owenfromcanada

@owenfromcanada@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it just me or is this a terrible idea?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As a father of 2 kids, I can say that this is less obnoxious than about a dozen things we’ve been given.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After incorporating geodes into my diet I've never felt better.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …Abigale?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is an "over-under" during sex?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seg fault

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemmy.ca user Is this true?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Surprise, I’m both!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemmy.ca user Is this true?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “What’s your gender?”

  “Canadian.”

  “No, who do you like?”

  “Donuts.”

  “No no, what’s in your pants?”

  “Polite manners.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we all have mayonnaise in our fridges instead of béarnaise sauce?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Flying or regular?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we all have mayonnaise in our fridges instead of béarnaise sauce?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never been mauled by a mayo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This feels wrong. I love it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it’s about how electromagnetic energy travels through space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This feels wrong. I love it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If AB = i and BC = 0, then B would be in the same 2D space as C, but one of them would be “above” the other in 3D space (which doesn’t exist in this context, just as sqrt(-1) doesn’t exist in the traditional sense).

  So this triangle represents a 2D object that is “standing up” on the page.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This feels wrong. I love it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The short version is: we use some weird abstractions (i.e., ways of representing complex things) to do math and make sense of things.

  The longer version:

  Electromagnetic signals are how we transmit data wirelessly. Everything from radio, to wifi, to xrays, to visible light are all made up of electromagnetic signals.

  Electromagnetic waves are made up of two components: the electrical part, and the magnetic part. We model them mathematically by multiplying one part (the magnetic part, I think) by the constant i, which is defined as sqrt(-1). These are called “complex numbers”, which means there is a “real” part and a “complex” (or “imaginary”) part. They are often modeled as the diagram OP posted, in that they operate at “right angles” to each other, and this makes a lot of the math make sense. In reality, the way the waves propegate through the air doesn’t look like that exactly, but it’s how we do the math.

  It’s a bit like reading a description of a place, rather than seeing a photograph. Both can give you a mental image that approximates the real thing, but the description is more “abstract” in that the words themselves (i.e., squiggles on a page) don’t resemble the real thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This feels wrong. I love it.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is pretty much the basis behind all math around electromagnetics (and probably other areas).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ladies Beware!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What does he do with them when he catches one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🧿👄🧿 y'all need to step up ur game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  👁️🫦👁️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be happy if you woke up today and your throat didn’t hurt.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨me to her after roughly 27 seconds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Fine, we can bone, but I’m gonna be grumpy the whole time.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Relaxing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, I’ve seen this one before

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the spherical chicken of legend! Somebody get the frictionless vacuum!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Assume spherical chicken

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tencent's soulless Age of Empires Mobile cash-grab is here to ruin your childhood⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So I’ve heard. I’m avoiding it for the same reason I avoid analog crack cocaine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah really helpful⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1,517 people found this helpful

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tencent's soulless Age of Empires Mobile cash-grab is here to ruin your childhood⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mobile gaming is like dumpster diving–there are a handful of good ones among the utter trash.

  One of the good ones I found is Exiled Kingdoms–it’s an homage to 90’s RPGs, and it’s good on mobile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was Trumps "booming economy" proof that "trickle down" policy actually works??⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  #No

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gone Home studio Fullbright are now making games about horrible toilet spiders⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks I hate it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did the concept of 9-5 included a 30 minute lunch and two 15 minute breaks?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s one of those ambiguous things that employers seem to be leveraging to their advantage. Where I work, plenty of people do 8-5. Those of us who have been around longer and don’t give as much of a shit will count lunch as part of our day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Daily Dungeon gives you a fresh dungeon-puzzle every day inspired by Wordle⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also check out Rogule

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deceased at None⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  my sink after I shave

  That’s what I said: sprinkles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deceased at None⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sprinkles make everything better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gender⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m actually on Manjaro, but ( AUR ) probably wouldn’t have been as easy to recognize, and ( Flatpak Repository ) or ( AppImage Install ) seemed like a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gender⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Gender my_gender = Gender.random();

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gender⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  ( Crowdsourced )
  ( Snap Store )
  ( Emulated )

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hope this counts. Where my Debian users at⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you hold the picture far enough away, it just looks like one white duck.