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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up

www.quantamagazine.org

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A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up

www.quantamagazine.org

PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days ago
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A New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands the Same Side Up | Quanta Magazine
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A tetrahedron is the simplest Platonic solid. Mathematicians have now made one that’s stable only on one side, confirming a decades-old conjecture.
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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    Must be something you have to really play with to grasp the wow factor. The video was pretty underwhelming. I would love to tell people at parties that my job is inventing new shapes. Also, Regős is giving off some very heavy eighties super-model vibes.

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    Now remove the weighted part…

  • GuyFawkes@midwest.social
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    I CAN’T be the only one watching those animations and asking why they don’t push it over on that huge ass side!

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    quick, tie it to the back of a cat and drop them both together. you’ll get your perpetual motion spinning device then.

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    Perfect shape for four sided die

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    It’s just… heavily weighted… like… yeah? Duh? Was this a big surprise? It’s basically an obtuse pyramid with a weight. Is that supposed to be some new invention?

    • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOP
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      Almost as if it is only mildly interesting

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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      Your mum is an obtuse pyramid with a weight 😤

    • FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee
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      Read the damn article and you’ll see why despite not being incredibly complex it’s still not something anyone’s ever built before

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