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Eternal Struggle

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675 points yurivish | 2 comments | 31 Aug 25 19:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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federico-peconi ◴[31 Aug 25 20:55 UTC] No.45086998[source]▶
so simple yet so deep!

anyone willing to provide a math-proof like argument on why the shape seem to stick to the YY curve indefinitely as the "eternal" name suggests?

Should it always be this way or is there at least one bad initial bouncing configuration for which chaos can take place and we loose the YY curve?

Does not seem that obvious to me.

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1. crazygringo ◴[31 Aug 25 22:12 UTC] No.45087588[source]▶
It doesn't. It quickly just becomes a random curve after a few minutes at normal speed if you leave it open.

For obvious reasons it tends to stay half white half black (if one half gets smaller its ball will bounce faster) but the shape and its orientation varies randomly.

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2. adtac ◴[01 Sep 25 00:23 UTC] No.45088310[source]▶
wow not even yin-yang can escape entropy or the heat death of the universe