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  • Someone stated that the communication speed is currently about 160 bits per second, so 20 bytes per second.

    Voyager is now 1 light day away, so the signal is 86400 seconds long, since radio waves travel at the speed of light. The signal can then fit a backup of 1.7 megabytes.

    20 bytes x 86400 seconds = 1.7 Mb (SI units)

    This is enough to fit the entire memory bank of 26 Commodore 64s in a one way trip from the Earth to Voyager. If Voyager then returns the signal, you can simply double this.

    So about 2 floppy discs. 💾 💾


  • Yes patterns, but also basic physical resonance.

    Sounds in harmony creates more powerful standing waves which will affect your cochlea more than noise.

    Whether that is also more pleasant will depend on context, but music will definitely get your attention more easily than random sounds due to this basic physical property.

    Pretty much everything in the universe are frequencies. Things that resonate are simply more powerful better than things that don’t.







  • bstixtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldNo words
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    6 days ago

    I was in Rome last week and pleasantly surprised to see how many tiny cars they use.

    There were plenty of Smart cars, but also many other ultra minis like Citroën AMI, XEV Yo-Yo and Renault Twizy.

    They’re not just concept cars or used as gimmicks like elsewhere. People actually use them for their daily business.

    The traffic in Rome is insane though. The reason they use tiny cars isn’t that the roads are small, but due to congestion and parking. It makes very little sense to own a car there at all.



  • It might be a cultural thing, but where I live, people usually don’t talk about it at work until the pregnancy has been successfully confirmed, in order to avoid the uncomfortable talks that a potential unsuccessful pregnancy would result in.

    The only ones who talk about trying are often the ones who have difficulties with it. They could be getting a baby through insemination or fertility treatment and need time off for that etc.