What if you knew how computers work? (2015)

Re:What if you knew how computers work? (2015) by amelius on Saturday October 10, 2020 @01:07PM (#24740304)

You need QM to even explain why electrons don't fall into the nucleus. So I'd say if you want to understand anything then you need QM.

There's this quote which I think applies here: if you want to bake an apple pie from scratch, you first need to invent the universe.

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Re:What if you knew how computers work? (2015) by WalterBright on Saturday October 10, 2020 @02:36PM (#24740891)

True, but transistors do not behave in a newtonian physics manner, whereas we do just fine understanding most physics using conventional newtonian mechanics.

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Re:What if you knew how computers work? (2015) by amelius on Saturday October 10, 2020 @03:06PM (#24741092)

This makes me wonder what Newtonian physics we actually use in computing?

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Re:What if you knew how computers work? (2015) by WalterBright on Saturday October 10, 2020 @06:15PM (#24742264)

Non-transistor electronics relies on Maxwell's Equations. While not Newtonian mechanics, it is part of classical (pre-Einstein) physics.

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