Re: OT: sound speed depends on frequency on mars

On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 15:48:32 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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On 3/09/2024 2:02 am, john larkin wrote:

On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 18:23:26 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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On 2/09/2024 2:32 am, john larkin wrote:

On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 01:24:18 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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On 2/09/2024 12:27 am, john larkin wrote:

On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 15:34:13 +1000, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Inventing stuff is fun, but nobody sane does it when they don't have to.

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I never claimed to be sane. Sane is boring. I do claim to design and
sell a lot of electronics.

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When in fact you evolve and sell a certain amount of electronics for
niche markets. Your forays into higher volume markets don't seem to have
done well. You are insane enough to think this gives you some kind of
authority.

 
I mostly like to design electronics because it's fun and keeps me
amused. Better than having a real job. People buying it is a nice side
effect and pays for test equipment and snacks.
 
Don't you think designing electronics is amusing? I guess not.

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It's certainly fascinating. Having to toss out lots of solutions and
start over isn't remotely amusing, but that's what it takes to get to a
good design.

But its is very amusing.

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It has a lot in common with playing colossal cave
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure
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though with a computer game you can be confident that there is a
solution, while in real life you may find that you need to move the
goal-posts, or adjust the client's ambitions.

Trying lots of arguably crazy ideas is educational, and has a chance
of stumbling onto something really valuable. But one has to do it
fast, because there's literally a universe of possibilities to
explore.

Exploring Colossal Cave is a good analogy to exploring the electronic
circuit solution space, except the circuit space is much bigger hence
impossible to explore serially.