Jerkface

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[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

I don't get it. Could you explain it to me?

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'll give it a shot.

We can use vector spaces for thinking about things that aren't primarily concerned with physical space like we are in Blender. Let's imagine something practical, if a bit absurd. Pretend we have unlimited access to three kinds of dough. Each has flour, water, and yeast in different ratios. What we don't have is access to the individual ingredients.

Suppose we want a fourth kind of dough which is a different ratio of the ingredients from the doughs we have. If the ratios of the ingredients of the three doughs we already have are unique, then we are in luck! We can make that dough we want by combining some amount of the three we have. In fact, we can make any kind of dough that is a combination of those three ingredients. In linear algebra, this is called linear independence.

Each dough is a vector, and each ingredient is a component. We have three equations (doughs) in three variables (ingredients).

This is a three dimensional vector space, which is easy to visualize. But there is no limit to how many dimensions you can have, or what they can represent. Some economic models use vectors with thousands of dimensions representing inputs and outputs of resources. Hopefully my explanation helps us see how vectors can sometimes be more difficult to imagine as directions and magnitudes.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

... That's enough real analysis for me today. Or ever, really.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 25 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

About half were wiped out by flu, measles, and chicken pox when contact was made in the 80s.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Is that what he was saying in Mario 64? "So long, Gary Bowser!"

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Why are you standing up for this guy I'm trying to bully?"

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Y'all really are all about the cyber-bullying here 😂

edit: post before me had the same link and quote

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, that's evil. A fee for dining in is the biggest load of bullshit I have ever heard of. I would be livid.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

It's seems that way from the inside, too.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago
[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Right? If they make a little money normalizing marginalized groups, I'm not gonna be too mad about it.

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

HYPNO BELLY ರ⁠_⁠ರ

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