Post AkRM5ca4QwBY78lrGa by quantumg@mastodon.au
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(DIR) Post #AkRLdOhKSMAiwshwcS by ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social
2024-07-30T00:59:01Z
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Reading the comments here has convinced me a lot of people either don't know what circumference is or find it counterintuitive: https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1ef98oc/comment/lfkrcbr/?context=3
(DIR) Post #AkRM5ca4QwBY78lrGa by quantumg@mastodon.au
2024-07-30T01:04:06Z
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@ZachWeinersmith surface area is hard concept in flatland
(DIR) Post #AkRN1DIUawwyUj0k9A by mistersql@mastodon.social
2024-07-30T01:14:31Z
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@ZachWeinersmith I'll get around to it when I'm ready.
(DIR) Post #AkRRcBChjyKwX8Bb3g by jkaniarz@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-07-30T02:06:01Z
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@ZachWeinersmith maybe they don’t get the joke because it’s metric.
(DIR) Post #AkRS2dJTqyDTF3yAJE by demofox@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-07-30T02:10:45Z
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@ZachWeinersmith counter intuitive :)
(DIR) Post #AkRTzgrgOLulISgx4i by KolaMagpie@this.mouse.rocks
2024-07-30T02:32:39Z
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@ZachWeinersmith it’s definitely counter-intuitive for me. Circumferences are always a fair bit larger than what my brain thinks they should be
(DIR) Post #AkRXEJHGfep2LeK0mW by CrisLuengo@fosstodon.org
2024-07-30T03:08:55Z
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@ZachWeinersmith There’s an old bar trick to win some money: bet that the circumference of the beer glass is larger than its height. Guaranteed win!
(DIR) Post #AkRYFPiqILJya1JGsq by tentacular@nerdculture.de
2024-07-30T03:20:20Z
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@ZachWeinersmith My guess is a lot of people roughly imagine circumference as "a little less than twice the width" instead of "a little more than 3x it."