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He told em to beat it (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Because it's a Billiards table

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carom_billiards#:~:text=Carom%20billiards%20tables%20have%20no,two%20balls%20on%20the%20table.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I first learned about billiards from the wonderful video Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land, specifically this part which has a great explanation of the strategy.

[–] Bigtiddygothgrany 9 points 10 months ago

Yep I'm bad at math so would be bad at the game, but damn that's really cool. Like when he was first doing it I was amazed at how good he was just eyeballing everything

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