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> Kelvin’s machine automates the second half of that task. As the pulleys spin, they pull on a common chain by the correct amount for each of the calculated com
by xg15 11mo ago
> Kelvin’s machine automates the second half of that task. As the pulleys spin, they pull on a common chain by the correct amount for each of the calculated components. A year’s worth of tidal tables can be put together in half an hour, if you know the components. Even better, you can “guess and check” the components by comparing your machine’s output to past records, and adjusting the pulleys until you get something that works correctly.
I didn't know they already had machine learning and model fitting algorithms in the 1800s, but here we are...
- LoganDark 11mo agohttps://xkcd.com/1838 https://xkcd.com/1838
- B1FF_PSUVM 11mo agoSometimes we need dates attached - by the numbers (1838 of current 3176) that's probably some 5 or 6 years before ChatGTP. Or 3 or 4 years after the Netflix challenge.
- eesmith 11mo agoNo later than 17 May 2017 - https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1838:_Machine_Learning https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1838:_Machine_Lea...
- thunderbong 11mo agoMobile view https://m.xkcd.com/1838/ https://m.xkcd.com/1838/
- srean 11mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44066091 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44066091