GOOGOL COUNTER - A Huge Electronic Counter That Wont Turn Off In My Lifetime

This Counter Will Never Complete The Job It Was Intended To Do But It Will Have A Good Go.
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[@Waves0815]

I like to imagine a whole whole civilisation shaking in fear as the counter gets closer and closer to finishing. No records left of what it was actually counting, but maintained over the time.

[@Kalumbatsch]

And they can't agree whether to turn it off or not, so they put it on the Moon to be safe.

[@jabarzua]

And when it eventually finishes it will just go back to 0 and start again

[@macklec123]

Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy vibes

[@Rouverius]

[Laughs in Mayan]

[@DOCTOR_SONG]

Well ......that moment has been prepared for

[@RobertLockhartMakesGames]

Now you have to end every future video with a little shot of where the googol counter is at.

[@aepokkvulpex]

Unironically throwing my full support behind this idea

[@crabmansteve6844]

Yeah, you're kind of locked in now bud. Gotta have a counter shot in the conclusions now.

[@markp8295]

Great idea.

[@reyariass]

But now we’ll know when he recorded the video/created it. The counter wil be used as the new epoch

[@toppi7458]

good idea

[@FairfaceCZ]

An idea why they all start at 6: These counters are fundamentally based on RS flip flops. Theoretically an RS flip flop would start in a random undefined state, but the silicon might be manufactured in such a way that one of the negative feedback paths is slightly shorter and therefore it always latches into the same state after power up. If the binary counter inside the chip is layed out in such a way that it latches to 0110, it will start at the number 6. I have seen similar non-random behavior with SRAM.

[@awaywithwords9650]

Does the fact that all the other rows weren't all 6's to begin refute your hypothesis?

[@michaelmadden3012]

@@awaywithwords9650 I'd say likely not (im not an expert) if the manufacturing of the chip really does make it so that "one of the negative feedback paths is slightly shorter" Its safe to say that out of the 1000s of chips they manufacture some of them would have differently sized "negative feedback paths" (biased towards 6 being the shortest negative feedback paths but having some outliers like the 7s that did appear)

[@awaywithwords9650]

@@michaelmadden3012 * shrugs * I'm definitely *not* an expert so there's that . . .

[@mrmessy7334]

When it reaches a googol, it will reset and just display 42.

[@nh2155211]

This is the way

[@CalebBohanon]

Zaphod? Zat you?

[@tamnker8465]

"you can now play as luigi"

[@EvilSardine084]

I got this reference.

[@shanek6582]

Always bring your towel

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

Oh yeah about those 6's. It's a well known bug with the 4026B chip where if you power up a certain number of them at the same time you open up a momentary portal to Hades. it's nothing to worry about.

[@burntchickennugget191]

I see this as a total win.

[@Cyranek]

we'll have to launch it into space as the sun fades

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Haha if this thing lasts longer than a week 😂

[@juschu85]

I didn't check, but I have a feeling we have to launch it out of space-time, because of the heat death/big crunch of the universe.

[@8alakai8]

@@juschu85 yes the universe started once so it will stop to nothing is forever

[@asweendure.8891]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER LOL

[@duncan-rmi]

by the time it gets to 1000,000,000,000,000,000,000, we'll have a working time machine & we can send it back into the distant past, maybe far enough so that we can watch it finish.

[@blhack123]

Seriously man this is an INCREDIBLE art project. Somebody is going to buy this at Art Basel in 100 years for 200 billion dollars.

[@squelchstuff]

That'll be 0.00000000000128 unified crypto coin adjusted for inflation. That's also 0.000000000000000000000000003 standard crypto credits btw. Art it undeniably is.

[@davidianmusic4869]

Yes. GET ROYALTIES.

[@trianglesqrt2576]

or 1.5 bitcoin

[@spldrong]

Actually it sold for 206.4 Billion

[@holz5615]

@@spldrong yeah i saw it too at my noiralink show hehe

[@hjalfi]

Sam: _builds an electronic personification of existential dread_ Also Sam: How awesome is that!

