It's when you make some calculations or plans, but they would only work in "perfect" conditions. Like when you have an assignment about a horse running from A to B, and you made some calculations, but you disregard horse's shape, friction, air resistance, and gravity
Oh cool, thanks for explaining!
I guess the closest equivalent phrasing I'm used to would be "sounds good on paper" - or in Scotland (home for me) someone would probably reply with "Aye, and if my granny had wheels she’d be a bike.” 😂
Therefore the density of penguin flesh on a flat glacier surface can be estimated to be 3pi/4 l x w x h where length and width are the area of the penguins, and h is the average height of the penguin.
In conclusion, the physical properties of penguins constitute a suboptimal replacement for graphite moderation of neutron propogation in a nuclear reactor.
Further, tested penguins were largely non responsive to all different training approaches attempting to have them associate the verbal command "Scram!" with the desired behavior of promptly entering the reactor pool.
...of bird like material which can be represented by a mass average of bone and flesh. This can be used in bird strike simulations for studying aircraft windshield performance as compared to thawed penguins shot out of a pneumatic canon. (I actually went to a talk that discussed exactly this except you replace "penguin" with "bird" in general).
Other than break accessibility, searchability, fault tolerance, & make the web less usable, what is this image of text lacking alt text doing that real text doesn't?
37 Comments
CubitOom@infosec.pub · 55 pts · 361d
It is imperative that the cylinder not be harmed.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 360d
... the cylinder knows where it is, because it knows where it isn't: where it was, and where it likely will be.
Raptorox@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 360d
It's a cylinder
filtoid@lemmy.ml · 35 pts · 361d
takes to Reddit
Help! Something sensitive is stuck in a cylinder and I need to get it out...
4am@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 361d
You should only ever use penguins with a flared base
omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 361d
Accelerate the penguin to 99% the speed of light
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 361d
Assume no air resistance
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 361d
Sorry but even after doing that it is still clear we need more tariffs on the penguins whether we assume they are cylinders or not.
toofpic@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 361d
Not sure if it's popular internationally, but in Russian, "a calculation for a spherical horse in vacuum" is used quite often
princess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 361d
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow
wewbull@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 361d
Spherical cows is the one I always hear.
beveradb@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 361d
What does it mean?
toofpic@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 361d
It's when you make some calculations or plans, but they would only work in "perfect" conditions. Like when you have an assignment about a horse running from A to B, and you made some calculations, but you disregard horse's shape, friction, air resistance, and gravity
beveradb@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 361d
Oh cool, thanks for explaining! I guess the closest equivalent phrasing I'm used to would be "sounds good on paper" - or in Scotland (home for me) someone would probably reply with "Aye, and if my granny had wheels she’d be a bike.” 😂
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 361d
Nah, that's more like russian "if grandmother had balls, she'd be grandfather"
Engywuck@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 361d
And the horse
y8h8do3a2vg5@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 361d
It is not a square cylinder.
A triangular cylinder is right out.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 361d
Square cylinders are just cubes. Triangle cylinders are triangular prisms.
I don't see the problem, really. What other shape would a penguin come in?
notabot@piefed.social · 4 pts · 361d
They're typically roughly cuboid, though best approximated with rounded corners, and wrapped in a layer of plastic.
I might need a snack.
don@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 361d
An oloid, the only shape nature has ever intending them to be in.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 361d
But what shall I do once a circular cylinder has been assumed? A cylinder whose cross section takes the shape of a circle?
bazus1@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 361d
Therefore the density of penguin flesh on a flat glacier surface can be estimated to be 3pi/4 l x w x h where length and width are the area of the penguins, and h is the average height of the penguin.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 360d
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In conclusion, the physical properties of penguins constitute a suboptimal replacement for graphite moderation of neutron propogation in a nuclear reactor.
Further, tested penguins were largely non responsive to all different training approaches attempting to have them associate the verbal command "Scram!" with the desired behavior of promptly entering the reactor pool.
khannie@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 361d
Now assume pi is 4. Proceed to have a nervous breakdown.
20 points.
Dr_Nik@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 360d
...of bird like material which can be represented by a mass average of bone and flesh. This can be used in bird strike simulations for studying aircraft windshield performance as compared to thawed penguins shot out of a pneumatic canon. (I actually went to a talk that discussed exactly this except you replace "penguin" with "bird" in general).
pH3ra@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 360d
... how many linux users got mad?
ICastFist@programming.dev · 5 pts · 360d
Enough to create at least 5 different distros
tomiant@programming.dev · 5 pts · 360d
The only thing missing is a period.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 4 pts · 360d
Other than break accessibility, searchability, fault tolerance, & make the web less usable, what is this image of text lacking alt text doing that real text doesn't?
Zerush@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 359d
I always compared pinguins with a Klein Bottle
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 361d
My guess is that this is to do with penguin huddling and circle packing
kubica@fedia.io · 3 pts · 361d
Ok, but let me see the the source code of the cylinder.
Gustephan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 360d
(...) of uniform density in a neutral vacuum.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 360d
...In a vacuum.
icelimit@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 359d
As opposed to a rectangular cylinder
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 361d
From the patent for pneumatic tubes delivery systems
billwashere@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 360d
On a frictionless plane?