RE: Scaling - Why Ants Bounce But Elephants Go Splat

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Scaling - Why Ants Bounce But Elephants Go Splat

in steemstem •  7 years ago 

Great post! This problem reminds me of Google interview questions. However, I would like to elaborate on the probability discussion of pixel failure. If p is the probability of all pixels working for the 25-inch TV, then 1-p^4 would be the probability of at least one pixel dead on the 50-inch TV. Therefore, the chance of at least one dead pixel actually increase by (1+p+p^2+p^3) times. However, with modern technology, p is very close to 1 and so even though this probability increases by almost 4 times, it's still negligible.

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Hey, thanks for the technical clarification. The wonderful world of manufacturing.