[@joesephrodrigues]

This is the first video I've seen from this creator, but this is great

[@vincentzanada1241]

I love it

[@samiraperi467]

I seem to have misplaced my existential dread decades aco.

[@SomeSickDingus]

Seeing on how it's not an abstract concept made into human form but a machine, perhaps you mean manifestation of rather than personification of?

[@hjalfi]

@@SomeSickDingus That's just what machines _want_ you to think.

[@stabilini]

You should add: 1) an ending message 2) some kind of memory protection in case it rans out of power so it can continue from where it was when power comes back 3) plans, circuits and any document needed for replacement parts... it will need a lot of plastic replacement, at least every 1000 years 4) timed control, I think miliseconds... in a millon years no one would be able where counting started

[@calebhall4620]

A secret end song for fun would be kind of cool for a message

[@lowkeydiegoduran4724]

@@calebhall4620 either that or some very deep long message to somthing, I don't know

[@jegeva6105]

@@calebhall4620 Waiting for the world to end seems a good fit for that....

[@slartibartfast-42]

42...

[@lorddenti958]

Memory would be cheating, it should count to gooogl without an interruption. Like the ending message tho

[@OlaftheGreat]

Dude, make a 24/7 livestream of it, I'd check in every now and then

[@robertbeighter6336]

I'd catch with it every now & then, on fast forward LOL..

[@dev_itwastaken930]

Yes!

[@superotterboy7937]

I third this motion! Doom clock on twitch is a must!

[@DFMurray]

Yeah it'd a bit like the Pitch Drop Experiment. I missed the drop in 2014...I was very sad. Next drop probably won't be for another 8 years.

[@avivtech]

I’d love to help with the web dev/design part

[@midimistro]

Power consumption idea: Have each module's display off until it's counter is greater than zero.

[@Mr-Broccoli]

may aswell leave them unplugged till the time comes 🙄

[@legendgames128]

It'd help for a little bit at least, though in the long run, it won't matter.

[@tomasotto8980]

@@legendgames128 When the long run is few hundred years, it will absolutely matter

[@legendgames128]

@@tomasotto8980 When the long run has 20 or more times the digits, it will absolutely not matter.

[@computertutorials1286]

That was the first thing I thought of.

[@shieladixon]

When you demonstrated the audio out, my little standalone hamburger-style bluetooth speaker (with a grippy base) started to walk across the table as if it was running away. I've never seen it do that before. Fantastic work.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

In one million years. "We don't know who built it but this device has come to unite humanity through the eons as successive generations tend to its maintenance. It's now 100 stories tall and counts much faster but it's still based on the original design. Whoever this person was, he or she was a visionary and we honor him or her with great celebrations and festivals. Since, we've solved world hunger, poverty and made contact with countless civilizations throughout the galaxy. Thank you for visiting the Museum of Everything Else and the gift shop is on your way out."

[@jjb0nks]

Just use “them”. Most people accept it as a singular pronoun. If you want to be more “grammaticaly correct” you can use the old-ish English word “thon”. And, since this is meant to be a post from the future, language had most likely developed to completely accept “they” as a completely grammaticaly correct singular pronoun.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

@@jjb0nks You're right. I should get more used to doing that. It crossed my mind but it didn't seem right in this case. I'll make more of an effort in the future.

[@Erbmon]

@jj b0nks AI's are smart and therefore don't care about critical theory so it is unlikely.

[@jjb0nks]

@@Erbmon what?

[@mozkitolife5437]

Solved world hunger and poverty? Haha. Don't make me laugh. Life doesn't work like that. There ain't no rich without the poor.

[@kspnasa5308]

It's kind of sad how none of us here will ever be able to see the counter finish, but I love the idea! Reminds of the "eternal flame" for some reason.

[@mozkitolife5437]

The clock speed is arbitrary though. Time will pass no matter what. It's passing a googol right now.

