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[-] aggelalex@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago

Believe it or not, there are shapes for which this isn't possible, like most letters of the Latin alphabet

[-] Johanno@feddit.org 22 points 4 months ago

But if I shrink it enough it won't matter.

[-] aggelalex@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Only if the letters have thickness. If they are just 2 dimensional lines (which is the minimal information to construct a letter), you'll have to shrink it to infinity into a single point.

[-] tourist@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

I'm confused

Surely if you can make something smaller, you could make it fit inside anything bigger than it?

Or do I not have the assumptions down?

Do the lines count as "borders"?

So Like Q,R,O,A etc. have "holes" but Z, X, I, L etc are just lines with no enclosure

That would make sense

I thought maybe the rules were if you spray paint a huge L on the wall you could draw a little L on it with chalk when it dries

Sorry , just thinking out loud

[-] Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 4 months ago

Assuming we shrink all spacial dimensions equally: With Z, the diagonal will also shrink so that the two horizontal lines would be closer together and then you could not fit them into the original horizontal lines anymore. Only once you shrink the Z far enough that it would fit within the line-width could you fit it into itself again. X I and L all work at any arbitrary amount of shrinking though.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 14 points 4 months ago

T, V, Y can be shrunk by any amount and still fit aswell! Possibly even K depending on the font.

[-] Gladaed@feddit.org 9 points 4 months ago

Each Geometrie in which a Single point can see each other point works. Every other geometry has at least 1 point which violates this.

[-] MHanak@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Basically any convex shape has a big/small size configuration in which one doesn't fit in another

Or in other words: if you can't draw a line between the center and the edge that intersects with another edge, the shape is guaranteed to fit a smaller version of itself

[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago

I, K, L, T, V, X, Y are all the one's I think (with I and K depending on how you write them).

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 34 points 4 months ago

TIL that the shape of Africa looks like Africa

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

🎵 I note the shape down in Aaafrica!

[-] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Here's another fact for you:

ɐɔᴉɹɟ∀ is the same as Africa but upside down and backwards

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Look man, I'm just quoting something I read online.

If you're such a skeptic, why don't you check my source???

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Another fun fact: the pictured orientation of that smaller version of Africa is the only one that you can use to produce that picture.

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

depending on how much leeway you have no? you'd turn it a few degrees as long as you have enough space to

[-] weker01@feddit.de 4 points 4 months ago
[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

oh, "produce that picture" means that exact picture not a similar representation of it

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Africa is Australia turned 45 degrees clockwise

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

except on the southern hemisphere where it is counterclockwise because of the Coriolis force

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Not if the earth is flat!

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Please spread the word, and together we can stop this!

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

It actually doesnt. This ignores the lakes and rivers

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And you really should stick to those, like you used to. None of that waterfall chasing folly.

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No way would a Viking be against waterfalls.

Ah this ones a hippie

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I have nothing against waterfalls! I just realize that chasing them is both no challenge at all (since they tend to stay in place) and extremely challenging to do unscathed 🤷

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Look... I know you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all, but I think you're moving too fast.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

That's what I said to the guy sprinting headlong towards Victoria Falls!

[-] Jf2540@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Love the use of those lyrics here.

[-] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 5 points 4 months ago

pulls out ruler

[-] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago
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