Ooh, I wonder if this is just a goofy stock photo, a sincere attempt to measure the length of a coastline, or an illustration of the difficulty of that task.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (14 children)

Sincere attempt to measure the length of a coastline?

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Is that your guess, or are you puzzled by the concept?

[–] Pyro@programming.dev 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Measuring a coastline creates a well known paradox: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox

[–] TheBeege@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I learned a thing. Thank you.

I argue that this is due to the poor definition of a coastline. I don't know why. I go into problem solving mode, and I'm like... yeah... poorly defined problem. Root cause found... uhh... now what. Coastline starts at where water reaches only high tide? No. Continental shelf? Certainly not. Point where building foundations are no longer stable? Maybe, but I don't know enough... yet.

.... is this ADHD? Seriously, my psychiatrist thought I was right on the border. I dunno

Edit: I'm dumb and misunderstood the problem. Disregard me

[–] LongLive@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Hey, there. I see you are pedal-to-the-metal-awkward-stream-conciousness, I will need to see a license for that.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Wow 😮

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

I don't like to get reminded that never have the right measurement of things

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