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minus-squareCanonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 days agoIt is a pile as soon as one grain of sand is resting solely on top of one or more grains of sand.
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 days agowhy, what’s wrong with null piles?
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoThere are just piles of sand literally everywhere? An infinite number of them in every tiny void?
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoyeah, and also piles of bananas and louis the XXXIIV era rugs.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agook, I guess. how can a pile of bananas and a pile of rugs be in the same place though?
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoas long as they’re null piles, yes.
minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoNothing isn’t a thing. It’s right in the name!
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agowe learned about the number zero from the indians a long long long long time ago…
minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoHow many piles of zero sand can one possess? Zero. If a pile has zero sand, it’s not a pile. Do you see the inherent contradiction of calling the lack of sand a pile?
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoinfinite. it doesnt matter, because they’re empty. empty piles abound!
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoNot according to speaker judgments.
It is a pile as soon as one grain of sand is resting solely on top of one or more grains of sand.
why, what’s wrong with null piles?
There are just piles of sand literally everywhere? An infinite number of them in every tiny void?
yeah, and also piles of bananas and louis the XXXIIV era rugs.
ok, I guess. how can a pile of bananas and a pile of rugs be in the same place though?
as long as they’re null piles, yes.
Nothing isn’t a thing. It’s right in the name!
we learned about the number zero from the indians a long long long long time ago…
How many piles of zero sand can one possess?
Zero. If a pile has zero sand, it’s not a pile.
Do you see the inherent contradiction of calling the lack of sand a pile?
infinite. it doesnt matter, because they’re empty. empty piles abound!
Not according to speaker judgments.