Tuesday in Paderborn

Fortunately, this morning I was able to wake up early enough to eat a decent breakfast served in the hotel… unlike yesterday. We started the day with a tour of the Heinz Nixdorf Museum to see computer-related exhibits.

One way to visualize counting in binary. Drop a ball at the top, if there is already a ball in the slot next to the ramp, it will flip a switch, dropping the existing ball, and letting the new ball roll down to the next slot.
Visual representation of how computing efficiency grows exponentially. After every 1 1/2 years, computers can perform twice the amount of operations with 1/2 the volume of space (If I remember correctly).

One of my highlights during my visit at the museum was when I took a stroll by a facial recognition screen.

Apparently I look much older with my glasses, 31 years old…
…and much younger without my glasses, 19 years old. Not too far off, though, 24 is roughly in the middle.

Later that night, we went back to the University of Paderborn to hang out with and play board games with the students. Some games we played were a German version of the card game Fluxx, where the rules constantly change depending on how the player play, as well as Jackbox party games.

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