TheOakTree

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[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, I believe I implied this by suggesting that the sum of angles being 190° is absurd.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

I see. I agree completely. The only place this belongs is as a thought experiment on making assumptions in geometry.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

For the love of dog, you can't solve this problem without making assumptions that fundamentally change the answer. People are too quick to spot the first error and then make assumptions that are conveniently consistent with the correction.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Unfortunately, nobody can define a true answer without making assumptions, which is a thought process shown to be faulty by the false right angles.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

...what? I get that this drawing is very dysfunctional, but are you going to argue that a triangle within a plane can have a sum of angles of 190°?

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (13 children)

You're making the assumption that the straight line consisting of the bottom edge of both triangles is made of supplementary angles. This is not defined due to the nature of the image not being to scale.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We can't assume that the straight line across the bottom is a straight line because the angles in the drawing are not to scale. Who's to say that the "right angle" of the right side triangle isn't 144°?

If the scale is not consistent with euclidian planar geometry, one could argue that the scale is consistent within itself, thus the right triangle's "right angle" might also be 80°, which is not a supplement to the known 80° angle.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This is what I was thinking. The image is not to scale, so it is risky to say that the angles at the bottom center add up to 180, despite looking that way. If a presented angle does not represent the real angle, then presented straight lines might not represent real lines.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I'm assuming you were stoned and simply poking fun.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

Not if having the second employee allows you to deny benefits to both employees.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

+1, very much enjoying using keyboard for Tekken. Haven't had much luck with games like SF that might require 360/720 inputs.

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