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Why the fuck do cars still have analog speedometers? Surely digital ones would be more accurate and much easier to read without looking away from the road for too long. (lemmy.world)
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Guys it's been 8 months. It was a bad take.

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yes I think you used the terms correctly

it should be referring to the amplitude. "Discrete sampling" or just sampling rate is the preferred way to refer to time, you're right.

I was trying to use consistent language in response to the reply claiming you were misunderstanding the sampling theorem. I think that poster was confusing discrete/quantized steps in time with discrete/quantized steps in amplitude.

Their comment about SNR is certainly true though.