owenfromcanada

@owenfromcanada@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If aliens do come it may be only cause they want us on thier side of some bigger war.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They want the rock throwers on their side.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we all have mayonnaise in our fridges instead of béarnaise sauce?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Flying or regular?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we all have mayonnaise in our fridges instead of béarnaise sauce?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never been mauled by a mayo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This feels wrong. I love it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This feels wrong. I love it.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Universal Music partners with AI company building an ‘ethical’ music generator⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Downvoted because of the nightmare thumbnail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ladies Beware!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What does he do with them when he catches one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What OS/ OSs for a core2 quad?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, in that case I’ll echo the other commenter that suggested Mint.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What OS/ OSs for a core2 quad?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How much RAM? My go-to would be a light Linux install, ideally Debian w/XFCE if you think it has enough oomph for that. Otherwise, there are lighter distros that will still feel nice and snappy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🧿👄🧿 y'all need to step up ur game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  👁️🫦👁️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be happy if you woke up today and your throat didn’t hurt.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨me to her after roughly 27 seconds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I was referring to the incest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨97 days: Kamala Harris has yet to do formal press conference since emerging as Democratic nominee⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump has yet to be exonerated from multiple criminal convictions since emerging as Republican nominee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to argue that it could go the other way, but then I remembered Ghengis Khan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Relaxing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, I’ve seen this one before

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Menopause should be called menostop cause there is no menoresume?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or they named it after the Irish doctor who documented it, Men O’Paus.

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

  Assume spherical chicken

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gone Home studio Fullbright are now making games about horrible toilet spiders⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks I hate it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Daily Dungeon gives you a fresh dungeon-puzzle every day inspired by Wordle⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also check out Rogule

• ⁨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 ⁨What can be the reasons for self-sabotaging behaviours when it comes to relationships?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll echo the “see a therapist if it’s feasible” recommendations. Here’s another possibility:

  We all have a worldview, and that includes our own understanding of who we are. One of the possible reasons for self-sabotage is when we believe ourselves to be a certain way (or that we do/don’t deserve something), we tend to self correct for any anomalies, whether good or bad. That is, if I was treated poorly as a child, or otherwise lacked the love and support that children need, I might believe myself to be unlovable and “correct” anything that contradicts that understanding (such as someone showing interest in me).

  It could be that, or any number of other things. I’ll echo another recommendation: take note of your emotions when you’re in those situations (you might even be able to feel them when you imagine a situation like you described). What do you feel?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Voting Third Party this year. Don't try to stop me.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Getting Kip vibes.

  Don’t be jealous just because I’ve been voting for third parties online all day

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chrono Cross, a bad sequel but good game⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually played Chrono Cross before playing Chrono Trigger, so I had the “clean” experience with CC. Can confirm, I thought it was a good game and was confused about all the flack (until I played CT, then I could at least understand a bit better).

  One thing I appreciated in CC (compared to a lot of other RPGs) was the color mechanics. I think some found it confusing, but I found it quite engaging and unique.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨go lower⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d hit that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unsafe hand holding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No glove, no love.

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