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[โ€“] [email protected] 139 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I first learned about billiards from the wonderful video Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land, specifically this part which has a great explanation of the strategy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Yep I'm bad at math so would be bad at the game, but damn that's really cool. Like when he was first doing it I was amazed at how good he was just eyeballing everything

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You unlocked an old memory of mine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

When I posted it I was hoping that would happen to someone :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

And here I thought that was fancy talk for pool.

[โ€“] ratman150 14 points 11 months ago