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Maybe it uses a supercomputer to simulate the incoming tide and decide how much water to let in before raising the gate? It seems odd that they'd need more comp
by taneq 6y ago
Maybe it uses a supercomputer to simulate the incoming tide and decide how much water to let in before raising the gate? It seems odd that they'd need more computation power than a tide table and an associated lookup table of setpoints, though.
- Doxin 6y agoThe thing is made to stop storm surges, not simply the regular tide. Presumably the "super computer" refer to computers predicting the weather, which even these days is a pretty processor intensive thing to do.
- taneq 6y agoYeah, they might need a feed from the local weather bureau as well. It seems odd to describe that as "powered by a supercomputer", though - unless you'd also say I "used a supercomputer" to decide whether to take the car or the bike on any given day.