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:Is this a Dungeons and Discourse reference? [[User:Psychoticpotato|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato|talk]]) 18:23, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 
:Is this a Dungeons and Discourse reference? [[User:Psychoticpotato|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato|talk]]) 18:23, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 
::Ultimately that'd be from {{w|Maxwell's Silver Hammer|The Beatles}}... (Don't know that particular D'n'D thing, if that's a thing. Bet that's also a reference of its own.) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.70|172.71.242.70]] 18:46, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 
::Ultimately that'd be from {{w|Maxwell's Silver Hammer|The Beatles}}... (Don't know that particular D'n'D thing, if that's a thing. Bet that's also a reference of its own.) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.70|172.71.242.70]] 18:46, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
::If by "Dungeons and Discourse", the webcomic from Dresden Codak is meant (two one-offs), it's not mentioned in those two strips (just Laplace's Demon). (Edit: I found Maxwell's demon (summonable, even), but not silver hammer, in this unofficial implementation of the game being played: https://web.archive.org/web/20220928185446/https://slatestarcodex.com/Stuff/DDThird_Edition.pdf) If, instead, the YouTube channel is meant, it doesn't seem like they review that level of content, based on the titles. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.127.68|172.70.127.68]] 14:31, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 
  
 
Thank you, whoever completed the transcript. I didn't know the bullet tag and the comics are starting to get more complicated to explain and transcribe. So again, my thanks. <3 [[User:Z1mp0st0rz|Z1mp0st0rz]] ([[User talk:Z1mp0st0rz|talk]]) 16:12, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 
Thank you, whoever completed the transcript. I didn't know the bullet tag and the comics are starting to get more complicated to explain and transcribe. So again, my thanks. <3 [[User:Z1mp0st0rz|Z1mp0st0rz]] ([[User talk:Z1mp0st0rz|talk]]) 16:12, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
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:The plural of pendulum would be penduli, as it is Latin second declension.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.42.128|172.70.42.128]] 13:31, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 
:The plural of pendulum would be penduli, as it is Latin second declension.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.42.128|172.70.42.128]] 13:31, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
::Would it not still be pendula, because it is of the neutral gender?
 
 
::: I apologize. You are correct. I was thinking of the male gender. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.135.51|172.70.135.51]] 13:11, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 
  
 
Should we mention that Netflix's airing of 3-body problem means people are probably more interested in chaotic systems right now?--[[Special:Contributions/172.70.39.36|172.70.39.36]] 03:01, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 
Should we mention that Netflix's airing of 3-body problem means people are probably more interested in chaotic systems right now?--[[Special:Contributions/172.70.39.36|172.70.39.36]] 03:01, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
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:As if •-O-•-O-, •=joint (zero mass, zero size), -=extension (zero mass, zero flexibility), O=mass (zero size, zero flexibility)...). This is obviously differently 'tuned' to •—©—O (©=weight+joint, at a point).
 
:As if •-O-•-O-, •=joint (zero mass, zero size), -=extension (zero mass, zero flexibility), O=mass (zero size, zero flexibility)...). This is obviously differently 'tuned' to •—©—O (©=weight+joint, at a point).
 
:...or else the inter-length joint, though not obviously so, is suitably overwhelmingly massive to do weight+jointing. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.185|172.69.43.185]] 02:25, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 
:...or else the inter-length joint, though not obviously so, is suitably overwhelmingly massive to do weight+jointing. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.43.185|172.69.43.185]] 02:25, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
:Two weights needed for a double pendulum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_pendulum]. As drawn, assuming a spherical cow in a vacuum, it's a simple pendulum, with two lightweight bars joined by a lightweight hinge, supporting one weight at a constant distance (as the hinge never bends) from the top support. {{unsigned|Neil UK|16:53, 26 April 2024}}
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:Two weights needed for a double pendulum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_pendulum]. As drawn, assuming a spherical cow in a vacuum, it's a simple pendulum, with two lightweight bars joined by a lightweight hinge, supporting one weight at a constant distance (as the hinge never bends) from the top support.
  
 
I wonder if Randall was playing Don’t Starve whose main antagonist is Maxwell, described as demonic, whose world is filled with nightmare themed contraptions, and which feature an entity called night hands that are creepy long fingers that come out at night to snatch your light. {{unsigned ip|162.158.158.234|01:55, 26 April 2024}}
 
I wonder if Randall was playing Don’t Starve whose main antagonist is Maxwell, described as demonic, whose world is filled with nightmare themed contraptions, and which feature an entity called night hands that are creepy long fingers that come out at night to snatch your light. {{unsigned ip|162.158.158.234|01:55, 26 April 2024}}
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There are white dots on the frame of the top piece of the Nightmare pendulum, but they aren't evenly spaced, which is indicative of ... something, maybe.  Perhaps they are balls moving around a channel in the frame, to add to the chaos? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.167|172.70.126.167]] 16:38, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 
There are white dots on the frame of the top piece of the Nightmare pendulum, but they aren't evenly spaced, which is indicative of ... something, maybe.  Perhaps they are balls moving around a channel in the frame, to add to the chaos? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.167|172.70.126.167]] 16:38, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
:I would ALMOST take 5hem as markings, like a clock, but the gaps and the two close together at 4:30 makes me think you're right, they're balls rolling around further messing with the balance and adding to the chaos. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:34, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 
 
Maxwell's demon would indeed violate the laws of thermodynamics. If he was a real demon, i.e. was able to do the task ''effortless''. --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.246.39|172.71.246.39]] 20:06, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 

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