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Paths of 800 unmanned bicycles being pushed until they fall over (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/dataisbeautiful@lemmy.ml
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But how was the bike pushed? Was it pushed by an imperfect human, or by some sort of contraption?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It was done inside a physics simulation.

    "It Takes Two Neurons To Ride a Bicycle" | Matthew Cook

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    So it's worthless? Not sure how to value virtual simulations of real world physical behaviour when it's used to show something cool.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Only because it is simulated? Pushing the same bike 800 times with the same force mechanically and measuring it doesn't seem to me to net any more applicable knowledge.

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