Strings Don't Vibrate The Way You Think

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Check out Acoustics Today at https://acousticstoday.org, the ASA’s magazine featuring accessible articles about the latest discoveries and ideas in acoustics.

This video takes a close look at the true motion of string instruments, such as the guitar, which has really bizarre movement compared to how you might imagine!

Many thanks to Destin from Smarter Every Day for lending me his high speed camera! https://youtube.com/@smartereveryday

References:
- Making Music with Math: https://aatishb.com/stringmath/
- Solving the Sound of a Guitar String: http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2007/ph210/pelc2/
- Rolling Shutter Explained: https://youtu.be/dNVtMmLlnoE?si=6QiIjKM5HgmgYRKN

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jlvanderzwan
30 minutes ago
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Very satisfying slowmo in this one
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Meteor Fear

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Don't worry--even though small and potentially deadly meteors hit the ground all the time, statistically you're actually much more likely to die from a rare large one that destroys your whole area!
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jlvanderzwan
14 hours ago
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I feel like this one is calling out every astronomer and phycisist ever.
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alt_text_bot
19 hours ago
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Don't worry--even though small and potentially deadly meteors hit the ground all the time, statistically you're actually much more likely to die from a rare large one that destroys your whole area!

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Theodicy

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Once Simulation Theory logic is allowed, you can prove ANYTHING.


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jlvanderzwan
3 days ago
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Ok, but recursively apply this argument and you just end up with something-from-nothing again at the limit (and yes, René, you can probably slide some argument in favor of qualia there as well if you insist).
acdha
2 days ago
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Washington, DC
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Spider Webs

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4-panel comic by War and Peas. Panel 1: A man puts up fake spiderweb decorations for Halloween, with ghost ornaments and a jack-o'-lantern. Panel 2: Two spiders watch from a pumpkin. "After months of destroying our webs, he's putting that up?" Panel 3: "It must be a peace offering!" Panel 4: The spiders sit together on the pumpkin, hearts floating between them, moved by the gesture.

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jlvanderzwan
3 days ago
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This implies he's been destroying their webs wile not killing the spiders
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Horror Movie

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4-panel comic by War and Peas. Panel 1: A father and daughter walk toward a sunny cottage. "Oh, wow! Daddy is this our new house?" Panel 2: The father corrects her. "No, honey. Remember we're in a horror movie!" Panel 3: The daughter glances at the crumbling house next door: lightning, gravestones, and a shadowy figure visible in a window. "It's this one." Panel 4: The daughter asks, "And you're an author working on his comeback novel?" The father adds, looking distressed, "And Mom's been acting strange, lately."

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jlvanderzwan
11 days ago
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TBH, both houses work for different subgenres no?
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Inktober 2026

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Just finished Inktober 2026. Thought I should post it to my website. (I'm not sure why I don't post more art to my website?) Happy with a fair number of the drawings this month, especially the ones towards the end...
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jlvanderzwan
11 days ago
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I like 13 a lot ("flimsy")
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