Munkisquisher

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[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Usable where you would otherwise use a raspberry pi? How does it compare in computation?

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 46 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Except people 3 years into that wait are already getting called up for their turn. A lot of people are declining to take it up

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 months ago

For engineering equipment it's often impossible to deal with the manufacturer. Your purchasing, training, calibration and trouble shooting has to be done by local resellers who do all this. It can be a huge pain in the ass and just slows everything down unless you get a rare reseller that really knows their shit.

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Cancel now! It's incredibly convoluted process that makes you think you've done it but no, there's always one more confirm screen hiding behind a tiny button

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not without paying licencing fees for Hannibal Lecter first!

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz -2 points 5 months ago

Yeah I bought a bunch of shares 3 years ago, cashing a big chunk out soon for a decent profit

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 months ago

Oh the downvotes!

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 months ago

I read all those and every test has reduced the amount that the speed of light could be anisotropic. From "it could be twice as fast in this direction to the other" to "it could be a small fraction of the relativistic effect of moving a clock through space." Every improvement in measurement trends towards isotropic.

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The clocks involved in gps are accurate enough that they have to take relatively into account for gps to be accurate. That's far more accurate than you need to measure the speed of light.

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Sync them right next to each other, then move one of them. The other way you could test this theory is to have one clock tell the other the time over an optical link and then have the other do the same. If the speed of light was different in different directions. Each would measure a different lag.

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 8 points 5 months ago (6 children)

With a detector and very accurate clocks, it would be easy to say "I'm going to send a pulse at 2pm, record when you receive it" that's measuring it in one direction

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 5 points 6 months ago

11909704 it's been probably 25 to 30 years since I've used it, and still remember

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