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  • The thing that fascinates me is that every single digital microwave I’ve ever used behaves the same way, and allows the “seconds-place” to be 0-99.

    My best guesses are

    • There’s some ASIC that’s been around forever and everyone uses it (a cockroach chip like the 555)
    • The first digital microwave did this and all subsequent ones followed
    • There’s actually some implementation reasons why this is way more sensible.

    Writing it in software, there are different ways that folks would probably implement it, for example, “subtract one, calculate minutes and seconds, display” seems reasonable. But nope, every one I’ve ever used is just the Wild West in the seconds department.





  • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitetoScience Memes@mander.xyzOn Venus.
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    Not a historian, but folks on The Internet have characterized the Soviet program as a series of milestones, with the US program a series of stepping stones in support of a single goal.

    This makes sense with the cartoon, where the Soviets were first in basically everything except walking on the moon.

    Not sure how much merit it has, but it’s kinda interesting.