Ah, gotcha. I knew that was II back there but I didn’t recognize Brandon Toews. Thanks!

That’s really II? I didn’t realize he was non anonymous

That’s a great article. I like the answer to the 90 tick marks:

“I bet I just put my compass down and kicked every 4 degrees”

Also non Euclidian! Hexagons (the bestagons) also tesselate and fix that problem nicely

Heck yeah, I’ll try my best!

So on a euclidian chess board, moving your king one space left would be 1 space, one space up would be 1 space, and one space diagonally would be √2 spaces (some simple trig gets us there).

Chess however, does not obey the laws of Euclidian geometry nor does its physical representation show us things to scale. A king’s move diagonally is the same amount of space as a move side to side, 1 space.

It’s silly, because spaces weren’t directly supposed to represent distance or anything, but it’s funny that it works out this way

Dude, same. The worst part of my recent should surgery was the lack of caffeine all day (bumped from noon to 4 pm surgery). That first sip of recovery room coffee was incredible

I always use Chess boards to describe non-Euclidean spaces when I “need” to (aka when I get even a narrow chance to)

I love this advice. I found someone on YouTube and poorly copied them on a MTG card (just altering it). It was fantastic, and I really am looking forward to the next one already

I appreciate it! I actually painted a little today, while I probably should’ve been working. It was delightful

I just wanna say that your comment (and the few others here) got me to whip out my mini paints for the first time in a while and paint a MTG card. I’m stoked with how it came out, even though it’s not “good” and I think I might invest in a few colors/a pallet (using cardboard now)

Any specific drawing advice? I’ve always wanted to draw and to paint and have had such difficulty getting off the ground

🤡 when silksong

The real way is a generator inlet, which is a male plug that’s interlocked with the main. So the cord ends up being a normal male/female cord

I love re-deriving the train when people talk about autonomous cars/trucking and how they can already do the highway part easily

As am I, this is delightful to discover

I’m glad you can see the alt text! It’s the best part sometimes

Does it just ellipsis off (…)?

One tap on the alt text fixes that

On mobile: long press on the comic itself

Ah, more lined up now. I’ll correct that leg!

Or, I should say, what did your template start at/what’s the width?