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Funny, I put parachutes on my airplanes in kerbal space program (as a safety feature) but never considered what the real-life analogue to that would be. Turns o
by psvv 4mo ago
Funny, I put parachutes on my airplanes in kerbal space program (as a safety feature) but never considered what the real-life analogue to that would be. Turns out it's very similar!
- MomsAVoxell 4mo agoJust so its clear, Kerbal is the analog.
- lolc 3mo agoAnalogue means having the same function. It does not say which came first.
- MomsAVoxell 3mo agoFalse. Analogue does not mean having the same function. Analogue, in this sense, means some action or thing seen as comparable to another. If something is analogous of, or to something, it is proportional to something else. The proportionality describes a primary/secondary relationship. If two actions/things are entirely comparable - i.e. orthagonality approximating 0.0 - then they are not analogues, but rather equivalents. Something may be a poor comparison to another thing, but still be an analogue - albeit, a poor analogue in comparison to some other, original, instance.
- lolc 3mo agoYes that's where the word comes from. I was describing how the word was used here. You quibble with established usage. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogue#h1 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogue#h1