instructions on his blog, Meat Fighter, showing how to create playable Tetris using tetrominos (via Hacker News).
It’s dense, and you’ll need at least a basic understanding of programming terminology to follow along. Birken’s instructions make for a great Saturday morning read. He even made a video showing Tetris running on Tetris.
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