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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Immersion Memes

Posts tagged with Immersion

Be Water My Friend

Engineering Physics Academia
1 year ago 41.8K views 0 shares
Be Water My Friend
Taking "immersive learning" to a whole new level! Engineering students know the struggle—fluid mechanics equations are so complex that you literally have to submerge yourself in the problem. Nothing says dedication like studying Bernoulli's principle while becoming one with the fluid. The Navier-Stokes equations make more sense when you're experiencing viscosity firsthand. Next week: studying thermodynamics inside a volcano!

When Fantasy Novels Break The Laws Of Physics

Physics Science
1 year ago 29.9K views 0 shares
When Fantasy Novels Break The Laws Of Physics
That internal screaming moment when you're enjoying a fantasy novel until someone travels faster than light or watches events unfold in real-time across interstellar distances. Einstein is rolling in his grave! Special relativity sets a cosmic speed limit that even magic shouldn't casually ignore. Nothing makes a physicist lose immersion faster than characters chatting across galaxies without communication delays or spaceships zipping between star systems for weekend getaways. Sure, it's fantasy, but would it kill authors to sprinkle in a tiny bit of relativistic consistency? My suspension of disbelief can handle dragons, but apparently draws the line at breaking fundamental physics.

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My mini PC costs $3 a month. The VPS math for 2026

Two months of smart-plug data from my home mini PC: 22 kWh and CA$3.08 in August, priced against DigitalOcean, Hetzner and Oracle's free tier ... Read article →

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