one of the few fields of study where posting hole is recommended

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• Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Explanation?

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  • kakes@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Each “letter” is the topological representation of the corresponding letter of the English alphabet.

    So A becomes O because it has one closed loop, B becomes 8 because it has 2 loops, C becomes | because it has no loops, etc.

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  • nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    not a topologist so this may not be accurate but as far as i understand it topology is the study of the proprieties of shapes that don’t change when the shape is warped, so an A for example only has one hole which makes it equivalent to a circle.
    There’s no doubt way more nuance that i don’t know but that’s what’s needed to understand the joke here

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    • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep, topologically identical shapes are ones that can be molded into each other without cutting or glueing pieces together. So the number of through holes is always constant

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• muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wouldn’t it depend on ur original typeface?

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• bloubz@lemmygrad.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My lowercase f is either o or 8

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