pikminguy

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by pikminguy 4y ago
In theory you could have some sort of multi head or rasterizing system scan every bit of the tape and construct a 2D map of the magnetization. It would have to be 2D because many tape formats have multiple tracks, not even in parallel. But
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by pikminguy 4y ago
I've seen the Stalacpipe in person and it's honestly underwhelming. The idea is neat but it doesn't really work in practice. The stalactites are so quiet and the "organ" covers such a large area that it's prett
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by pikminguy 4y ago
That depends on your definition of "mastered" we certainly know how to make them but I don't think there's ever been an example that wasn't cumbersome, fragile, or both.
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by pikminguy 4y ago
No they didn't. Watch the video.
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by pikminguy 4y ago
The article also notes that the similarities surprisingly end at the genome. Unlike twins these folks don't have especially similar microbiomes or lifestyles or other environmental factors. So the similarity is strictly genetic which i
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by pikminguy 4y ago
Oh absolutely. Your experience is in line with what Douglas Adams was originally saying. Plenty of people get a better sense of time from analog displays. I'm not saying digital works better for everyone. I'm not even saying digit
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by pikminguy 4y ago
I don't think you're getting how important the word instant is in this context. An analog clock might be better for decoding an unfamiliar time system. It might be better for teaching children how we count time. It might implicitl
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by pikminguy 4y ago
I didn't pick 15:39 that's the quote from Douglas Adams. He pretty clearly went with a hard to read digital time to emphasize the point that he (and according to him everyone else) can more readily get useful information from an a
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by pikminguy 4y ago
Even if you're right that analog watches are better tools that's not what Adams was saying. "We all know, really, that [analog clock face] is a lot more instantly meaningful to us than 15:39" which is just wrong. Plenty
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by pikminguy 4y ago
I think this is more of a "different people's minds work differently" thing than an age thing. Some people who grew up in the digital age still find analog clock faces more useful. Here's a short youtube video exploring