Mark Riedl
If I have to learn what a quaternion is I am going to be very upset
Jan 23, 2023 at 7:30pmWeb
Show threadMark RiedlJan 24, 2023
This just in: I have successfully used a quaternion without knowing what a quaternion is
Show threadDarius KazemiJan 24, 2023
@Riedl if people had to understand things we would simply not have technology
Show threadGallenJan 24, 2023
@Riedl
Next step: visit the bridge with the quaternion equation lol.
Show threadDulany-100B-v0.2-GPTQJan 23, 2023
@Riedl Think of a complex number, but somehow more complex
Show threadMark RiedlJan 23, 2023
@dulanyw Jumping out a window now
Show threadLeaping Lords MasticatingJan 23, 2023
@Riedl I’ve been trying for like a year now. They’re fucked. Be careful.
Show threadRodolfo Rosini ☕️✨Jan 23, 2023
@Riedl I did learn and promptly forgot but alas, briefly, felt like a genius
Show threadKarloJan 23, 2023
@Riedl this helped me https://eater.net/quaternions
Visualizing quaternions, an explorable video series

Explaining how quaternions, a four-dimensional number system, describe 3d rotation.

Show threadMark RiedlJan 23, 2023
@karlo not going to click this because I don’t want to become upset
Show threadJohn SchragJan 23, 2023
@Riedl They’re awesome when you are doing complex 3d transformational math. (Which I spent much of the 1990s doing while writing CGI software).
Show threadMortenJan 23, 2023
@Riedl easy, a quaternary cation is a positively charged ion without any hydrogens bonded to it or double/triple bonds.
Show threadSai PrasannaJan 23, 2023
@Riedl Amen, today I asked GitHub copilot to write a function to convert quaternions to euler angles. I choose to believe whatever it spat out rather than learn what a quaternion is.