monotrox

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[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I said that any calculation in electrodynamics CAN be done without imaginary numbers, I never said that it would be the most common or convenient way of doing things.

If you use a different form of solution to maxwells equations, electrical impedance can totally be expressed as just another real property. Fourier transform also is not necessary to solve maxwells equations or any other physical systems. It just might make it significantly easier and more convenient.

Obviously imaginary numbers existed and where used way before quantum mechanics was a thing but they werent technically necessary in physics because they never appeared in the equations of fundamental theories (Maxwells equations, general relativity, newtonian mechanics)

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Up to the introduction of quantum mechanics imaginary numbers where only ever a theoretical tool and any calculation in electromagnetism, mechanics or even relativity can be done without them.

Also, any measurement you can make will always result in real numbers because there is no logical interpretation for imaginary measurements (a speed of 2+i m/s doesnt really make sense)

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Consuming drugs should not be illegal. Doesnt matter what effect the drug has, punishing the consumer does no good for anyone.

Selling drugs can and should in some cases be illegal though

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 years ago

This argument always makes it seem like no one at the time knew these behaviours were wrong, which is obviously not true.

There is a big difference between just staying impartial and not saying anything or being an active part of whatever discrimination/inhumaneness is happening, and the people who were actively discriminating were bad people and still are.

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 years ago

Also, wolfram alpha

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For me personally there is no open source calculator on android that even comes close to Hiper Calc Pro. Having actual expressions and physical constants makes things so much easier and makes the app better than most physical scientific calculators.

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

Imo using a text based tool for presentations is really counterproductive because presentations should use as little text as possible.

For me currently, libreoffice impress is actually the best option because it has all the necessary features (wysiwyg style editing, svg support, latex equations, some animations).

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ive been exclusively using firefox mobile for more than a year but just installed bromite because I had some issues with firefox. Its mostly that scrolling feels smoother, which might just be animation trickery

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Any advice for modding? I couldnt get mod organizer to work even close to reliably and enb is also really hit or miss

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Vulkan isnt that new though so a 1660 should be fine, right?

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, all the arguments for market economies being useful and the typical supply/demand arguments completely break down for a product which is infinitely duplicatable for free

[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just fyi, I found that aurora store often works a lot better if you log in with a google account. I know its not the best option for privacy but I kind of rely on some play store apps working and being updated and I still had a google account either way.

Also, do you have microg installed? Most google play apps work without much hassle for me on lineageOS microg

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