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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Imagine the universe as a spherical cow.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

How thick of a universe ༼ ͡⚆ل͜ ͡⚆༽

[–] portuga@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Physics would be a lot simpler if all cows were spherical

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Me, an engineer: They aren't?

[–] late_list@piefed.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd imagine milking them would be somewhat more complex though

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah, that's why I prefer cubic cows. They're much easier to pack, too.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

I can't believe we're having this argument again. Hexagonal cows when two dimensional. Uh, regular icosahedral cows in three, I don't know the names of the shapes in four but you'll put your eye out

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Efficiently packing 17 square cows.

Efficient packing of 17 squares

[–] Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 hours ago

I do not like this

This is the Superwaffle Debacle all over again!

flips syrup table and leaves

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Certainly easier to get a proper angle on 'em.