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The coin around coin problem has its own wikipedia page, although some people want to delete it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_rotation_paradox https://en
by jhncls 3y ago
The coin around coin problem has its own wikipedia page, although some people want to delete it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_rotation_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_rotation_paradox
- jhncls 3y agoThe same paradox is also featured prominently as part of a Mathologer video [0] and an article in Scientific American [1]. [0]: https://youtu.be/oEN0o9ZGmOM?t=523s https://youtu.be/oEN0o9ZGmOM?t=523s [1]: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sat-problem-that-everybody-got-wrong/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sat-problem-t...
- alister 3y agoI love the Wikipedia animations -- they are usually extremely helpful -- but when I'm trying to read the article, I find them distracting. I usually move another window on top to obscure the animations so I can concentrate on the article. But there must be a better way. Is there a hotkey to stop animations? For Firefox in particular? EDIT: I don't want to stop animations permanently with about:config; I just want to pause and un-pause.
- wlonkly 3y agoThis extension lets you toggle the global setting, but it also optionally lets you toggle individual GIFs: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggleanigif/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggleanigif/
- caditinpiscinam 3y ago> although some people want to delete it I hope they don't. The argument for removing it is basically that if you understand geometry, then the conclusion is obvious; but since this is an area where most people's understanding of geometry is incorrect (myself included, before today), the article is valuable. I don't see how it's different from articles on other mathematical paradoxes (Simpson's paradox, for example).