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Things Zig comptime won't do

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466 points JadedBlueEyes | 6 comments | 20 Apr 25 15:57 UTC | HN request time: 1.256s | source | bottom
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hiccuphippo ◴[20 Apr 25 17:22 UTC] No.43745091[source]▶
The quote in Spanish about a Norse god is from a story by Jorge Luis Borges, here's an English translation: https://biblioklept.org/2019/04/02/the-disk-a-very-short-sto...
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1. kruuuder ◴[20 Apr 25 20:15 UTC] No.43746245[source]▶
If you have read the story and, like me, are still wondering which part of the story is the quote at the top of the post:

"It's Odin's Disc. It has only one side. Nothing else on Earth has only one side."

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2. tines ◴[20 Apr 25 22:46 UTC] No.43747092[source]▶
A mobius strip does!
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3. bibanez ◴[21 Apr 25 11:59 UTC] No.43750922[source]▶
A mobius strip made out of paper has 2 sides, the usual one and the edge.
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4. WJW ◴[21 Apr 25 19:41 UTC] No.43755635{3}[source]▶
How about things like Klein bottles that have no edges? (Although I guess that unlike a Mobius strip it's not possible to make a real one here on Earth so the quote from OP still holds)
5. tines ◴[29 Apr 25 04:48 UTC] No.43828758{3}[source]▶
You can make it out of some other material that you can smooth, i.e. so that it doesn’t have edges.
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6. tines ◴[29 Apr 25 19:40 UTC] No.43837105{4}[source]▶
Come to think of it, doesn't a sphere have only one side?