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Show threadStefan Edward JonesMar 3

NOTE: Unfortunately I don't know who drew this lovely thing.

Also, it's just a gag. Don't overthink it.

Show threadZalasur 🐸🇺🇦Mar 4

@StefanEJones Don't overthink it? Challenge accepted.

*revs up the Acceleraptor*

Show threadBoris BarbourMar 3

@StefanEJones

Velociraptor = Distanceraptor/Time...

Otherwise the "raptors" would cancel.

Show threadCaptain ButtonMar 3

@BorisBarbour @StefanEJones

But unlike speed, velocity must have a directional component, how is this handled?

Show threadsynlogic4242Mar 3
@cptbutton @BorisBarbour @StefanEJones direction can be assumed to always be pointing towards the nearest snack
Show threadAllpointsMar 3
@cptbutton @BorisBarbour @StefanEJones it's actually Positionraptor/Timeraptor.
Show threadsynlogic4242Mar 3
@BorisBarbour @StefanEJones nice catch
Show threadWouter LindenhofMar 3

@BorisBarbour @StefanEJones

Unless “raptors” is a constant of 1 in which case it the formula can be simplified.

Show threadChaotic UnicornMar 3
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Show threadStefan Edward JonesMar 3
@alter_unicorn I don't know the artist, unfortunately
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Show threadChaotic UnicornMar 3
@martin nice!!
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Show threadBasilMar 3
@StefanEJones
Only true at constant speed.
Show threadlunchyMar 3
@StefanEJones the "raptor" cancels out on the right side
Show threadAmro has beenMar 3
@StefanEJones I knew it! Velociraptors are bastards
Show threadPamMar 3

@StefanEJones (me, thinking too hard about this joke): no, the raptors cancel out like that, it has to be (distance/time)*raptor

Though the possibility of a timeraptor is terrifying

Show threadScriptFanix💍Mar 3
@StefanEJones A colleague said it was incorrect and claims to have fixed it
Show threadEfi (nap pet) 🦊💤Mar 3
@ScriptFanix @StefanEJones what if timeraptor is also a vector
Show threadThird spruce tree on the leftMar 3
@efi @ScriptFanix @StefanEJones timeraptor: shut up math nerd!
And then it eats you
Show threadEfi (nap pet) 🦊💤Mar 3
@tezoatlipoca @ScriptFanix @StefanEJones 
Show threadKyreethMar 4
@tezoatlipoca @efi @ScriptFanix @StefanEJones time(raptor) comes for us all
Show threadPhDogMar 3

Cartesian vectors don't form a group under multiplication* so division isn't defined.

*either kind. They are not closed under the dot product and there is no cross product identity.

@efi @ScriptFanix @StefanEJones

Show threadEfi (nap pet) 🦊💤Mar 3
@dogfox @ScriptFanix @StefanEJones aw, beans...
Show threadATMar 3
@ScriptFanix @StefanEJones surely velociraptor = dpositionraptor/dt is even correcterer
Show threadFaraiweMar 3
@StefanEJones double tap:
Show threadDaveMar 3

@StefanEJones

Being picky:

Velociraptor = d (Distanceraptor) / dt

(Works when Distanceraptor isn't constant)

🙃

Show threadglasspshrMar 6

@TheLancashireman @StefanEJones

Being more picky, velocity is a vector

Show threadchris smithMar 3
@StefanEJones if you integrate that you can find the acceleraptor
Show threadAnders NorénMar 3
@StefanEJones
This implies the existence of an acceleraptor.
Show threadDavid NashMar 7

@violanders @StefanEJones

Acceleraptors imply Jerkraptors.
Jerkraptors imply Snapraptors.

Show threadAnders NorénMar 7
@dpnash
The Crackleraptors and Popraptors are mostly a theoretical concept, though.
@StefanEJones
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@StefanEJones https://mastodon.social/@_thegeoff/115498029589515940
Show threadsarcleMar 3
J'ai cru que c'était un dessein de @gee en le voyant apparaître dans ma TL
Show threadMx. Alba Mar 3
@StefanEJones

Actually that should be distanceraptor/time because otherwise the raptors cancel each other out...
Show threadguentherMar 4

@StefanEJones

the two raptors cancelling each other:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_Dinosaurs

Fighting Dinosaurs - Wikipedia

Show threadJason StuartMar 4
@StefanEJones I can hear my science teacher screaming that it's actually a vector X-D
Show threadacmMar 4
@StefanEJones the face on that guy just made my morning! :))
Show threadKenneth FinneganMar 4
@StefanEJones technically the raptors would cancel out?
Show threadStefan Edward JonesMar 4
@kwf I've lost track of how many people pointed this out.
Show threadKenneth FinneganMar 4
@StefanEJones I will freely admit that I'm not fun at parties. 🙈
Show threadChris SimpsonMar 7
@StefanEJones @kwf and they are all wrong. If this was Seventeen / Sixteen you wouldn't say "duh, the teens cancel each other out"
Show threadMatilda LoveMar 4
@StefanEJones the component raptors are seldom discussed since they post no threat individually: the distanceraptor can reach you anywhere on the planet, but only the timeraptor knows when to show up.
Show threadCassandrichMar 6
@StefanEJones Should be distanceraptor/time. 🙃
Show threadPGMar 6
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Show threadsynlogic4242Mar 22

@StefanEJones

/ Time

otherwise the raptors cancel out!

Show threadWeekend Editor6d ago

@StefanEJones

And the Acceleraptor?