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The DeDeterminator Uses Quantum Physics To Make Decisions So You Don’t Have To
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/the-dedeterminator-uses-quantum-physics-to-make-decisions-so-you-dont-have-to/
Are you making your own decisions and mainlining causality like a sucker? Why go through the agony, when you could hand over the railway switch of determinism to a machine …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/the-dedeterminator-uses-quantum-physics-to-make-decisions-so-you-dont-have-to/)
[Math the World] claims that your calculus teacher taught you integration wrong. That’s assuming, of course, you learned integration at all, and if you haven’t forgotten it. The premise is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/integration-taught-correctly/)
For those of us who remember Radio Shack as more than just an overpriced cell phone store, a lot of the nostalgia for the retailer boils down to the brands …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/a-deep-dive-into-a-1980s-radio-shack-computer-trainer/)
In the era of the smartphone, an electronic calculator may seem a bit old-hat. But they continue to hold a fascination in our community, both when used for their original …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/classic-calculator-goes-rpn-with-new-brain/)
Big Candy Is Watching You: Facial Recognition in Vending Machines Upsets University
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/big-candy-is-watching-you-facial-recognition-in-vending-machines-upsets-university/
Most people don’t think too much of vending machines. They’re just those hulking machines that lurk around on train stations, airports and in the bowels of school and office buildings, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/big-candy-is-watching-you-facial-recognition-in-vending-machines-upsets-university/)
For all of the semiconductor industry’s legendary reputation for cleanliness, the actual processes that go into making chips use some of the nastiest stuff imaginable. Silicon oxide is nothing but …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/big-chemistry-hydrofluoric-acid/)
Logarithms are a common idea today, even though we don’t use them as often as we used to. After all, one of the major uses of logarithms is to simplify …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/joost-burgi-and-logarithms/)