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Re:Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for bi... by nathanyukai on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @07:09AM (#20272973)
Yeah isn't this '5D' yet another eye grabbing title? I think size and orientation are still 3D data.
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Re:Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for bi... by lvh on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @07:50AM (#20273244)
And yet, in machine learning we regularly talk about dimensions 100 and above!

Just because they eventually map to three special dimensions doesn’t mean it’s not useful to talk about the different degrees of freedom you’ve managed to use for storing information.

What were y’all expecting? Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse?

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