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I don't think that's a bad thing -- it's people trying to test their mutual understanding.

Here, destroy my inexpert one, and maybe I'll learn something: "It's like describing how to twist a ball, first with the direction used to spear it with a rod, an then how much to twist."



I rather inelegantly attempted to describe this as "a twisty and a pushy" to a friend today, while mimicking the animation with my hands. There is no work-appropriate way to do this. :|


That flipped a couple switches in my head, at least. Now to mentally translate this back to the math. Thanks!


I rather like explanation, for what it’s worth.




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