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Finish the story, chat. (mander.xyz)
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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Not sure if it's popular internationally, but in Russian, "a calculation for a spherical horse in vacuum" is used quite often

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What does it mean?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's when you make some calculations or plans, but they would only work in "perfect" conditions. Like when you have an assignment about a horse running from A to B, and you made some calculations, but you disregard horse's shape, friction, air resistance, and gravity

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh cool, thanks for explaining! I guess the closest equivalent phrasing I'm used to would be "sounds good on paper" - or in Scotland (home for me) someone would probably reply with "Aye, and if my granny had wheels she’d be a bike.” 😂

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