• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    But if you are holding hands then r² becomes zero and the force of attraction is infinite.

    • sga@piefed.social
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      9 months ago

      they kinda are not. it is most likely typeset in latex, where in equation mode all letters by default get italicised. and it is kinda accpeted as appropriate typesetting.

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    9 months ago

    Try to be between her and the moon. Both your attractions will act in somewhat the same direction. Or at least Fmoon • Fme > 0

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      9 months ago

      How do you get LaTeX in the comment?

      Edit: Wait that’s not LaTeX that’s just cleverly-placed Unicode and Markdown formatting

      • Iron Lynx@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Correct, careful use of Unicode and Markdown. If it were LaTeX, the arrows would have been directly overhead those F’s