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I don't know anything about the lorenz attractor other than it's cool math that makes cool visualizations, from stuff like electric sheep screensaver. How does this actually work? I assumed there was an "attractive" force in the middle but this is based on gravity? What is the underlying pattern?

This would make an awesome garden feature, translate the tracing of the centre of mass into a sand box like a zen garden

Ah this #butterflyeffect that looks like an actual butterfly!

I don't like this Ferris wheel I want off.

This is so cool!

Yes! It’s made in python

Very nice. Thanks for the link!

I like the version from the video within the video, seems a lot mechanically simpler, and potentially more accurate since you can make the buckets very small. I wonder how easy it would be to make a mechanical transducer to read off the CoM from it.

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Cool! Fun place 😄

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What governs distance from origin? Max water level?

As a maintenance man, this drives me insane that I can't pause it and patch any of the holes

Very cool! Thanks!

What happens if the buckets below catch the leaking water from above?

that's so cool! does the map from one system to the other preserve gravity, or is it playing two different roles in each model?

why does the water leaving the upper buckets not collect in the lower buckets