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Re:How did humans survive alone for 1000 years on desert isl... by eru on Friday February 16, 2024 @09:39PM (#39405809)
It's a feedback loop.
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Re:How did humans survive alone for 1000 years on desert isl... by anon-sre-srm on Friday February 16, 2024 @09:43PM (#39405837)
More precisely, many things are roughly modelable as differential equations where aggregate rate of change depends on an amount present.
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Re:How did humans survive alone for 1000 years on desert isl... by eru on Sunday February 18, 2024 @07:41PM (#39425076)
In that language, I would say that we are dealing with a multi-dimensional differential equation.
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