Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Sat, 21 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 08:56:01 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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We have big brains not to compose music or do science, but to walk
upright...

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I manage to walk but I did find that with Nordic skiing if you start to
think about what you're doing you'll be picking yourself up out of a snaw
drift.

It is interesting when the act of focusing takes away from the activity such as carrying a glass of water. If you consciously try to balance it to avoid spilling, it gets worse, if you trust your instincts, it generally goes better. My theory is that when you consciously try to do it, you engage a lot of extra machinery which adds latency, and that is why you get "out of sync" vs when you try the intuitive way.

I also learned to ride a bicycle at an early age. When I needed to get a
motorcycle endorsement on my license I found if you took a class the state
testing was waived. During the class they explained the physics of
counter-steering and how you're really pushing the bars in the opposite
direction of your intended direction. Armed with all that new knowledge I
damn near killed myself. I always thought you just looked where you wanted
to go and it happened.
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