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xkcd #3080: "Tennis Balls" (xkcd.com)
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After initial tests created a series of large holes in the wall of the lab, the higher-power Scanning Tunneling Tennis Ball Microscope project was quickly shut down.

https://explainxkcd.com/3080/

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[-] Sphks@jlai.lu 18 points 1 year ago

Heinsenberg principle : once you made one measure, the measured target may not be there anymore.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

It's not even really uncertain, after a tennisball to the face, they'll definitely move

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