The reason Pringles fit so nicely in a cylindrical tube is because they're hyperbolic paraboloids plotted over a circular domainpic.twitter.com/BUzjPw7e17
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Why would this be any better than any other function plotted over a circular domain? Why would this be any better than flat disks (which one would be able to pack more of, for that matter, without wasted space at top and bottom)?
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“Disc” if we’re being pedantic, no?
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if you're being pedantic, yes.. but why would we go and do that now
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I can do it.
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just not true. pringle’s are hard to grab. you pretty much have to tilt the can and let gravity help
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