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jlow@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe they meant prism, since a cylinder is technically one.

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• sudoreboot@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe what they’re trying to describe is a torus

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  • letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No they’d only model a bull as a torus.

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    • OozingPositron@feddit.cl ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Kek

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  • agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Now, how exactly is a penguin toroidal?

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    • letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It has a single hole through its body from its mouth to its arsehole. IANAB but I think all other holes have at least a membrane between one end and the other. So it’s topologically equivalent to a teacup and a torus.

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  • jlow@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Imagine a donut-shaped penguin, love it! 😸

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• agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe having halfspheres at the top and bottom? So more like a gas tank, less like a piece of sausage.

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• sqw@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  only thing i can figure is maybe technically you could call an ellipsoidal prism a cylinder also? seems like a stretch.

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  • jlow@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, I also thought that there might be a cylinder based on a ellipse. Not very common but possible

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