Post A9dRTOP44PLpCSDhY0 by mdhughes@appdot.net
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 (DIR) Post #A9chyptNJyvpXaS8Ya by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-24T19:23:28Z
       
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       Internet! How should a 2D set of points equidistant from a central point be spelled?
       
 (DIR) Post #A9ciGtjVmOWgfKS4g4 by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-24T19:26:44Z
       
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 (DIR) Post #A9cxq1j7Y8uEuCTgfI by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-24T22:21:10Z
       
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       My Wife: Well, they're wrong!(She proposed the use of sirkl, prompting this poll)
       
 (DIR) Post #A9cxvISQlwqyF8BTY8 by DrSagan@plush.city
       2021-07-24T22:22:06Z
       
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       @urusan shes wrong
       
 (DIR) Post #A9d5Y2F3h9e6vLLexE by spirit56@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-24T23:47:33Z
       
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       @urusan And then there's sirk-el, Superman's cousin who engages in circular reasoning.
       
 (DIR) Post #A9dGm8CpPtaeyGEHJI by gemlog@tilde.zone
       2021-07-25T01:53:22Z
       
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       @urusanI'm with your wife on that, but since the question read "How *should*" it be spelled, I went with sirkl.
       
 (DIR) Post #A9dRTOP44PLpCSDhY0 by mdhughes@appdot.net
       2021-07-25T03:53:13Z
       
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       @urusan circulus is Latin, ring is Germanic. So as a technical term, English should prefer the slightly simplified "circle". We don't phonetically spell words, we adapt their source language. In fact, the Latin would've been pronounced "keerkooloos".
       
 (DIR) Post #A9dZXkrNJmj5di3Lbk by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-25T05:23:40Z
       
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       @mdhughes That's pretty wild, like a multi-thousand year old game of telephone.
       
 (DIR) Post #A9dpeF29dyoKE5D57I by Mehrad@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-25T08:24:04Z
       
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       @urusan You never mentioned that the points should be connected and sold not have unclosed ends, therefore any of the following are correct 😉:1. Points on two ands of a straight line -> •   •2. Points at corners of any 2D ploygon that has equal edge lengths (triangle, square, pantagon, …, {n}gon when lim n -> inf )
       
 (DIR) Post #A9dpm6b4tZ74NQILfE by Mehrad@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-25T08:25:32Z
       
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       @urusan You never mentioned that the points should be connected to form a line and should have closed ends, therefore any of the following are correct 😉:1. Points on two ands of a straight line -> •   •2. Points at corners of any 2D ploygon that has equal edge lengths (triangle, square, pantagon, …, {n}gon when lim n -> inf )
       
 (DIR) Post #A9ejNtEfmczmv3k8BM by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-25T16:05:53Z
       
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       @Mehrad When I wrote the intro for this poll, I was thinking "Oh gosh, what if I messed up the definition of a circle in some small technical way? I'm sure someone will call me out on it! That said, I don't want to bias the poll by saying 'circle'! Hmmm..."
       
 (DIR) Post #A9ejeleNEt4KJfoQSm by Mehrad@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-25T16:10:16Z
       
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       @urusan I see your point, therefore I suggested the keywords that I thought were missing 😉I believe the following pull request would fix the bug:A closed-ended line which all points defined on it on a 2D plain will be equidistant to a central point🤓
       
 (DIR) Post #A9fC6pFCGfrGHtCfrM by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-26T00:10:29Z
       
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       The people have spoken! The correct spelling is now ⭕!
       
 (DIR) Post #A9fCQ7vP2OGFj89Ggy by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-26T00:13:59Z
       
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       It was a close race, but you can't argue with democracy!
       
 (DIR) Post #A9fCTOswR5uZCHYfXU by amiloradovsky@functional.cafe
       2021-07-26T00:14:32Z
       
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       @urusan krug
       
 (DIR) Post #A9fCi9ZPeuy22gSUdM by meeper@outerheaven.club
       2021-07-26T00:17:17.038665Z
       
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       @urusan 2d plane but with a strange geometry such that a circle becomes a line
       
 (DIR) Post #A9fFMxPnxIde7qY6Gu by spirit56@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-26T00:47:02Z
       
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       @urusan I disagree with the results. The poll wasn't conducted scientifically. It would surely be overturned by a recount.But I accept the results, will not seek to have them overturned and will not block them from being entered into the record.
       
 (DIR) Post #A9fKZZ32MZGU5TjLl2 by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-26T01:45:20Z
       
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       @spirit56 I suppose that logically we should have a runoff election, but our traditional first past the post system forbids it!
       
 (DIR) Post #A9gdIKDlAQsyajOFDE by TinBee@fosstodon.org
       2021-07-26T09:30:26Z
       
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       @urusan nor dictatorship...