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Mark Harbinger (Author)When I'm around other people who use the oxford comma I look like I'm using it, too... (Would love to hang w/ folks who could nail this <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/straightline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#straightline</a> )

Khurram Wadee ✅Just a simple demonstration here of the <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/locus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#locus</a> of a <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/StraightLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StraightLine</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/ThreeDimensionalSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThreeDimensionalSpace</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/CartesianCoordinates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CartesianCoordinates</a> passing through a known point with <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/PositionVector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PositionVector</a> a and a direction d. A <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Projection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Projection</a> onto the x-y plane is also depicted.<a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/AnimatedGif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimatedGif</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/WxMaxima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WxMaxima</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mathematics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maths</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Geometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geometry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/MyWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyWork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/CCBYSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CCBYSA</a>

ScienceActuallyWithout touching a single piece of land, it's possible to sail from Alaska to India in a completely straight line.More precisely, along a geodesic, or a curve that constitutes the shortest path (arc) between two points on a surface, like a spheroid.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sciencefact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefact</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sailing</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/straightline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#straightline</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/geodesiccurve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geodesiccurve</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/geodesic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geodesic</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sphere</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/spheroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spheroid</a>

Pustam | पुस्तम | পুস্তম🇳🇵<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Geometry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Geometry</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Geodesic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Geodesic</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GeodesicEquation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GeodesicEquation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/StraightLine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#StraightLine</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Curvature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Curvature</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Metrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Metrics</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Connection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Connection</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Indices" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Indices</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/NormalDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NormalDistribution</a>

@Om*the longest straight line sail...<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/longest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#longest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/straightline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#straightline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/sailing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sailing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pakistan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/globe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#globe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/20000miles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#20000miles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/animatedgif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animatedgif</a>

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