Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
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HN comment orderSo without any further knowledge about how icebergs should orient and how scientists draw them: Icebergs in 3D will generally have different mass distributions than the corresponding 2D projections that we are drawing here. For example, there will generally be higher "2D mass density" in the center. Consequently, it is possible that the scientists "drawing icebergs wrong" are actually right and it just looks/"behaves" wrong in 2D. And even if they're doing it wrong, it's also possible to learn the…
Got a bit frustrated because I couldn't get anything except a flat surface above the water, then read the tweets below and realised that's the entire point: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1362557149147058178.html (Many thanks to Elon for making it impossible to read more than the first tweet on x.com without an account...)
Popular in 2024 (388 points, 62 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40620472 2021 (1669 points, 172 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26201160
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-20 | Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in waterFirst breakout · Best thread | raldi | 1669 | 171 |
| 2023-02-01 | Iceberger | brentjanderson | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-04-04 | Iceberger: Draw an iceberg and see how it will floa | gaws | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-06-08 | Draw an iceberg and see how it will floatLatest 20+ point return | mabynogy | 388 | 61 |
| 2026-01-08 | Draw an iceberg and see how it will floatHall induction | ohjeez | 2 | 1 |