Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 started this discussion 7 years ago#80,325
I'm reading the Wikipedia article for it right now, but this is going over my head. Even though I could read the formula given. I heard there was some sort of conspiracy theory saying that this shows that the universe is constructed out of a geometric set of rules, but I don't know how to sum up what the "golden ratio" is for my better understanding. I guess, it's off to YouTube now to look up videos about it.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 56 seconds later[^][v]#934,911
Go outside.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,915
It's a handy property of numbers that they act like numbers. There is no more mystery to it than that. I think 3blue1brown has some great stuff though if you're looking for YouTube watching about the golden ratio.
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,919
the easiest way to remember it: think of a length being made of two lengths. One length is shorter than the other. If you compare the shorter to the longer, it's just like comparing the longer to the total of the two of them, ratio-wise. So shorter/longer = longer/(shorter + longer).
Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,921
Is the symbol for this Phi (Φ) and is the number for the "Golden Ratio" 1.618033988749895?
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,923
Yep, that's the one, though the decimal representation can never be exact, being an irrational number as the famous pi. However, unlike pi, we can represent it with a square root in an expression.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 36 seconds later, 23 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,925
@934,921 (Catherine !ttGirlsPl2)
Come on Catherine. If you spent 1 1/2 minute's on the Golden Ratio, you damn well know why 1.618033988749895 exists.
Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 6 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,927
Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 30 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,929
@934,925 (E)
I just watched a video by Numberphile and showed why sunflowers mysteriously use this number to distribute its seeds.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 7 years ago, 23 seconds later, 31 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,931
@934,927 (Catherine !ttGirlsPl2)
sure, but don't forget to bracket (1 + sqrt(5))
Catharine joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 15 seconds later, 31 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,932
@934,915 (C)
But letters can act like numbers in Hexadecimal
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 26 seconds later, 31 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,933
@OP
Just go watch the movie Pi and jerk off to it like all my weird friends.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,934
@previous (C)
I saw that in a theater, and it looked so super grainy and that was interesting
when I later saw it on tv, the tv's resolution was not good enough to show the grains and it didn't even look grainy so that effect was lost in the translation
one weird error in the film -- the guy reads his pill bottle as something something h c i, but it is really h c l, that is, HCl, hydrogen chloride.
(Edited 1 minute later.)
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^][v]#934,936
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 49 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#935,009
@previous (G)
It's not even funny anymore. You're just having a laugh.
Anonymous C double-posted this 7 years ago, 51 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#935,014
@934,932 (Catharine) > But letters can act like numbers in Hexadecimal
Yes. They are still just numbers. It doesn't matter if I call it 0xFFFF or 65535 or whatever. It's just the same thing. Pudding is still mushy shit I may or may not want for breakfast no matter which words I choose to describe it. It's just learning to say "two" in any different language. It still means the same thing.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#935,015
It's the force of the universe! If you understand it, you can fly and learn anything!
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#935,016
@previous (I)
No man. After a whole life spent writing stupid code, I can do math in hexadecimal quicker than I can in base 10. I still can't fly.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#935,022
It's the basis of the time signatures on the upcoming Tool album.
Captain Kate Carr joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#935,024