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Do you know how discrete electronics work (resistors, capacitors, etc)? Semi-conductors are basically layers stacked upon each other of small components doing similar things. Specific programming functions go beyond my understanding, but think of an old tube radio, but all the electrical components are squished flat and stacked on top of each other, with conductive/non-conductive relationships mapped out in minute detail. That plus binary on/off signaling is basically it I think?
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Do you know how discrete electronics work (resistors, capacitors, etc)? Semi-conductors are basically layers stacked upon each other of small components doing similar things. Specific programming functions go beyond my understanding, but think of an old tube radio, but all the electrical components are squished flat and stacked on top of each other, with conductive/non-conductive relationships mapped out in minute detail. That plus binary on/off signaling is basically it I think?
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 11:28 pm Posts: 14522 Location: Space City
When you trace an imaginary line from the chip to (ultimately) the screen, does it go through other devices in the hardware as well? What material is the imaginary line? Electricity? data? mercury?
Also, how does the data originate within the chip?
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I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
The mouth is the mouse and keyboard. That's where the information goes in.
The stomach is the processor. It doesn't hold stuff for long. Just breaks up the data, sorts it, decides where it should go. It has to do it at a reasonably quick rate because there's usually more stuff coming into the mouth at some point to get processed. You don't want a backlog.
The hard drives store all the good stuff i.e. fat, mineral/vitamin stores, etc.
The bowel is the RAM. It stores the main crap for short periods until it's ready. It gets purged regularly.
The asshole is social media. Facebook, Twitter, RM. That's where all the output/shit goes.
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