Pfft. Computer Science ain't about coding
NorthWestWind
joined 2 years ago
The following are not-properly-researched theories I made up
I think x came from "unknown". Perhaps at one point people used a cross (x) to represent something unknown. The symbol may have extended to mean "variable". Then math advanced and people begin making graphs with variables and the logical next variable is y.
abc are used when these variables run out, because they are intuitive to pick.
ijk in programming loops came from "index". The reason we use "index" and not "count" or "tally" is because in early computer days, someone decided to use "index". For example, your browser still automatically fetches "index.html" if a path doesn't return a valid response.
ijk in vectors may have come from quaternions, which in turn came from complex/imaginary numbers. Since i represents "imaginary", that could have been carried over to vectors.
The xyz orientation in 3D program is purely a choice by the developer. It is which ever orientation they are comfortable with developing.
y is up because of it's commonly used for graphs, but y is down for computer graphics. The top-left corner of a screen is (0, 0) and as the position moves downwards, y increases.
We do use Greek letters in other coordinate systems! For example, a spherical coordinate system often uses (r, θ, φ). I think these symbols may have already had connections with other aspects of math (like θ is commonly used for angles). They are not used generally to avoid confusion.
Scientist, and then I discovered the fun of modding Nintendo consoles so now I'm in Computer Science
A competitor to crabs
Same would happen with the Switch 1 if you play pirated games through sigpatch though
Jokes on you I played this for 2 hours and reached level 1000
They posted the wrong image. This is actually "Earth as a rogue planet"
You already said China so I guess I'll go Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (香港) means fragrant harbour. The origin of this name is unknown, but there are theories of it coming from a type of wood we produced, a nice river, the wife of a pirate, or some residents just pronounced it with an accent to the British soldiers.
Fast food isn't really cheaper in HK either. Tipping culture is non-existent here so that doesn't cause a difference.
Interesting. Fried rice is more commonly found in traditional restaurants for us. Not much in fast food.
MSG was so prevalent until people said it was bad. One of our local fast food chain restaurants still has a "No MSG" poster in some of their branches.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32586652
Also on Mastodon (Wet-Dry World) :>
Danas (丹娜絲) is a typhoon that formed to the east of Hong Kong and is moving northwards. She pretty much pulled away all the clouds so it's very sunny (and hot) here.
Also on Mastodon (Wet-Dry World) :>
Danas (丹娜絲) is a typhoon that formed to the east of Hong Kong and is moving northwards. She pretty much pulled away all the clouds so it's very sunny (and hot) here.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31197787
Wutip (蝴蝶) formed very close to Hong Kong, within 800km away. She isn't even classified as a "tropical cyclone" because she was not strong enough. She spent most of her lifetime as a "tropical depression".
The Chinese name literally means "butterfly", so that's why she has butterfly wings.
I call this "Typhoon Posting". Basically, I draw tropical cyclones as humans. This is the 1st typhoon this year, and my 3rd typhoon total.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31197787
Wutip (蝴蝶) formed very close to Hong Kong, within 800km away. She isn't even classified as a "tropical cyclone" because she was not strong enough. She spent most of her lifetime as a "tropical depression".
The Chinese name literally means "butterfly", so that's why she has butterfly wings.
I call this "Typhoon Posting". Basically, I draw tropical cyclones as humans. This is the 1st typhoon this year, and my 3rd typhoon total.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31197787
Wutip (蝴蝶) formed very close to Hong Kong, within 800km away. She isn't even classified as a "tropical cyclone" because she was not strong enough. She spent most of her lifetime as a "tropical depression".
The Chinese name literally means "butterfly", so that's why she has butterfly wings.
I call this "Typhoon Posting". Basically, I draw tropical cyclones as humans. This is the 1st typhoon this year, and my 3rd typhoon total.
Wutip (蝴蝶) formed very close to Hong Kong, within 800km away. She isn't even classified as a "tropical cyclone" because she was not strong enough. She spent most of her lifetime as a "tropical depression".
The Chinese name literally means "butterfly", so that's why she has butterfly wings.
I call this "Typhoon Posting". Basically, I draw tropical cyclones as humans. This is the 1st typhoon this year, and my 3rd typhoon total.
Get some ice cream!
Lemmy isn't that friendly with video so the animated version is here (if it works):
Alternatively it's also on Wet-Dry World
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