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[XKCD] 3085 About 20 Pounds

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Pro@programming.dev⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Alt-text:

    In addition to gravity, burritos interact through the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces, which is believed to be a major contributor to their popularity.

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  • superkret@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dark matter is the computer running the simulation.
    They blacklisted all simulated forces from interacting with it, but one of the devs commented out gravitation for a test and forgot to put it back in.

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    • hansolo@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dont forget, it’s also a fuckton of ghosts.

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    • match@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      seems like it’d be the opposite, it’s the dummy particle used for testing gravity and they didn’t take it out

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    • Krauerking@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m leaning in more to this is all a simulation and we have discovered the physics engine by trial and error but the hard coded rules behind it are as understandable to us as it would be to Mario

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      • ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Is theoretical physics just reverse engineering the physics engine by playing with variables and tracking the changes?

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  • mattd@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The Good Place gang pleads their case to a burrito

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What is “is”? Doesn’t matter, burrito time.

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  • Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And it’s imperial?

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    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Actually, it’s a little under 9.1 kilograms, but “about 20 pounds” has less syllables.

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      • ArtemisimetrA@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But is it heavier or lighter than 9.1 kilograms of feathers?

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      • Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Fair enough

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  • Malgas@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I wonder if this was inspired by a koan:

    A monk asked Tozan, “What is the Buddha?”
    He replied, “Three pounds of flax.”

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  • bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At the first three panels I thought this was a conversation with a stochastic parrot

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