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600 points robinhouston | 3 comments | 25 Jun 25 20:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.488s | source

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mosura ◴[25 Jun 25 20:33 UTC] No.44381569[source]▶

Somewhat disappointing that it won’t work with uniform density. More surprising it needed such massive variation in density and couldn’t just be 3d printed from one material with holes in.

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1. dyauspitr ◴[25 Jun 25 21:20 UTC] No.44381933[source]▶

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Yeah isn’t this just like those toys with a heavy bottom that always end up standing straight up.

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2. ◴[25 Jun 25 21:55 UTC] No.44382154[source]▶

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3. lgeorget ◴[25 Jun 25 22:17 UTC] No.44382296[source]▶

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The main difference, and it matters a lot, is that all the surfaces are flat.

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A new pyramid-like shape always lands the same side up