Oh god that’s brilliant
Blanket physics is harder to understand than Calabi-Yau Manifolds
Submitted 7 months ago by Gork@lemm.ee to science_memes@mander.xyz
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doublejay1999@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Num10ck@lemmy.world 7 months ago
i read once that untangling fabric is the hardest part of domestic robots. we don’t have the math for laundry.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
And we still can’t replace human seamstresses, reliably automating many processes is STILL hard
prole@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Completely unrelated, but I just noticed that “seamstress” still seems acceptable, despite shifting more toward gender neutral vocational titles. The only other one I can think of was “stewardess” which was changed to “Flight Attendant.”
Is there a difference between a tailor and a seamstress? Or is the latter just the female version of the former, and therefore an archaic term?
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
My brother once got so tangled in a duvet cover, we had to cut him free.
TronnaRaps@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Does your brother usually wear a helmet, by any chance?
jaybone@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Maybe they put him in the dryer with the sheets. My duvet cover is like some kind of Bag of Holding that swallows pillow cases and never wants to return them.
dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I used to see a local band named Calabi-yau. Their sound was kind of a rush-inspired math-rock. Really talented guys. Guitar player got hired by google and moved so the group kind of retired
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
One reason I like queen sized blankets
someacnt_@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I thought it was only me
vaderaj@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The function just can’t converge haha
CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wow, I had no idea the Calabi-Yau Manifold was a real thing. I thought it was just made up for Barotrauma, since that was the only place I heard of it. It sounded Lovecraftian enough so I never questioned it lol
jaemo@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
There’s a great book by Greg Egan called Diaspora that explores the idea that every atom is a Calabai-Yau manifold, and the aperture to a wormhole via Kaluza-Klein handwavery. It’s a bit of a heavy read at times but super interesting.
KittyCat@lemmy.world 7 months ago
More like half awake me trying to take the laplacian of my pillow for my very important dream test.
drolex@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
WARNING: If your compact Kähler manifold whose first Chern class is vanishing and if it is also Ricci-flat, than it is a Calabi-Yau. Proceed with care.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
[insert stop doing $topic meme]