[@sortebill]

Little did he know that by doing this he had finally set an expiry date for the existence of our universe.

[@burntchickennugget191]

Literally makeing history. This will 3nd up in a museum one day amd probably outlive humanity. I typed this around 9:80. XD glad he decided to put it in a museum

[@MiaogisTeas]

This is quite possibly the most important thing we'll witness this year. That's an absolutely amazing artifact. Super cool idea and an awesome culmination of your life's work.

[@Scoots1994]

I love that none of us are going to see the third row change.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Ha

[@Danbatio]

neither the Sun

[@MrAlijahone]

Speak for yourself. I plan on not missing that

[@SylasTheGreat]

@@Danbatio The sun will... 100 million years isn't anything for the sun

[@Danbatio]

@@SylasTheGreat at 10 KHz it will take 300 billion years (300 x10^9) to complete the second row. That is 20 times the age of the Universe.

[@Its.Adam.]

I would highly recommend makeing the thing air tight with a silica packet or two in the bottom of it to help prevent dust and corrosion in all honesty moisture is going to be what kills this thing over time

[@Mr.Roboto_]

The cool part about this is that if you can build another counter and connect them, then the counter will be squared. If you build two of them, so that you have three, then it'll be cubed.

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

The Count from Sesame Street would worship this.

[@tenkks3668]

Googol! Ah Ah Ah!

[@thomaskositzki9424]

XD XD XD

[@firstnamelastname3468]

You made me laugh🙃😜 thank you (my joke extension ==>) 1million ah ah ahhh 1billion ah ah ahh 1trillion ah ah .... the Count has to take a short nap children

[@binaryalgorithm]

3000 years later: did we get the answer to life the universe and everything ?? No, but we got really high on this counter.

[@almostanengineer]

But we know the answer to life the universe and everything, it's 42, we just don't know the question, that's why we exist, we are the computer calculating that question.

[@gioele5060]

Naaaah, not so high. 3000 years is not even the end of the second row

[@Ireallywouldrathernot]

@@almostanengineer If you read a bit further you'll find the question is "What is 6 x 7". What we don't know is why.

[@Steve-hm8ze]

@@Ireallywouldrathernot Not quite - the ultimate question was discovered to be - "What is 6 x 9".......prompting the remark "I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe" :)

[@Ireallywouldrathernot]

@@Steve-hm8ze But they also talked about how humans would only have a corrupted version of the answer but this is where my detailed memory ends so Im actually not sure which was supposed to be the correct question.

[@SamiJumppanen]

"I've added an audio output" - massive 🎶

[@dancoulson6579]

Wow. I'm in love with this. I love how everything is so modular and servicable. I love how there are rows of identical boards, it looks so neat and tidy. Now *this* is how you design a product! I'd rather replace a component twice a year on a product where replacement is an option, than have a product that can't be serviced that lasts for 10 years.

[@kossmonaut]

a kit of 30 of the single cells would be a cool gift

[@ConwayBob]

We need much more of your kind of craziness in the world, Sam. And much less of the other kinds.

[@SFoX-On-Air]

So... you build the LMNC Cloak... Technically I can tell you: "Hey, lets meet up at 10010 LMNC" and this time is absolute. No matter who you are and where you live, no translation from imperial, metric or other historical hangover. That makes you a revolutionist. You did what 195 Countries never could do on a political way. Bravo Majestro!

[@legendgames128]

8:45 hopefully we get faster and faster clocks that'll speed up the process more and more. I kinda wanna make an incrementing game that requires you to count to a googol before you finish, but you can get faster clocks and you have to repair certain sections at times as to keep the clock going. Ultimately the game would probably be unbeatable as googol is a large number, 10^100

[@algorithminc.8850]

Have to admit ... while working with numbers all day long ... throwing around scientific notation for this or that science and math ... I've not really played with the number Googol. You start with your 1kHz clock (I think you said) ... convert to minutes ... to hours ... to days ... to estimated years ... and you're still left with one whopper of a huge number. I appreciate the video and for sparking some thoughts. I also liked your addressing of rigorous robust electronics. Best of fortune here with your goal, and may the number you see on your machine be a big one. Thanks.

