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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by RNAi@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net
 

http://roundtail.ca/main/why_round

I thought circles were actually bad at flexing, so not compliant at all

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[–] Stoatmilk@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe it's to create an optical illusion so you are more likely to escape from an attacking mountain lion

[–] beef_curds@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But what if i want the cougars to catch me?

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Laboratory testing and Finite Element Analysis proved that the RoundTail™ provides more than...

michael-laugh finite element analysis is just like...a basic numerical math technique

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_element_method

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, you don't get it, they used tensor calculations!

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yeah but like, what doesn't transform like a tensor? scalars are fucking tensors!

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

listen, i know you know that rna, but i got a bad case of sunk cost fallacy on having taken a differential geometry course and i'm making it you're problem

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Imagine actually having to learn what the fuck is a tensor, couldn't be me 😎

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

tensors are a fuck, born to die, 410,015,120,452 dead mathematics