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Unfortunately, a sphere of characterized by exactly the opposite property. The article switches the intended meaning of surface and volume to get away with the
by ssivark 2y ago
Unfortunately, a sphere of characterized by exactly the opposite property. The article switches the intended meaning of surface and volume to get away with the metaphor, but I’m less than thrilled about the metaphor.
- infogulch 2y ago"encapsulate the most complexity with the smallest API" seems to fit the metaphor better.
- kergonath 2y agoI am not defending this specific metaphor as I am not sure it is really good in this case. But they are right about this specific property of spheres: they have the highest volume/surface ratio (i.e. that’s the way of minimising the surface area of the enveloppe for a given volume).