[@burntchickennugget191]

I once met somone who was driven insane by numbers. She would not stop saying ergonomics. We all thought she was just a crazy lady. Turned out she used to work for Darpa as an engineer. Ergonomics..... yea. Numbers are interesting.

[@xtieburn]

Reminds me of the clock of the Long Now, a mechanical time piece that endeavors to keep time for 10,000 years, and also has a musical element in its unique chimes. Thats a hell of an engineering feat as it has no ship of theseus factor, its set in motion and will run the entire duration, but I have no idea if it will be more successful than this with its ongoing maintenance plan. The race is on!

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

And the third contender in those never-ending-song projects is Martin Molin's MMX (Marble Machine X) on his Wintergatan & Wintergatan2 channels.

[@macronencer]

Me too! Going to visit that clock is on my bucket list. I love it that Sam has thought so carefully about maintenance and backup power with his counter. I believe the Clock of the Long Now requires someone to "wind" it occasionally, and this Googol counter seems to have no equivalent regular needs, but of course the maintenance is a key issue, especially with electronics.

[@ChrisBigBad]

Yes! also: Neal Stephen's "Anathem". An excellent book about one of those clocks. Which also reminds me: let the clock turn off the display, when the power goes low :)

[@philvogelfilms]

Came here to post this!

[@cjeam9199]

@@macronencer The time-keeping element I believe will function without winding, you need to wind it to be shown the time though, and hear the chimes.

[@loveisalliam]

You are a pure genius with plenty of time to do these remarkable feats of engineering very professional.

[@pauljohnpope]

I like how you sometimes repeat what you just said a minute ago you just repeat what you just said, i really like that.

[@rdoetjes]

Aaah this brings back memories from my engineering college days.... Frequency dividers and 7 segment displays. But I hate to be a buzz kill, but when a counter burns out you have lost that number! And the further you get in the array the longer it takes to have that reach back the point where it failed. And be sure you have an A+B power feed into your house :) We bought over a company once and they'd their servers all connected with redundant power they said. I look at those racks and I go like... Yeah you basically have redundant powersupplies. But if one breaks and shorts all goes black in here, as you have everything connected to one mains line. No we need to procure an extra B feed from the energy company, because this is "lame redundancy".

[@kevinbissinger]

lol I've seen that so many times! They spend 10s or 100s of thousands of dollars making the hardware redundant and then putting them all on the same power

[@quanzo8856]

At this rate, he is making a computer... LOOK MUM, MY COMPUTER

[@xerxescorr3137]

hahaha

[@TheRailroad99]

74 series logic. Not far from it. Add a few flip flops and you have a computer

[@SodaWithoutSparkles]

It is computing current = current + 1 So technicially it is a computer, but it just conpute current + 1

[@marcobonera838]

his mom didn't want that he used a computer so he built his own

[@buenosairesam]

man this is borderline genius. love to see how anyone's area of expertise grows into something utterly profound

[@mondmann6855]

Such a simple yet brilliant idea (and make). You are an hero!

[@gregorycookjr.7392]

I'm learning about circuitry and electrical engineering this year, and now this channel's videos make a little bit more sense. I love learning about engineering.

[@jw1289]

How about a live count somewhere on the internet we can see? Ok maybe a trip to the museum of everything else is in order !

[@lyqide8123]

like a twitch channel called googol counter.... why not....

[@ksp-crafter5907]

Best idea! Hoping he will read this comment!

[@jamess1787]

Smells like a job for OCR and python3

[@jameshamaker9321]

@@lyqide8123 ... that would get, one hundred, thousands views, possibly. Especially since so many people, watch twitch streams, of people doing, what ever. this would be like the counter, one of the Berlin school of technology students built, back in the early, nineteen seventies. It's still going, the thing never shut off. It's powered by a solar panel, the size of an air craft carrier. Look it up, it's intensely mental.

