19/ I ran into exactly this when tramming in Bridgeport's head: head has angle markings. Setting it at 0° is just the start of the process
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20/ So how does a surveyor's transit do its magic? The platen can rotate and there is a second indicator. Hand wavingly, you lock scope
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21/ to platen, rotate both, lock platen to base, unlock scope, pivot scope back to target, repeat. You're basically measuring same angle >
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22/ 10 times, and thus your 21° angle is measured as 210° degrees. You divide by 10...and your ERROR is divided by 10 as well.
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23/ So that's the magic: a process that lets the signal stay at full strength by adding it in 10 times, but gaussian error self cancels.
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24/ ...and that's the kind of process I'm wondering about re threads: is there a way to (a) deterministically create it f() = g() = h()
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25/ or (b) approach it in the limit, by probabalistically self-cancelled the error out? I don't know. ...but I'd like to learn.
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26/ Yes, watched his entire brass clock video, and intend to build one myself someday (retirement?)https://twitter.com/Nitetrain_1/status/859036462398021633 …
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27/ This is an excellent analogy!https://twitter.com/ngvrnd/status/859037291125329921 …
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