[HN Gopher] What can you do with an Einstein (aperiodic monotile)?
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       What can you do with an Einstein (aperiodic monotile)?
        
       Author : robinhouston
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-12-10 16:28 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | Terr_ wrote:
       | I don't know WTF the New York Times is thinking, making their
       | paywall cover _everything._ No first paragraph, not a subtitle,
       | even the the title _itself_ is truncated. How is anyone supposed
       | to get interested-enough in their content to register?
        
         | filoleg wrote:
         | Just checked, you are totally right, I straight up cannot see
         | anything aside from the title background picture they have for
         | the article.
         | 
         | Ironically, reader mode on iOS safari lets me see a good chunk
         | of the article including the title.
        
         | mmh0000 wrote:
         | Whaaa... You don't find the only uncovered text "What Can You
         | Do" enthralling? I want to know what I can do!
         | 
         | //On a side note: https://archive.is/fp84g
        
           | Terr_ wrote:
           | "He says... 'What would a computer do with a lifetime supply
           | of chocolate?' ... I am now telling the computer _EXACTLY_
           | what he can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate!! " [0]
           | 
           | [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP-eR8a3vIU
        
       | neonate wrote:
       | http://web.archive.org/web/20231211110223/https://www.nytime...
        
       | quickthrower2 wrote:
       | https://archive.is/fp84g <- images load on this one
        
       | quickthrower2 wrote:
       | You can SVG it!                   <polygon points="89.3,146.9
       | 8.5,194 35.3,240.5 143.3,240.5 170.2,193.6 250.8,240.7
       | 331.7,193.9 305,146.9 251,146.9 251.7,53.4 170.1,6.5 143.3,53.4
       | 89.3,53.4 "/>
        
       | jaymzcampbell wrote:
       | _...Play Tetris, of course! He named his monotile variant of the
       | game Montris. (Another entrant had a similar idea, called
       | Hatris.)_
       | 
       | There's no follow up comment but I'm wondering if they know such
       | a game existed, by Alexey no less, of that exact name, which
       | involves stacking... hats. [1]
       | 
       | The British in me still really loves the pun in Einstein - _" ein
       | Stein"_ meaning "one stone", nothing to do with he-of-relativity
       | fame. [2]
       | 
       | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatris [2]
       | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/03/new-einstein...
        
       | heinrich5991 wrote:
       | https://archive.is/fp84g
        
         | oniony wrote:
         | Already posted
        
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