[@invisible468]

There is one.... it called the National debt counter, but that one has a 70 year head start.....

[@smithy2170]

Cool project! It amazes me how such small seemingly insignificant things can become gloriously useful when applied in specific ways at scale. Like binary for example, or an element.

[@romoray04]

That is Superb! Very well done, it looks so cool! 😎

[@hernancoronel]

How about blowing some components when moving up the count, like an SMD diode or resistor? Basically to use it as a kind of physical memory that can be used to restart the count if it is ever needed. You are awesome and the projects are incredible! Keep up the great work!

[@PermireFabrica]

Smart! Like Fuse-bits that were used in PAL architecture.

[@uajalen666]

This thing is gonna end up in a museum being treasured and maintained by the science community for years to come

[@thomaskositzki9424]

You mean centuries to come. ;)

[@Steve-hm8ze]

100% - this should be in a museum - amazing idea and execution and I love the idea there should also be a sister project counting down from a google.

[@nrdesign1991]

Exactly like the pitch drop experiment :D

[@philliptaylor502]

You are staggeringly clever, i'm impressed.

[@ATLTraveler]

You deserve a million subs dude, yet another awesome project!!

[@incandescentconker6193]

He needs to check out "The clock of the long now". Meant to run for 10,000 years !

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Indeed!

[@MikeSmith-tx2lp]

I love the quality mic with gain adjusted to reinstate distortion otherwise absent on less organic channels... brilliant!

[@jirioto6089]

echo cancelation, of course digitaly

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

@@jirioto6089 no echo cancellation i just picked up a broken sm7b out of the pile didnt realise till after shooting the video

[@jirioto6089]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER interesting experience then

[@alairlibreinsfreie5785]

I LOVE WHAT YOU DO. And this machine is brilliant!!!! If there where more open minds like you around, the world would be a better place

[@BachikoiBabi]

This is so cool! I need one! That has to be such a great conversation starter.

[@michaelmakemore633]

Im a vet builder. I wish I payed more attention when my dad was teaching me electronics. You sir are an Electro wizard! I feel you are an engineer from a cyber punk neon future. Mad cool!

[@Doctormix]

Amazing

[@SomberScream]

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

wheyy!! i built this to count the amount of synths you have and its growing at an ever increasing rate hahah :D

[@huntabadday2663]

Haha! yeah

[@lexluthor3890]

Nice to see you here!

[@MessieAs]

Wow, thanks for this wonderful, geeky, inspiring and also humiliating video! I've spent the afternoon turning my ancient Raspi V1 from 2011 to an NTP server and struggled with the oh-so-complex schematics. Breaking off one of the cables was the icing on the cake. Clearly you are way more competent in electronics than me. I tip my hat!

[@alexholmes6333]

I'm bloody impressed with this! You strike me as a biot of a chaotic person, judging by your other videos, but I admire the precision and forward thinking involved in building this!

[@hardrivethrutown]

There needs to be a 24/7 live stream of this like the pitch drop, or the centennial lightbulb

[@fissionchips8840]

This is a fabulous project!!! We need a page, so we can view it at anytime. If you need any help with it just reach out the the electronics community..!! One of my favourite videos.. take care Sam!

[@laurieinjapan]

I love this project and I love the enthusiasm!

[@Piqus3]

This one is totally crazy: crazy idea, crazy design and crazy looks. Love it. 🍻 for using immortal 555.

[@Lu_Woods]

10,000 years later...LOOK, A MUMMY COMPUTER ; )

[@RootDRThorne]

You just saved reality from collapsing in upon itself until the counter goes off! Thank You🙏🏻🙏🏻 Your saving of humanity will be mythologizied

[@smoothoctopus]

Reminds me of the infinite gear box....where the last gear is cast into cement and will never turn before the end of the universe.....awesome work!

