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I loved this! It ties so well the another comment about the speed of computers on the front page: > On a 3GHz CPU, one clock cycle is enough time for light to
by _benj 4y ago
I loved this!
It ties so well the another comment about the speed of computers on the front page:
> On a 3GHz CPU, one clock cycle is enough time for light to travel only 10cm.
If you hold up a sign with, say, a multiplication, a CPU will produce the result before light reaches a person a few metres away.
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31769936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31769936>