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misk@piefed.social to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 个月前

First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself

www.quantamagazine.org

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First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself

www.quantamagazine.org

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First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
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After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
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    Does it fit in the square hole?

    https://youtu.be/cUbIkNUFs-4

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      Everything goes in the square hole.

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    I thought this was an abstract Firefox logo at first

    Edit: I read the article and it’s a really interesting concept!

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      Haha same. First thought was: Have they actually ruined it even more?

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    Good ole rhombicosidodecahedrons!

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      new bestagon just dropped

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        New besthedron, you mean ;)

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    I tried to understand this shape but I was not successful so I will upload it for further analysis when I next regenerate after rejoining the collective.

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      I always liked how the Borg’s algorithm to assess nonsense shapes is to throw more Borgs at it instead of being like “Further data is required” and then return to the area where the data was collected. If they couldn’t collect it, then run a diagnostic on the Borg that presented it. It’s almost like the Borg collective never assimilated any species that had hackers or social engineers in their populations.

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