[@josephlieberman5324]

Phenomenal conceptual education presentation. My compliments to you. Thank you.

[@zardzewialy]

You could also carve all the chematics for all elements of the counter into the avrylic itself so it is not only a monolith, but gets that "Rosetta Stone" vibe to it. At some point one day this will be an ancient schematic of ancient technology that nobody is capable of recreating anymore all just carved into the surface of the red monolith. :D

[@cursedaudio984]

There is a piece of music so long it has been, being played for 100s of years and a note happens every couple of years. On an organ in a church in Germany. It was finally interrupted buy covid I believe. This reminded me of that

[@thomasstone1363]

could be either of these you're thinking of - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longplayer en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_as_Possible

[@cursedaudio984]

@@thomasstone1363 as slow as possible is the one! Either kudos on the good memory or the expert googling. These weird random facts that take the place in my head, where useful information should be stored are hard to Google. But the name brought it back to me. I remember now that I first heard about it in an adam neleely video. Highly recommended channel BTW. Thanks for settling the brain worm tho

[@ScottGrammer]

This reminds me of a project published in an electronics magazine in the mid-1970's. The first 1-farad capacitor had just been released and they wanted to come up with a project for it. What they came up with was a timer. You pressed the "start" button when your child was born, and on the day that child reached retirement age (65) it would sound a buzzer. Of course, it wasn't a serious project, but it was cool to see the prototype.

[@adamnash2009]

Yo man, this is sick. There should totally be a livestream with this counting as the visual and some electronic music over the top, chilledcow style. That would be so satisfying!

[@pqrstzxerty1296]

Might be worth looking at using a master stable clock circuit, like one from a CDDA DAC external clock anti jitter module, 44. or 96. KHz etc, as 555 chips and op-amps chips have a habit of clipping (stalling with power supply bounce & interferance). Or just use a Fluke (Philips) frequency generator as the master clock. Keep up the crazy good work. Like to go to the museum of all your items.

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

There are also atom clock on chip I think... Not sure how much those cost though

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

hey i built in on purpose to not be stable, i like the idea of it being hard to predict, makes it less interesting to me it being stable hence not going for a crystal or what not, and just a crappy 555 :D

[@-JonnyBoy-]

The moment you realize you wont live to see even a little bit of the 2nd row completed lol

[@SPooKYChristopher]

You, my friend, are a truly tripped out artist! Love it, broh! Cheers!

[@mattj1341]

the coolest things I've ever seen u build. toooo rad.

[@davidegaruti2582]

suggestion : you could use each 7 segment display as a 128 counter , this would reduce the number of 7 segment display , it would make the contraption a lot less decipherable wich might add to the eldritch feel of it

[@deang5622]

@you'll have a stroke reading this , not possible. Because he is using a circuit design where the 7 segment display driving is done for him inside the 4026 device. It contains an integrated 7 segment decoder. He would need a completely different design.

[@gotragfol]

When it finally finishes counting, i'd love it if it played portals "still alive". And then started counting all over again.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

It's got a fart sample loaded

[@ClAddict]

I’ll bet people around at the time of the last tick will gather from far and wide just to hear the message recorded by the ancients and be just as thrilled with the result as they were in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when they were told the answer to The Question

[@bungaloboynes]

Can't wait to come and visit the museum see you this year I hope

[@R7R12]

I just found your channel but damn, you're gonna go far. Keep it up man, I love it!

[@mdavis5826]

The Long Now project is well worth checking out, too. Awesome thinking in the extra- long term!

[@computertutorials1286]

That project looks awesome. Hopefully I'll get to see it finished someday.

[@GetOffMyLawnYouDangKids]

You should have two identical ones and have the second one start maybe a year later. That way, you'll know what breaks first, and what to replace on the second one, before it to breaks.

[@connormichalec]

Wow such an awesome project cant wait to see it after many years

[@toddspeck9415]

Super cool Sam. Tower 555 Dang Dude this build looks awesome.

