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Maybe a bit too complex for its own good.
Quaternions are the closest we get to lovecraftian horror in real life.
Four dimensional and mostly imaginary, they were carved into a stone bridge by a crazy mathematician in a fit of madness, Lord Kelvin called them “unmixed evil”, and the Mad Hatter from Alice may have been inspired by them.
Also they have been a curiosity at best for a long time, despite the efforts of a
secretQuaternion Society, but they suddenly blew up in usefulness in modern times as they happen to be an easy and fast way for computers to describe rotations in 3D space, so they’re everywhere.Yeah, lovecraftian as shit.
I am used for current
Busy saving games.
Klear@sh.itjust.worksto World News@lemmy.world•Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll findsEnglish4·4 days agoWasn’t the money saved a negative number? And that then went to NHS? Technically true!
POV: You hate memes that start with Nobody:
It’s supposed to be red stripes! Not fully red! Paint the rest blue to help with cooling, otherwise it will keep overheating.
Klear@sh.itjust.worksto Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.world•Trump gets cooked by his own minionsEnglish8·5 days agoSo not worth it.
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You’re responding to a tankie. They hope Russia or China take over.
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Edit: Thanks for changing it.
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Klear@sh.itjust.worksto The Democratic People's Republic of Tankiejerk@lemmy.world•Tankies after a long day of explaining why elections with only one candidate are the peak of Workers' Democracy5·11 days agoThey’re trying to say the American political system sucks in the dumbest possible way.
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Klear@sh.itjust.worksto World News@lemmy.world•Europe Puts Social Programs on Chopping Block to Appease Trump on NATO FundingEnglish5·14 days agoThese days you’re lucky if there’s even one person writing it.
So does Europe.