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〈 Berger | Dillon 〉
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〈 Berger | Dillon 〉
@InertialObservr
Dillon Berger, PhD | Physicist | Absurdist | Head of Markets, Trading & Risk @ChalkboardHQ
DC → CA → NYC
Joined August 2015
- Illusion of The Year 2019 Winner It's based on a simple Lissajous curve, but uses clever shading/highlighting to create a 'double-axis' illusion
00:00 - 2010: failed out of college 2021: got my PhD in theoretical physics
- index of refraction of liquid = index of refraction of container
00:00 - The reason Pringles fit so nicely in a cylindrical tube is because they're hyperbolic paraboloids plotted over a circular domain
- A straight line may be the shortest 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 between two points, but a "Brachistochrone" curve is the path of least time
GIF - Replying to @lolennui and @MikeBenchCaponmy favorite is when people slap the label "conspiracy theory" on something that definitely has happened
- Replying to @InertialObservr and @marrowinginstead of saying "happy holidays" try replacing it with "fuck you idiot" See where that takes you. See how you like it.
GIF- Any time you pick up a well shuffled deck, you are almost certainly holding an arrangement of cards that has never before existed and will likely never exist again. - Yannay Khaikin
- Replying to @marrowingInstead of calling someone "gorgeous", try replacing it with "ugly" See where that takes you. See how you like it.