[@kaloyankrastev638]

I can imagine in the distant future, when this is in an international museum, some trainee maintaining it, goofs up something and then manually setting the count to the last number and not telling anyone :D

[@sethelkins6958]

Oh cool, you made a real time counter of Jeff Bezos' income!

[@FAT64]

I love your projects mad man :D

[@minebuddies8804]

This is amazing! Very nice video, I'll come back in a 100 years to se how far its counted !!

[@billydasquid1201]

I have a feeling this will literally be legendary...

[@j.r.havener4048]

I like to imagine this monolith ticking away, floating on in space long after Earth's star has been depleted of fuel, being cared for by some alien who turned their food replicator into a synthesizer.

[@13578947XZ]

Man this brings back old memories... My first counter only went to 9999... Built from an old clothes iron, tape deck, and car stereo, and powered by whatever battery I felt like hooking to it at the time.

[@jnaoe]

I never knew i wanted this to exist until now. THANK YOU! This is awesome

[@theplayonier7791]

Very nice idea, would be interesting to see a similar counter in binary

[@yep.1106]

I never thought my depression could become depressed but finding out my life is about the length of the 14th number ticking over twice if I’m lucky, just did that.

[@highpath4776]

Might have been better to run it in base 8.

[@paulmccarthy8916]

Amazing, thank you for this

[@patrickp.1998]

Dude ,you are crazy ,lovely project ,awesome look ,you have to make it indestructable ,just to be clear ,i'm coming back in approx. 1324yrs to check

[@byRE3N]

Imagine a calander being made in the future around this machine.

[@TheIN4CER]

A.S after Sam

[@spookyconnolly6072]

welcome to unix time

[@RileyGein]

Pretty sure that's what the Mayans were attempting

[@wolfnx336]

You know what I was here when this started, hope I find this comment back in a few years when he’s explaining his new power supply system and replacing broken chips

[@lust4bass]

What an amazing work of art !

[@chadsoucek4678]

This is a crazy project and I love it

[@42Hertzer]

Instead of making it go to zero when hitting one google you should make it count down back to zero again! Then make a time-lapse so we can watch it bounce back and forth! ;)

[@robertbothamley9755]

are you going to put it on a permanent live stream so everyone can watch

[@shawnmurphy3570]

This is actual mad scientist level work. Keep it up!

[@waynetrain4636]

if i had to explain obsession to someone, i would show him your chanel, absolut legend!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Thanks To My Patreons for supporting outlandish projects like this! the next livestream is tomorrow night :- www.patreon.com/posts/look-mum-no-2nd-46964864 Backing song from this vid and samples of the audio from the counter here! :- www.patreon.com/posts/46915256 VIDEO ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON THIS :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXKnZKOZbLmdmbs also ill be sharing gerber files and Schematics tomorrow here :- www.lookmumnocomputer.com/projects#/googol-counter picked up my broken sm7b and didnt realise till the end of shooting the vid. what a plonker For the doubters there are some things to bear in mind. The clock was purposeful made to be jnnacurate so it's impossible to predict milestones.. the acrylic enclosure is its first case I have focused on making something cool looking as time goes on I will make it more bombproof as it gets more important to me.

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

nah, you're doomed the devil is after ya and your chip friends gave you intel :D

[@skywatchernorth]

This is a great idea. It reminds me of an old saying, society improves when men plant trees they will never sit in the shade of. You're thinking about more than your lifespan, that's a rare thing these days.

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

@@skywatchernorth yep reminds me on that as well. This is kind of a digital tree :D

[@leo197777]

Hello,interesting countdown, how long do you estimate the count got to the tenth top row? (one row equals 1 billion but 10 ... i think it may take years).

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

@@leo197777 the first row a few weeks, the second row a few billion years. and so on

[@jmir1]

Was anyone else super scared that it would fall over in the last shot?

[@BenjaminMaggi]

your creations never seize to amaze me !

[@woutermissiaen4745]

This is art in a very pure form!