It's a racist meme imo. Anyway:

And William's wife, Kate, has been diagnosed with cancer.

I'm really starting to feel sorry for the poor fellow.

Interesting chinese optical illusion

2 hours ago, Otto Kretschmer said:

It's "divergence", not "diversion". And that only accounts for half the nature of light. The other half is: "The four-dimensional divergence of the dual of the previous tensor is the 4-current of electric charge". The second one accounts for the sources of light.

In other words,

\[ dF=0 \]

\[ d^{*}F=\mu_{0}j \]

(Not only light, I must say, but every other electromagnetic phenomenon, like the properties of capacitors).

Not very droll, I know...

Edited December 7, 2025Dec 7 by joigus
minor correction

1 hour ago, studiot said:

Interesting chinese optical illusion

Is the "frightened" dog part of the illusion?

It can't see the "hole" can it?(especially from its direction)

1 hour ago, geordief said:

Is the "frightened" dog part of the illusion?

It can't see the "hole" can it?(especially from its direction)

If you look at it turned upside down and screen placed horizontally, it looks like a raised pyramid, blocking the dog's way.

Enjoy ---> https://www.julianbeever.net/pavement-art-3d-illusions/

https://www.pinterest.com/indoorcotton/sidewalk-chalk-drawings/

Edited December 8, 2025Dec 8 by Externet

1 hour ago, StringJunky said:

If you look at it turned upside down and screen placed horizontally, it looks like a raised pyramid, blocking the dog's way.

Not a dog trained for Crufts then.

58 minutes ago, Externet said:

Enjoy ---> https://www.julianbeever.net/pavement-art-3d-illusions/

https://www.pinterest.com/indoorcotton/sidewalk-chalk-drawings/

Had no idea

2 hours ago, geordief said:

Not a dog trained for Crufts then.

Had no idea

Two different dogs in that vid. Probably AI BS.

13 hours ago, joigus said:

It's "divergence", not "diversion". And that only accounts for half the nature of light. The other half is: "The four-dimensional divergence of the dual of the previous tensor is the 4-current of electric charge". The second one accounts for the sources of light.

In other words,

dF=0

d∗F=μ0j

(Not only light, I must say, but every other electromagnetic phenomenon, like the properties of capacitors).

Not very droll, I know...

That meme mocks Prof. Kaku's controversial tendency to mix actual science with some dose of science fiction-inspired speculation 😆. Though i am sure you know that.

He occupies a strange space between a respected academic and a hype man for the universe.

Edited December 8, 2025Dec 8 by Otto Kretschmer

RIP Tom Stoppard

21 hours ago, toucana said:

RIP Tom Stoppard

Yes. I like how he would incorporate physics into his plays. The exploration of entropy in Arcadia, of course, and that scene's comic reference to a Newton's Cradle in RaGAD.

The Screen !

News story seen today:

Under a new law, California's 800,000 rideshare drivers have the right to unionize starting on Jan. 1.

Does that mean they will charge less?

🫣

10 minutes ago, TheVat said:

News story seen today:

Under a new law, California's 800,000 rideshare drivers have the right to unionize starting on Jan. 1.

Does that mean they will charge less?

🫣

I don't get it .Do they just pick up one ion per ride? (something like that?)

Edited January 2Jan 2 by geordief

6 hours ago, geordief said:

I don't get it .Do they just pick up one ion per ride? (something like that?)

un-ionize, i.e. become neutrally charged

For want of a nail, the war was lost. For want of a hyphen, the joke was lost.

The rule "I before E, except after C" has been disproven by science.

On 1/3/2026 at 5:07 PM, TheVat said:

For want of a nail, the war was lost. For want of a hyphen, the joke was lost.

There is only you and AI** (and a few others here,no doubt) that get that.

Don't tell me.It may come eventually.

** quite prissy(no it didn't get it but it "had a go")

Edited January 7Jan 7 by geordief

It relates a Ben Franklin attributed quote to the thud with which the unionize joke landed. Had I hyphenated unionize (after, in parentheses), the "charge less" double entendre would have been clearer.

BABY [in high chair]:

throws strained peas and carrots on floor

MRS. POLLOCK: Knock it off, Jackson.