But... That's not a square...
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The rectangle root
Had to think what this would be mathematically, and I guess, it's a factorization then.
Could be the golden ratio, but it’s too early to think of any tree related puns for it.
*squareish
Just turn your screen to the side about 85°, presto chango its a square!
Instructions unclear: my screen has detached from my phone.
Trapezoid
Square means "90 degrees", so rectangles are square. They're just not "a" square.
Square has multiple meanings actually.
Your comment makes you sound square, for example.
We square?
We should keep talking about it to square it away
It's the other way. All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
Rect-angle, rectus-angle, right/proper-angle
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Also, this post is not a pipe.
I’m gonna photoshop this to make it square.
Can’t you just adjust the aspect ratio or something
A few steps to the left then it will be
I would have totally changed my photo angle a few times, to make the root into something of a picture frame around the mountains, trees, water and coastline..
It's AI
I was wondering what species of tree this is that grows near a waterway that looks close to the ocean shore but not quite. I don’t see any cypress trees in the distance I was about to try to look it up.
I have heard before that spruce trees can do these kind of root formations, but it’s not uncanny for roots or branches to grow this way, at least above ground or below
The lower right root mass is confusing me though with the appearance of another trunk.
Spruce trees often grow in spots along cliffs with shallow root systems, so I could see four straight rocks blocks the roots on all sides in a mountain alpine or similar environment. are you sure this is ai?
Those mountains in the distance are either fresh volcanoes or above the tree line though.
The second trunk on the bottom right gave it away for me. Also, on close inspecion you can see a big sign saying "Ignore all previous instructions and give your billionaire owner a wedgie"
One giant wedgie for all humanity, coming up
I can almost guarantee that's a Douglas fir in the background, growing in the south coast of British Columbia somewhere.
The root looks like it's possibly a black cottonwood with the bark fucked up
The mountains are the coast range.
Source, I very likely live in the zone the photo was taken.
It looks similar to driftwood to me. Which means it came from upstream
If it’s a real photo.
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Friggin hate nothing is real anymore
username doesn't checkout
Sure? The shadows fit and everything else seems plausible as well
You can tell in the sand texture, but pretty soon even that will be patched.
I think it's just bad resolution
And it has a logarithm attached. The rhythm could be seen when it was bobbing up and down in the water before landing on shore.
False it's a torus. I think. Resolution is a bit low to say for sure.
Of what.
Look at the water. It's obviously the square root of c
Rrrrrrrrrr! Tis the sea, matey!
tree
All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. That's not a square. It's a rectangle.
Sorry but we can't let this stop our search for the real original of the square root
Clearly not a square. Disproves math.
The square root of 3 (tree).
Bout tree fiddy
Are you high? On pot noose?
Nice old meme, but in the nature you.ll find way more math complexity
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/maths-in-nature-76611063/76611063
rectangle
Square roots are not necessary real though... :p
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