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

submitted 6 days ago by misk@piefed.social to c/science@mander.xyz

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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Does it fit in the square hole?

https://youtu.be/cUbIkNUFs-4

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 9 points 6 days ago

Everything goes in the square hole.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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 6 days ago

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

[–] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Good ole rhombicosidodecahedrons!

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

new bestagon just dropped

[–] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

New besthedron, you mean ;)

[–] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 6 points 6 days 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 3 days 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.