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

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598 points robinhouston | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 20:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | 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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orbisvicis ◴[25 Jun 25 21:01 UTC] No.44381791[source]▶
Did they actual prove this?
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1. mrbluecoat ◴[26 Jun 25 14:22 UTC] No.44387720[source]▶
They probably used AI to convert a cat into a tetrahedron, then virtually dropped it millions of times to arrive at this feet-always conclusion.