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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well I'd argue vector image can represent a real circle but what's on the screen will never be one.

Also why is this on Lemmy Linux?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are analog vector displays.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah yes indeed but there must be some imperfections down the line so not a Real circle, though we are getting closer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In this sense, we don't have real rectangles or lines, either

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So what I'm learning is nothing is real...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It's all cake.