Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier
by sokoloff on Monday September 02, 2019 @06:24AM
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The next derivatives in the sequence of position, velocity, acceleration, and jerk are amusingly named “snap, crackle, and pop”, respectively.
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Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier
by neohaven on Monday September 02, 2019 @08:32AM
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Interestingly, they keep getting into "smaller" sounds. Snaps are kind of long-ish, potentially. Something can slowly snap (jerk primed) in two, it's not "as instantaneous a sound" as the two others. Compare to the pops (third) that are part of any crackle (second) you might hear. I always find it a little extra clever that they're ordered "like derivatives".