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Alright, tomorrow I want someone to count how many times we see the phrase "the easiest way to understand quaternions is ..." on here.
by eximius 8y ago
Alright, tomorrow I want someone to count how many times we see the phrase "the easiest way to understand quaternions is ..." on here.
- throwawaymath 8y agoEvery time there's a math-y thing on Hacker News, there are many people who want to write comments to explain the math-y thing to each other :)
- eximius 8y agoAbsolutely and I wouldn't want it any other way! Repeated exposure is a great way to learn! Besides, I haven't learned quaternions so maybe one of the explanations I read tomorrow will click!
- Terr_ 8y agoI don't think that's a bad thing -- it's people trying to test their mutual understanding. Here, destroy my inexpert one, and maybe I'll learn something: "It's like describing how to twist a ball, first with the direction used to spear it with a rod, an then how much to twist."
- Twisol 8y agoI rather inelegantly attempted to describe this as "a twisty and a pushy" to a friend today, while mimicking the animation with my hands. There is no work-appropriate way to do this. :|
- ComputerGuru 8y agoI rather like explanation, for what it’s worth.
- uoaei 8y agoThat flipped a couple switches in my head, at least. Now to mentally translate this back to the math. Thanks!