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I love the little tangent you’ve created here. It’s textbook HN. I wonder if there’s a word for it.
by jcims 7y ago
I love the little tangent you’ve created here. It’s textbook HN. I wonder if there’s a word for it.
- bentcorner 7y agoI've heard "rathole" to describe taking a meeting off topic.
- jcims 7y agoThat's it! They remind me of old school bubble chambers used in particle accelerators. Momentum carrying things mostly in one direction, but every now and again something just coils inward until it runs out of energy. https://media.sciencephoto.com/image/a1380122/800wm/A1380122-Subatomic_particle_tracks.jpg https://media.sciencephoto.com/image/a1380122/800wm/A1380122...