This is so fun.
Thanks for putting it together.
Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
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Re: Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
#12Now make them melt & capsize, add some units, and you have a genuinely useful research tool
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#13The twitter thread that spawned this
Re: Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
#14Great page! Was this inspired by https://twitter.com/GlacialMeg/status/1362557149147058178 ?
Try drawing the infinity symbol under water - mine jumped out of the water! It even jumped off screen, and ended up like an 8, half submerged, half above water.
My other attempt hit the water/air boundary from below, and bounced back towards the bottom, off screen again, and reappeared in a bit.
Re: Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
#15Try drawing an infinity symbol. It flips out.
I think it makes mistakes whenever your line crosses itself.
Re: Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
#16Pretty cool!
Can someone summarize how this works?
Is this simply a numerical integration of volume and then some assumptions to compute the buoyant force?
Re: Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
#17Very cool! I love when HN feels like a hands-on museum.
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#19I got one to float upwards into the air? Can that really happen?
Depends how much helium is inside.
Re: Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
#20I get interesting results if I draw a figure 8 (or a figure ∞). I wonder if it's treating one of the lobes as having negative density.
If you do the same shape without "crossing" over the lines, it does as you might expect. So, yeah, amusing bug. :D