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In today’s Lightning Round video, we cover several topics, including quaternary computing and how it can use DNA for data storage, why men’s and women’s clothes button differently, what object from the past I would travel back in time for, and sci-fi technologies that we’ll see in our lifetimes.
Links:
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mens-shirts-button-on-the-right-why-do-womens-button-on-the-left-180957361
technologyreview.com/2024/11/06/1106641/life-seeking-ice-melting-robots-could-punch-through-europas-icy-shell
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer
scientificamerican.com/article/dna-the-ultimate-data-storage-solution
quora.com/Why-does-a-computer-not-use-a-quaternary-system-while-DNA-uses-the-A-T-G-and-C-form
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - What Is A Lightning Round?
2:31 - Blouse Buttons?
7:02 - Favorite Sci-Fi Device?
9:52 - What Historical Item Would You Bring to the Present?
11:36 - Under The Ice on Europa?
15:41 - Trying SpaceX Flights?
19:11 - Patreon and Member Shoutouts
20:50 - Improving on Binary?
26:11 - Sponsor - Brilliant
To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/answerswithjoe and you’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription.
In today’s Lightning Round video, we cover several topics, including quaternary computing and how it can use DNA for data storage, why men’s and women’s clothes button differently, what object from the past I would travel back in time for, and sci-fi technologies that we’ll see in our lifetimes.
Links:
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mens-shirts-button-on-the-right-why-do-womens-button-on-the-left-180957361
technologyreview.com/2024/11/06/1106641/life-seeking-ice-melting-robots-could-punch-through-europas-icy-shell
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer
scientificamerican.com/article/dna-the-ultimate-data-storage-solution
quora.com/Why-does-a-computer-not-use-a-quaternary-system-while-DNA-uses-the-A-T-G-and-C-form
Want to support the channel? Here's how:
Patreon: patreon.com/answerswithjoe
Channel Memberships: youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join
T-Shirts & Merch: answerswithjoe.com/store
Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI:
youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew
And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe:
youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA
You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Spotify 👉 spoti.fi/37iPGzF
Apple Podcasts 👉 apple.co/3j94kfq
Google Podcasts 👉 bit.ly/3qZCo1V
Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks:
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - What Is A Lightning Round?
2:31 - Blouse Buttons?
7:02 - Favorite Sci-Fi Device?
9:52 - What Historical Item Would You Bring to the Present?
11:36 - Under The Ice on Europa?
15:41 - Trying SpaceX Flights?
19:11 - Patreon and Member Shoutouts
20:50 - Improving on Binary?
26:11 - Sponsor - Brilliant
