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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Studied computer science. The answer is yes.

A computer is a funky thingy that's a jumbled city of stuff turning on and off with the one master on/off thingy which is the clock on the processor.

When it switches from negative to positive a lot of small switches everywhere switch, some stay the same, some flip. It's all just a bunch of rythm dancing of switches going off and on.

[–] Senseless@feddit.org 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Until some stray gamma ray hits just the right spot, flips a bit and either nothing at all of everything all at once happens.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Advanced speedrun strats.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Studied computer science. The answer is yes.

NP = P, folks. Pack it up and go home.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you used mechanical switches, would it be possible to build a large version of some modern semiconductor chip? If so, I would expect that contraption to be slower and louder than the original.

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

This is pretty cool. I don't care how slow it is. It just shows that that it can be done. If you want something useful, use silicon. If you want something awesome, use creative alternatives like pneumatic pipes and valves. :D

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

If you're willing to sacrifice the clock speed it's possible. One of the issues will be that the insane amount of logic gates would have to propagate through every cycle which happens stupid fast on modern chips. Still possible to model it and do a timelapse.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We need a cells at work type of anime but about computers.

It’s all just a bunch of rythm dancing

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

It's all just a bunch of rythm dancing of switches going off and on.

I want this rhythm game now.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I come from the net. Through systems, peoples and cities to this place: Mainframe. My format: Guardian; to mend and defend. To defend my new-found friends, their hopes and dreams. To defend them from their enemies. They say the user lives outside the net and inputs games for pleasure. No one knows for sure, but I intend to find out.