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Re:What Is the Fourier Transform? by schlauerfox on Friday September 05, 2025 @12:11PM (#45140201)
All these comments and no Steinmetz mention. The original papers he wrote applying the transforms to electrical engineering work are so genius and simplifying for the craft, and he's such a nicer person for one of the founders of the field of EE. Also the origin of that old story about $10 for hitting the machine with a hammer $9990 knowing where to hit it, from what I can gather.
Re:What Is the Fourier Transform? by IAmBroom on Friday September 05, 2025 @01:02PM (#45140840)
Steinmetz is an unsung hero of tech, except to well-educated EE's.

Was he a dwarf or a hunchback? I seem to recall a physical setback.

Re:What Is the Fourier Transform? by schlauerfox on Monday September 15, 2025 @12:53PM (#45252012)
The story I heard was he had a genetic hunchback, and never married out of fear of passing it on. It never seemed to stop him, he seemed to live a good life surrounded by friends.