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First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself (www.quantamagazine.org)

submitted 5 months ago by misk@piefed.social to c/science@mander.xyz

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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Does it fit in the square hole?

https://youtu.be/cUbIkNUFs-4

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 9 points 5 months ago

Everything goes in the square hole.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I thought this was an abstract Firefox logo at first

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

[–] lemon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

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

[–] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Good ole rhombicosidodecahedrons!

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

new bestagon just dropped

[–] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

New besthedron, you mean ;)

[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

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.