no banana@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoI can't hear themlemmy.worldimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down14
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minus-squareAnomalocaris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoif it wasn’t for some energy losses, there would be about infinite clicks before it stops
minus-squarechaotic_altruist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoTrue… But one of those “energy losses” is producing the sounds itself. So theoretically if you play with them in a vacuum without gravity, they will bounce forever but produce no sound (no air to carry the waves anyway).
minus-squareAnomalocaris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agothere will be some heat produced. but it’s a real physical representation of a supertask https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertask
if it wasn’t for some energy losses, there would be about infinite clicks before it stops
True… But one of those “energy losses” is producing the sounds itself. So theoretically if you play with them in a vacuum without gravity, they will bounce forever but produce no sound (no air to carry the waves anyway).
there will be some heat produced.
but it’s a real physical representation of a supertask https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertask