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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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xkcd #2821: Path Minimization

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xkcd #2821: Path Minimization

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Link to comic: https://xkcd.com/2821/

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    I spent way too long trying to figure out why the guy and the ice cream shop were flying, and how he would move horizontally in he air…

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      I couldn’t tell what I was looking at until I searched for an explanation. All I could see was a person falling into some water past a floating ice cream stall. It’s supposed to be a beach:

      https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2821:_Path_Minimization

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        “we have a beach at home”

        the beach in question

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        Yeah, I just thought it was two dudes racing to get ice cream first.

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      I was more like: but if he choses the alternative paths, he doesn’t get the ice cream - that doesn’t make sense! Then I understood our priorities differ.

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