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A double pendulum requires 2 weights, and additional one at the center joint. Surprisingly Randal has that wrong.
 
A double pendulum requires 2 weights, and additional one at the center joint. Surprisingly Randal has that wrong.
 
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I wonder if Randall was playing Don’t Starve whose main antagonist is Maxwell, described as demonic, whose world is filled with nightmare themed contraptions, and which feature an entity called night hands that are creepy long fingers that come out at night to snatch your light.

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Example of the creepy fingers: https://youtu.be/3zoTKXXNQIU?si=MgZgSRFFyxrNGhw3 172.70.175.25 12:58, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

If that's as creepy as Maxwell's Demon gets, you have to wonder if he's related to Gachnar: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3090746901188850 172.70.91.12 14:47, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Fortunately, Maxwell's Demon can be banished with a silver hammer. 172.69.246.151 15:08, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Is this a Dungeons and Discourse reference? Psychoticpotato (talk) 18:23, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Ultimately that'd be from The Beatles... (Don't know that particular D'n'D thing, if that's a thing. Bet that's also a reference of its own.) 172.71.242.70 18:46, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, whoever completed the transcript. I didn't know the bullet tag and the comics are starting to get more complicated to explain and transcribe. So again, my thanks. <3 Z1mp0st0rz (talk) 16:12, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

David Acheson showed that any finite number of inverted pendulum segments can be made stable through vibration. related video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ7_fFABc9s&t=0s 108.162.238.131 17:23, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Considering that Maxwell's demon can reverse entropy, I welcome our new demon overlord. We must all put more starch onto speakers! Fabian42 (talk) 18:10, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Summon Ba'al the Soul-Eater to rule beside Maxwell's Demon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Z1mp0st0rz (talk) 19:22, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Should we use "pendula" as the plural to "pendulum"? 172.70.110.47 (talk) 21:38, 24 April 2024 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Should we mention that Netflix's airing of 3-body problem means people are probably more interested in chaotic systems right now?--172.70.39.36 03:01, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Plus there's the US elections coming up...162.158.95.97 09:09, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

A double pendulum requires 2 weights, and additional one at the center joint. Surprisingly Randal has that wrong. 172.69.60.177 00:25, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

I wonder if Randall was playing Don’t Starve whose main antagonist is Maxwell, described as demonic, whose world is filled with nightmare themed contraptions, and which feature an entity called night hands that are creepy long fingers that come out at night to snatch your light.