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  • Gaja0@lemmy.ziptoScience Memes@mander.xyzFeeling that groove
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    14 days ago

    It’s really simple.

    Sound is air vibrations at different strengths (volume) and frequencies (pitch). Taller waves are loud. Thinner waves are higher pitched. The math looks like this:

    Volume * sin( Pitch * time)

    Generally, low pitch sounds are louder and easier to see in a sound wave. A kick is really easy to spot. The rest of the weird janky movement of the sound wave is like a bunch of these equations added up to create the sound… generally.

    The trick to understanding sound is that it’s a difference over time. The change in pressure is registered by your brain. A record player is literally just the physical transcription of this math and the speaker is just oscillating back and forth to reproduce the sound.

    Okay maybe it’s not super simple, but I hope this helps.






  • I struggle with the concept of forgiveness and consequences. There isn’t an objective good. Someone who reforms can repeat the same mistake. There is no single state of existence that makes someone right or wrong at any given point. Sometimes, the difference isn’t in the person but the environment. Things like the golden rule seem flawed and overly simplistic.





  • Gaja0@lemmy.ziptoComic Strips@lemmy.worldOh No!
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    2 months ago

    Pizzacake posted a comic. What if guys were sexually harrasssed? Top comment is a male survivor addressing insensitive tone of the comic. They get banned and the entire thread is nuked and locked.

    BHJ has a field day poking fun at her insecurity and simp mods overreaction. She does not like this. This is where Karen starts to come out. She demands mods take down negative posts. They reply asking for examples violating terms so they can help remove hateful content.

    She threatens DMCA takedowns against them. They add a rule banning her comics and decide to go public with DMs exchanged with her. It’s a bannable offense to even mention her or attempt to circumvent this. She’s absolutely insufferable.


  • There are 2 kinds of people: those who were born with empathy and those who learned to mimic it. You live among the descendents of nature’s most extreme survivalists. The transactionalist is simply wired to act in best interest, which sometimes means feigning empathy.

    Religion seems to be an answer for these types of people. It’s an escape from real and true empathy, a justification for acts that otherwise would be unacceptable.