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		tastyfreeze on June 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Enormous ‘rogue waves’ can appear out of nowhere Wobble a glass of water just the right way and you will get rogue waves from constructive interference. The problem is predicting them in the ocean.

ncmncm on June 12, 2022 [–]

The problem to be understood is how you get a dozen waves constructively interfering over a long distance, not just popping up for a moment.

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