> > here's where i am but you're just going to tell me i'm wrong without > > letting me understand it. you don't like my interest in finding what's > > possible > > > > # the collision point is the earliest intersection of > > the swept-sphere paths the two spheres travel on > > # selfdot(pos1+vel1*t) = rsquared > > # selfdot(pos2+vel2*t) = rsquared > > # selfdot(touchpt - (pos1 + vel1*t)) = rsquared > > # selfdot(touchpt - (pos2 + vel2*t)) = rsquared > > # simpler is to compare their distances to the sum of > > their radii (inhibition forced us to look up on the internet >( ) > > # selfdot(pos1 + vel1*t, pos2 + vel2*t) = 4rsquared > > # even simpler is to consider one the reference frame > > for the other > > # selfdot(pos12+vel12*t) = 4rsquared > > # sum(pos12)**2 + sum(pos12*vel12)*t + sum(vel12)**2*t > > # it's a quadratic equation where A = sum(vel12)**2, B > > = sum(pos12*vel12), and C = sum(pos12) > > # the quadratic equation is (-B +- sqrt(B^2-4AC))/(2A) > > # so it's immediately rational from A, meanwhile you'd > > need B^2-4AC to be a square number or a rational of square numbers > > i'm starting to understand myself around it a little > it looks like it's not reasonable to make B^2-4AC a square number, and > very hard to make it a rational of square numbers in a way that > doesn't cause precision explosion > and that's really similar to something being impossible, and contains > a space where it's possible that it's impossible > and impossibility is a huge projected/introjected inhibition i have, > associated with hopelessness and worthlessness and suicide and harm to > my loved ones and stuff > so i try not to develop concepts of impossibility. it's been quite > nice to have reversed that
of course what slave boss says is that it's impossible for me to succeed at anything at all, roughly which is different from mathematical impossibility, it's more value and perspective oriented. it seems much stronger really!
