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For the idea of latency, Grace Hopper explaining nanoseconds is always instructive: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyFDBPk4Yw https://www.youtube.com/watch

For the idea of latency, Grace Hopper explaining nanoseconds is always instructive: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyFDBPk4Yw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyFDBPk4Yw

fishywang 3y ago
Randall Monroe in one of the footnotes of What If? 2 mentioned that one light-nanosecond is very close to one foot (11.8 in vs. 12 in), and "propose" that we should just redefine foot as the same as light-nanosecond.
hinkley 3y ago
I wonder if one can get ahold of a Hopper Nanosecond today or if they all got identified as junk wire and thrown away.
- WJW 3y ago
  Luckily, creating additional nanoseconds is cheap. The value was always in their symbolism, not in them being given out by admiral Hopper herself.
  - hinkley 3y ago
    Says you!
    - WJW 3y ago
      I do! If you're interested, I'll send you brand new nanoseconds including an Official Certificate stating that they are Officially Certified to be equally long as Hopper nanoseconds (within reasonable manufacturing standards tm of course).