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[–] 76 points 5 months ago (18 children)

But... That's not a square...

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Square means "90 degrees", so rectangles are square. They're just not "a" square.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (2 children)

    It's the other way. All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.

    Rect-angle, rectus-angle, right/proper-angle

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    I didn't say rectangles are squares, I said rectangles are square.

    Square can be an adjective. When you say a rectangle is square, you're saying all four corners are square. If you make a picture frame in the shape of a oblique parallelogram, it's not square. If you make it in the shape of a rectangle, it's square. If you make it in the shape of a square, it is both square and a square.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    That's a weird and confusing language if true.

    At least in geometry square is a special case of rectangle.

    Edit: I looked into dictionary and you are right, it also is another word for right angle. English is a weird language.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (14 children)

    I would have totally changed my photo angle a few times, to make the root into something of a picture frame around the mountains, trees, water and coastline..

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (5 children)

    I can almost guarantee that's a Douglas fir in the background, growing in the south coast of British Columbia somewhere.

    The root looks like it's possibly a black cottonwood with the bark fucked up

    The mountains are the coast range.

    Source, I very likely live in the zone the photo was taken.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

    That's the ocean, there is no upstream

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    Dude, I live in this zone. It's called coastal BC

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    The entire coast of bc looks like this for hundreds of kms. It's all very fjord like. If I was gonna pull a random place outta my ass, I'd guess the desolation sound area. Google image search will show you lots of similar looking country.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Sure? The shadows fit and everything else seems plausible as well

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago

    And it has a logarithm attached. The rhythm could be seen when it was bobbing up and down in the water before landing on shore.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    False it's a torus. I think. Resolution is a bit low to say for sure.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Clearly not a square. Disproves math.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. That's not a square. It's a rectangle.

    Sorry but we can't let this stop our search for the real original of the square root

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    The square root of 3 (tree).

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Square roots are not necessary real though... :p

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Are you high? On pot noose?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    Nice old meme, but in the nature you.ll find way more math complexity

    https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/maths-in-nature-76611063/76611063

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