It’s an optical illusion. By definition their isn’t generally anything YOU would call erroneous about any optical illusion, I’d guess. The fact that the text is difficult bordering on impossible to read at some angles is the perceptual error. Stop ignoring obvious interpretations to support your pedantic trolling.
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That’s an unhelpfully restrictive definition of illusion that is itself illusory. An illusion is also:
A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.
The text is hidden or revealed through a change in perspective. That is the illusion.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Do you really have to let everyone know22·2 days agoKink shaming is the real mental illness.
How is a zig-zag numbering any less valid than any other method? Your mapping a two dimensional space with what is essentially a line. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense for there to be discontinuities in the numbering, as one would have to do if the numbers always incremented in the same direction. Would you prefer that the numbers follow the path of a Hilbert Curve?
To answer your question though, surveyors have been using this method to number sections of land for much longer than you or I have been alive.
I like your schema. I’ve used something similar. My hosts have always been sci-fi space/time ships/stations, user accounts are characters from or Captain’s of said vessels. Over the years I’ve had a TARDIS, Serenity, Moya, Out of Bands II, Galactica, Millennium Falcon, Rocinante, etc. It’s usually whatever I happen to be discovering or binging at the time I setup the machine. For nearly a decade the TARDIS was my server/NAS because it was bigger on the inside that survived through several generations of smaller devices like laptops and raspberry Pi’s named after smaller lighter vessels like Serenity and Rocinante.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto memes@lemmy.world•To the average end user, I'm casting straight dark magic spells. They're not wrong.31·1 month agoUsually only kernel changes if at all, but they mentioned registry keys.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto memes@lemmy.world•Wonder how they'll do with the multi-dimensional foldy phone in 20321·3 months agoWheels are so boring! Why can’t they just innovate?!
It’s not impolite to dig in and eat the food when it is fresh and hot.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Remember the iconic paintings of The Last Supper? This is what it would look like if it happened today92·4 months ago“Ok Boomer.”
But seriously though. After the proliferation of the printing press, I’m willing to bet, someone made the exact same joke about printed books. And I know that the Boomers’ parents made the same joke about television, and their grandparents made the same joke about radio. And this isn’t even really a Boomer joke, it’s a Gen-X joke. I know because my boomer parents actually made this joke about Gameboys and walk-mans before the Internet (or at least convenient portable Internet) was even really a ubiquitous thing. It’s just that Boomers are living longer and are so damn vocal and numerous that they are STILL making this joke, updated for the modern generation.
What technology will gen-Y and gen-alpha lament about in stale memes?
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Just because you're a slob at home do you have to be an inconsiderate slob in public46·4 months agoI’m always amazed how some people have no self awareness. They have no concerns for others. And yet if you acted like they did and it affected them they would be so pissed.
Like the person sneaking photos of people in public to ridicule them anonymously on the Internet?
What’s wrong with taking your shoes off before putting them up on the furniture? Seems the polite thing to do so you don’t get snow or mud or whatever other shit is on your shoes on the seat. It’s not like there is someone else using either of those seats opposite at the moment. Maybe you’re just feeling shame about your foot fetish? It’s okay to have a kink about feet, but non-consenting voyeurism is not okay.
This is why they are mostly sold with a bitterant outer coating. It should be pretty gross to just hold a recently purchased coil cell battery in your mouth these days.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto memes@lemmy.world•But can we still also get blackjack and hookers?8·4 months agoA small percentage of hyper inflated prices over a large consumer base still equates to MASSIVE profits. It is a fundamental ethical flaw that we even allow for-profit medicine that is compounded by obvious cartel organization structures and corruption.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•and we thought our thing with beans was bad13·4 months agoSo we’re not getting hand milked by 40 cows while getting figged by 3 cherubs.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto pics@lemmy.world•What would you called this type of photo? A old postcard of Nanko Temple, Kobe, Japan.2·4 months agoPostcard aesthetic isn’t good enough?
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Soup: One is not like the others1·5 months agoThat’s probably because Aldi is buying it from several different producers (processors, packagers, or bottlers. Not sure the appropriate title) that apply Aldi’s branding (or whomever) to the package.
Same, but CADD packages. Every UI is different for each app. Users each have unique configurations of buttons, ribbons, and task windows. Some apps even use completely different terms for identical concepts. Long ago I stopped remembering button and tool placement in autoCAD and just memorized commands because the GUI would completely change with every update and sometimes after a crash.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•So this is how my neighbor fixes his fence.English3·5 months agoThat’s the joke.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•When the 'popcorn' button on the microwave is 3 seconds too longEnglish2·5 months agoIt’s a damn shame that we haven’t built a microwave that actually listens to the pops and stops when the pops slow, just like every bag of popcorn instructs you to do. We’ve got gun shot detectors; you’d think we could build a chip to analyze popping popcorn.
Wolf314159@startrek.websiteto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Cleanliness is more important43·5 months agoChopsticks. Use them. It takes a little practice, but they are perfect for snacking, especially popcorn. Cheetos are easiest of the chips, but others are possible. No more residue on your finger tips, or the backs of your hands from reaching into the bag. I also switched to chopsticks for things like salads (fruit or vege variety), noodles, and getting olives and such out of jars. Even a good stew or chili can be eaten with chopsticks and a spoon. Now I just need to get better at using chopsticks with my nondominant hand.
What a convincing argument. I didn’t realize you had the authority to just decide.