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[–] clemdemort@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I'd argue vector image can represent a real circle but what's on the screen will never be one.

Also why is this on Lemmy Linux?

[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are analog vector displays.

[–] clemdemort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes indeed but there must be some imperfections down the line so not a Real circle, though we are getting closer.

[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

In this sense, we don't have real rectangles or lines, either