cable rule

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Plaidboy@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 1y (3 replies)

This article about spontaneous formation of knots may be relevant:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0611320104

TLDR: If you put a string in a box and move it around, the string will most likely knot itself.

antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 1y

Sounds like Big Cable Elf propaganda.

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why doesn't that apply to boxes of snakes

kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y

Snakes expend energy to counteract entropy.

Malgas@beehaw.org · 14 pts · 1y

"Cable elves"? Ridiculous.

They're called machine elves, and if you want those pictures to come out you'll have to load that camera with DMT.

kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

Must be related to the fishing line fairies. That stuff has a magical ability to tangle and knot.