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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 139 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Kinda forgot the sides being parallel part. Like missing a step in assembling IKEA furniture, its not gonna turn out right.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Those arc sides are parallel in polar coordinates.

[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 76 points 2 days ago

You don't normally need to specify that the sides are parallel if you specify four right angles.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Also pretty sure definition of a shape requires only one enclosed or contiguous area.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

This one is enclosed and contiguous though, the lines of the triangle end where the circular line starts. (The rest is just a drafting residue.)

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

No, it is 2 contiguous regions. The line of separation is the bounding line of a "shape."

Otherwise, the entire whitespace outside of the region is also part of the shape, as is anything it touches.

[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

OK, imagine the space outside of the shape is black, or see through or whatever.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well then the line of separation means nothing and then you've lost two right angles to the contiguous void.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The angle of the triangle that protrudes into the circular part is not a right angle.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

My apologies you're correct, you lose two right angles.

[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Why? Does a cube floating in the void not have angles?

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Without a distinction of where the cube begins or ends it does not because there is no cube and there are no angles.

[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

The cube begins where the void ends and ends where the void begins.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fun fact - there are no actual cubes anywhere in the universe. All geometric shapes are an abstraction. There are no cubes and no angles, so that checks out.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Ceci n'est pas une cube.

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