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minus-squareCanonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months 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-up11·2 months agowhy, what’s wrong with null piles?
minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoNothing isn’t a thing. It’s right in the name!
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agowe learned about the number zero from the indians a long long long long time ago…
minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months 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-up2·2 months agoinfinite. it doesnt matter, because they’re empty. empty piles abound!
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThere are just piles of sand literally everywhere? An infinite number of them in every tiny void?
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoyeah, and also piles of bananas and louis the XXXIIV era rugs.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoas long as they’re null piles, yes.
minus-squarehakase@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months 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?
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!
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.
Not according to speaker judgments.