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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Don’t interrupt your cat. He’s doing maffs in his head.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

And this function describes....

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 55 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

"Force is equal to coefficient of friction times speed of light multiplied by Boltzmann's constant"

F = μ c k

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 34 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Planck’s constant is h. k is usually used for the Boltzmann constant.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 17 points 22 hours ago

Ty, brainfart

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 35 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Well, cats do behave suspiciously like a non-solid

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They fill every available area and volume at the same time, indeed

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 20 hours ago

Also, cats are in a liquid/solid superposition.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps the paper was written by the Russian scientist who always included his cat as a co-author

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 3 points 19 hours ago

That was Mayan Lingustics iirc.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 20 hours ago

~pe~e^2^n~e~