This is why i always had the best jokes or funny observations or ideas when class was in session....and you need to share those things while they're hot off the press 😅

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago

And from my experience some people even like those! It's a very small percentage though.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ooh, I wonder if this is just a goofy stock photo, a sincere attempt to measure the length of a coastline, or an illustration of the difficulty of that task.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sincere attempt to measure the length of a coastline?

[–] dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Jupp. And he completely nailed it.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is that your guess, or are you puzzled by the concept?

[–] Pyro@programming.dev 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Measuring a coastline creates a well known paradox: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox

[–] TheBeege@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I learned a thing. Thank you.

I argue that this is due to the poor definition of a coastline. I don't know why. I go into problem solving mode, and I'm like... yeah... poorly defined problem. Root cause found... uhh... now what. Coastline starts at where water reaches only high tide? No. Continental shelf? Certainly not. Point where building foundations are no longer stable? Maybe, but I don't know enough... yet.

.... is this ADHD? Seriously, my psychiatrist thought I was right on the border. I dunno

Edit: I'm dumb and misunderstood the problem. Disregard me

[–] LongLive@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Hey, there. I see you are pedal-to-the-metal-awkward-stream-conciousness, I will need to see a license for that.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Wow 😮

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I don't like to get reminded that never have the right measurement of things

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I forgot the "are you serious".

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am. How else would you measure a coastline? The exact line is constantly changing with waves and the tide, so to get any kind of answer requires that you decide where the coastline is and mark it somehow. Driving nails into the waterline at the same water level and adding up the distances between them isn't really a bad approach.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don't need to mark things to measure them, especially when they change far faster than how long the marking takes.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I recommend reviewing the coastline paradox. It's an interesting problem.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I know. That does not make it better. How could this be serious?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I'm really not sure you understand the concept. Maybe think on it a bit?

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Somebody's gonna have to go back and get a shitload of nails.

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

like SLEEPING

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Does this guy reminds anyone else of the Walrus and the Carpenter from Alice in Wonderland?