Ooh, I wonder if this is just a goofy stock photo, a sincere attempt to measure the length of a coastline, or an illustration of the difficulty of that task.
I argue that this is due to the poor definition of a coastline. I don’t know why. I go into problem solving mode, and I’m like… yeah… poorly defined problem. Root cause found… uhh… now what. Coastline starts at where water reaches only high tide? No. Continental shelf? Certainly not. Point where building foundations are no longer stable? Maybe, but I don’t know enough… yet.
… is this ADHD? Seriously, my psychiatrist thought I was right on the border. I dunno
Edit: I’m dumb and misunderstood the problem. Disregard me
I am. How else would you measure a coastline? The exact line is constantly changing with waves and the tide, so to get any kind of answer requires that you decide where the coastline is and mark it somehow. Driving nails into the waterline at the same water level and adding up the distances between them isn’t really a bad approach.
Ooh, I wonder if this is just a goofy stock photo, a sincere attempt to measure the length of a coastline, or an illustration of the difficulty of that task.
Sincere attempt to measure the length of a coastline?
Jupp. And he completely nailed it.
Somebody’s gonna have to go back and get a shitload of nails.
Is that your guess, or are you puzzled by the concept?
Measuring a coastline creates a well known paradox: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox
I learned a thing. Thank you.
I argue that this is due to the poor definition of a coastline. I don’t know why. I go into problem solving mode, and I’m like… yeah… poorly defined problem. Root cause found… uhh… now what. Coastline starts at where water reaches only high tide? No. Continental shelf? Certainly not. Point where building foundations are no longer stable? Maybe, but I don’t know enough… yet.
… is this ADHD? Seriously, my psychiatrist thought I was right on the border. I dunno
Edit: I’m dumb and misunderstood the problem. Disregard me
Hey, there. I see you are pedal-to-the-metal-awkward-stream-conciousness, I will need to see a license for that.
Wow 😮
I forgot the “are you serious”.
I am. How else would you measure a coastline? The exact line is constantly changing with waves and the tide, so to get any kind of answer requires that you decide where the coastline is and mark it somehow. Driving nails into the waterline at the same water level and adding up the distances between them isn’t really a bad approach.
You don’t need to mark things to measure them, especially when they change far faster than how long the marking takes.
I recommend reviewing the coastline paradox. It’s an interesting problem.
I know. That does not make it better. How could this be serious?
I’m really not sure you understand the concept. Maybe think on it a bit?