Reading up on physics
8 deep · digging since dec 30, 25
- On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
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- Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?
An interactive visualization illustrates how physics and everyday life would change if the speed of light were drastically reduced to 5 km/h.
- How does Quantum Mechanics work?
Quantum weirdness arises from two core ideas: probabilities that cancel, and particles splitting into phantom copies that trace every possible path until observed.
- TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed)
TinyWind is a free browser-based sailing game with real wind physics, where players adjust sails and steer to battle AI enemies across 380k+ km sailed.
- The Physics of GPS
GPS converts time into distance using satellite signals and trilateration, requiring relativity corrections and a fourth satellite to fix clock errors for precise positioning.
- Data centers in space makes no sense
Hacker News commenters argue that space data centers face insurmountable cooling, power, and cost challenges, making the concept physically and economically impractical.
- Feynman's Hughes Lectures: 950 pages of notes
A personal transcription of 950 pages of notes from Richard Feynman's Hughes Lectures (1966-1971) covering astronomy, QED, and math methods has been made available.