▲ 201 ▼ Maybe a half man half lion statue as well. (lemmy.ca) submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world [M] to c/historymemes@lemmy.world 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Deceptichum@quokk.au 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Could you bury a cube to look like a pyramid? Wondering if my spatial awareness sucks but I don’t think you could. Wouldn’t at least some of the points converge at right angles? Don’t know what I choose to overthink these things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) You kind of could, but the side underground wouldn't mirror the top permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) I still don’t think the angle at the top of the triangle would be correct. It would be 90^o at the top rather than a more acute angle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It'd be a wide pyramid, sure. But nothing says they need to be skinny. #pyramidAtAnySize permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago That’s true. #noMoreWideShamingPyramids permalink fedilink source parent [–] tarrox1992@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* You're right, but it's not really about the angle. Talking geometry, the pyramids of Egypt are 'square pyramids'. Four triangles on top of a square base, meeting at a point, or vertice. A cube, however, is six squares at right angles to each other, three faces meeting in vertices. The point at the top of a pyramid will look a lot different than a corner of a cube, because it's a completely different number of planes meeting. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Yes, but it would be an imperfect three-sided pyramid, unlike most pyramids that have ever been built that were four-sided. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) Could you bury a cube to look like a pyramid? Wondering if my spatial awareness sucks but I don’t think you could. Wouldn’t at least some of the points converge at right angles? Don’t know what I choose to overthink these things. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) You kind of could, but the side underground wouldn't mirror the top permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) I still don’t think the angle at the top of the triangle would be correct. It would be 90^o at the top rather than a more acute angle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It'd be a wide pyramid, sure. But nothing says they need to be skinny. #pyramidAtAnySize permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago That’s true. #noMoreWideShamingPyramids permalink fedilink source parent [–] tarrox1992@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* You're right, but it's not really about the angle. Talking geometry, the pyramids of Egypt are 'square pyramids'. Four triangles on top of a square base, meeting at a point, or vertice. A cube, however, is six squares at right angles to each other, three faces meeting in vertices. The point at the top of a pyramid will look a lot different than a corner of a cube, because it's a completely different number of planes meeting. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Yes, but it would be an imperfect three-sided pyramid, unlike most pyramids that have ever been built that were four-sided. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) You kind of could, but the side underground wouldn't mirror the top permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) I still don’t think the angle at the top of the triangle would be correct. It would be 90^o at the top rather than a more acute angle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It'd be a wide pyramid, sure. But nothing says they need to be skinny. #pyramidAtAnySize permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago That’s true. #noMoreWideShamingPyramids permalink fedilink source parent [–] tarrox1992@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* You're right, but it's not really about the angle. Talking geometry, the pyramids of Egypt are 'square pyramids'. Four triangles on top of a square base, meeting at a point, or vertice. A cube, however, is six squares at right angles to each other, three faces meeting in vertices. The point at the top of a pyramid will look a lot different than a corner of a cube, because it's a completely different number of planes meeting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) I still don’t think the angle at the top of the triangle would be correct. It would be 90^o at the top rather than a more acute angle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It'd be a wide pyramid, sure. But nothing says they need to be skinny. #pyramidAtAnySize permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago That’s true. #noMoreWideShamingPyramids permalink fedilink source parent [–] tarrox1992@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* You're right, but it's not really about the angle. Talking geometry, the pyramids of Egypt are 'square pyramids'. Four triangles on top of a square base, meeting at a point, or vertice. A cube, however, is six squares at right angles to each other, three faces meeting in vertices. The point at the top of a pyramid will look a lot different than a corner of a cube, because it's a completely different number of planes meeting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It'd be a wide pyramid, sure. But nothing says they need to be skinny. #pyramidAtAnySize permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago That’s true. #noMoreWideShamingPyramids permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago That’s true. #noMoreWideShamingPyramids permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tarrox1992@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* You're right, but it's not really about the angle. Talking geometry, the pyramids of Egypt are 'square pyramids'. Four triangles on top of a square base, meeting at a point, or vertice. A cube, however, is six squares at right angles to each other, three faces meeting in vertices. The point at the top of a pyramid will look a lot different than a corner of a cube, because it's a completely different number of planes meeting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago Yes, but it would be an imperfect three-sided pyramid, unlike most pyramids that have ever been built that were four-sided. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago And they were absolutely right! permalink fedilink source
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