A great explanation of moire

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For the geeks out there :smile:

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And when the picture is awfully distorted compared to the original? :smiley:

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:smiley:

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I don’t get it. Is that referencing some song one is supposed to know? I am terribly bad with pop culture references … :frowning:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnFlx2Lnr9Q
enjoy!

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Why would anyone know something like that? :astonished:

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Now you’re delving into philosophy. That’s a different xkcd comic.

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If you’re old enough ( :frowning: ), you just remember that song. it was very popular.

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When I read the cartoon immediately this melody popped up in my mind, even being not so familiar with this song. Magical. :slight_smile:

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I hope @agriggio doesn’t mind, but I added the non-scaled version of the image to his first post (and will be investigating why it’s distorted).

[edit] - this has been reported upstream to be fixed - thanks for the link! :slight_smile:

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@patdavid no problem at all! thanks!

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And if you go to football games in the UK you’ll hear it sung by fans (with altered lyrics) - made me smile!

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