I’m showing you a line with my hand. Can you recognize it?
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FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 months agoLine expert here. It’s technically not a line. It’s many data points that may seem to look like a line, but it’s not. You see a line is the shortest distance between 2 points. By definition they are straight. This dataset is not a line.
Here’s a list of my credentials:
Certified Linear Affairs Specialist (CLAS) Advanced Parallel Line Coordination Certificate Doctor of Perpendicular Studies International Straight Line Compliance Officer Master of Acute, Obtuse, and Whatever That One Is Certified Angle Management Professional (CAMP) Applied Theoretical Line Engineering
middlemanSI@lemmy.world 2 months ago
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have my doubts in your dexterity, however I’ve got a suggestion for a point that you can insert said line.
middlemanSI@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You ARE a line expert. Sorry I doubted you.
Bonifratz@piefed.zip 2 months ago
I don’t give two shits about your LiNe ExPeRtIsE unless you built at least ten >3 minute tracks in the original Line Rider.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Brother, I did my dissertation on Line Rider.
Bonifratz@piefed.zip 2 months ago
Hats off to you, then. I see you truly know your lines.
chisel@piefed.social 2 months ago
Is a line really the shortest distance between two points if I can fold the paper and punch a pencil through it?
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 months ago
SHUT UP! STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!
chisel@piefed.social 2 months ago
Too late, I already had the first interdimensional handshake.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 2 months ago
On my way to space-time 6 now. That’s 3 dimensions of space and 3 dimensions of time. Now I am all.
Klear@quokk.au 2 months ago
It’s still the shortest distance between two points, but your example makes “distance” ambiguous, so the answer depends on what definition you end up using.