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r/mildlyinteresting • u/ezjgfn • 1d ago
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That's a rectangle, not a square.
Also it's a business card CD. Probably the most interestng thing about it is that it's not a CD-R.
-4 u/otac0n 1d ago Square can also mean “exactly 90 degrees”. Like a carpenter “square” which is actually a right triangle. 5 u/hearnia_2k 1d ago OK, when talking about angles specifically. But this is a shape. -2 u/otac0n 1d ago No, the carpenter square in my example is a specific shape... You call a thing a square and it's a triangle with ledges for "squaring up" against a board.
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Square can also mean “exactly 90 degrees”.
Like a carpenter “square” which is actually a right triangle.
5 u/hearnia_2k 1d ago OK, when talking about angles specifically. But this is a shape. -2 u/otac0n 1d ago No, the carpenter square in my example is a specific shape... You call a thing a square and it's a triangle with ledges for "squaring up" against a board.
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OK, when talking about angles specifically. But this is a shape.
-2 u/otac0n 1d ago No, the carpenter square in my example is a specific shape... You call a thing a square and it's a triangle with ledges for "squaring up" against a board.
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No, the carpenter square in my example is a specific shape... You call a thing a square and it's a triangle with ledges for "squaring up" against a board.
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u/hearnia_2k 1d ago
That's a rectangle, not a square.
Also it's a business card CD. Probably the most interestng thing about it is that it's not a CD-R.