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[-] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 134 points 1 month ago

Dear artists stop creating things that make me want to furiously masturbate

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 91 points 1 month ago
[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Is this a gas leak year meme? ew

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 70 points 1 month ago

Same artist draws about computer science too btw.

Lisanne_waifu drew TCP as an organized anime girl drinking water normally while UDP as another anime girl waterfalling it very fast at the cost or spilling a bit on her clothes.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago
[-] whats_a_lemmy@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago

... I might finally learn how networking works

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[-] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago

Help me step-volt, I’m stuck!

[-] AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 month ago

This is good, but it would have been nice if the symbols were more consistent. Like Volt gets a lightning bolt on her thigh... Cool. Ohm, while the sexiest in my opinion, gets an Ω on her shirt. So the under boob is great, but it's really that smile. Finally, Amp. What going on here? Those ruddy cheeks are awesome. The rope is pretty cool too even if it's not my thing. But where's her symbol? I don't particularly want to imagine a scarlet letter A.

Honestly, the inconsistency was a bit turn off.

Well... If you made it this far and think I'm missing the point, I hope you now realize I'm just taking the piss.

[-] hateisreality@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Electrical watersports are not safe

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 20 points 1 month ago

Volt has a view of Amp's symbol...

[-] AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Butt... I want to see.

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[-] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago

What are you doing volt-san!?

[-] titanicx@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 month ago

I still don't understand this. But I'm not upset about that fact.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 16 points 1 month ago

The hydraulic analogy is better (accuracy-wise)

[-] SoleInvictus 8 points 1 month ago

I absolutely love the the hydraulic analogy, and my advancing age and the 'tism compels me to share a story.

I was a science major and worked as a tutor through college. Intermediate physics was required for all science degrees, so basic electrical theory consistently came up.

What I love about the analogy is it's actually not perfectly analogous, but the differences become obvious once the initial concepts are understood, then those differences help students figure it all out. Its imperfection is actually what makes it perfect, and my nerdy side just loves that kind of stuff.

The students that argued with me the most about how it was a shit analogy were my favorite because they'd so frequently knock it out of the park come exam time. It was like the academic equivalent of hate fucking.

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[-] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

I didn't understand anything and now I'm horny. Did I do a science?

[-] SoleInvictus 22 points 1 month ago

Horny is biology, which is chemistry, which is physics. You triple scienced.

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 30 points 1 month ago

Now I want to see them explaining the fractional hall effect

[-] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

SpoilerI have no idea how much of this information is slop. I think it's funny that ChatGPT made a decent attempt at this.

You can downvote if you want, meatbags, but I think it's funny.

Also, it wouldn't let me make them scantily clad.

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

I mean it's not the explanation - I would've expected girls to resemble Laughlin's wavefunction - but still it's cool! It got the Wikipedia page right

[-] dan69@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Damn I’d gotten a A+ or F+ if I was Electrical Engineering courses. Sex not only sells but also educates at a decent amount of topics.

[-] sulgoth@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago

I learned trig from a pornstar sitting on a stool with nothing but flash cards and socks on. Yes her clothes were flash cards yes it was a game, yes I was horny enough to ace my trig exams. No I don’t remember the name of the game, I’m sorry.

[-] cheesorist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

try to remember the sauce for your trig comrades

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[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

I'm sure a lot of semiconductors can be explained via "Help, step bro, I am stuck!"

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago
[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oi! How did you manage to steal this fine artwork from Michael Faraday's secret lab books? They're kept under lock and key at the Royal ~~Society~~ Institution!!

Edit: correction.

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

*Royal Institution

Faraday's lab was at the RI.

[-] BlindPenguin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

After all this time, i finally understand

[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

is this how they teach electricity on Pornhub/rule34.xxx?

[-] RustyNova@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

That is more confusing for me.

I'll stick to the river analogy

[-] Gormadt 9 points 1 month ago
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[-] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I still don't understand, but now I'm a lot more interested in learning.

[-] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It all makes sense now.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Ph , ampere waifu, let minute me be your voltage simp!

[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Oh, now I (unironically) get it...

[-] speckofrust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

I find the Reddit/Lemmy/Etc fascination with cartoons of young girls deeply creepy. They’re everywhere. How many pathetic pedo virgins are actually out there? Apparently many.

[-] locahosr443@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I do too but non of the above actually look young like the creepy stuff. I'd place them in their mid 20s

[-] TingoTenga@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[-] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Volts give the push. Amps are the actual flow (charge per second). Ohms try to prevent the amps from flowing (technically restricting the charges from flowing).

[-] pmk@piefed.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Oh... She's pushing her. It makes more sense now.

[-] Carnelian@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

The explanation makes a lot more sense if you already understand what is being explained

[-] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 4 points 1 month ago

...if you already have some understanding of what is being explained. This did clarify it a bit more to me!

[-] pmk@piefed.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Oh I understand Ohm's law, I just throught the picture was yellow fisting green while the resistor (2.1 kΩ?) held her in place.

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[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 5 points 1 month ago

Ohms try to prevent the amps from flowing

Why is Ohms such a bitch? Let her flow.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Welcome to the boyz club. barf.

[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

If you are not a teen I recomend some therapy

[-] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Do tell us more about what people should think and feel to qualify as adults from your perspective. Only because, up to now, nobody asked.

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