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[Thread] Mental Math (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was always amazed at how we can catch objects in flight.

Compared to how long it takes me to calculate projectile momentum in Physics 1

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Or tiny birds that can expertly navigate wind currents with an almond sized brain using real-time force feedback. The computational power at their disposal is very well optimized for what they do.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Hummingbirds are fucking incredible. They can literally hover, fly backwards, fly inverted, fly silently, or flap their wings loud enough to generate sound waves as a mating ritual. They're like miniature f-18s dog fighting constantly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And they can even do that in sync with thousands (and even millions) of other small birds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Birb Borg Cloud

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Plus they have hollow bones and weigh almost nothing