| ▲ | Can guitar frets perform multiplication?(charlespetzold.com) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 44 points by wibbily 6 hours ago | 13 comments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Syzygies 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
Steve Martin in conversation, 2002. 34:20 to 36:00 is this exact question. Later, Robin Williams joins him on stage. My cameo starts at 1:01:40, inaudible and off-camera, because I'd traded a seat up close for two in the balcony so my future wife could join me. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | JKCalhoun an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
I threw together a logarithmic slider for HTML (when I knew little about JavaScript and HTML). I hoped someone would take it and run with it and we would see more logarithmic slide rule calculators on the web. (Top, yellow slider, cannot be interacted with): https://www.engineersneedart.com/ohmslaw/index.html Sources (such as they are): | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | lioeters 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
This post is by the same author as the Lost Art of Logarithms. https://www.lostartoflogarithms.com/ Discussed about a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43356314 (196 comments) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | bgrainger 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
Hard to believe that article doesn't contain the phrase "slide guitar". | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | coverband 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
I'm blocked for some reason, probably too much HN referred requests... | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | karim79 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
Loved the article. Didn't love being blue-balled by the conclusion but still great stuff. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | FpUser 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
The question is can those frets run Doom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | HoldOnAMinute 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
Vibrating strings are Turing-complete | ||||||||||||||||||||
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