Talk:3190: Tensegrity

here in the first 2 minutes and before before the explanation Qwertyuiopfromdefly (talk) 03:52, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

congrats, i was just 3 seconds away (also don't know correctly how to reply to a comment) King Pando (talk) 04:00, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Put a colon at the beginning of your remark to indent it. 76.187.17.7 04:56, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Like what I've done for you. And to reply to one with one colon, put two colons, etc. 82.13.184.33 14:39, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

In short, start your line(s) with one more colon than the line(s) you're replying to.

(In long, there are reasons to stay at "the same colon level", e.g. because you're replying to the thing that at least one other person has already been replying to (although you'd need to double-linefeed if you're claiming the 'zero level' with no colons before at all). And there are also obscure reasons for adding more than one (more) colon, to try to be less confusing than otherwise, though it doesn't always work ... ;) ) 92.23.2.208 17:29, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

I'm wondering if there is a connection to Ruth Asawa, who studied under Buckminster Fuller. Some of Asawa's works were described as "earrings for a giraffe."[1] 76.187.17.7 04:59, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Those legs looks like something AI would come up with. --Coconut Galaxy (talk) 08:29, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Some people are AI obsessed.

Tell me about your mother. 92.23.2.208 17:29, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Giraffe necks are supported by an elastic nuchal ligament attached to the vertebrae[2]. Thus, a giraffe doesn't need to use muscle to keep its head and neck up; to _lower_ their heads they need to stretch the ligament with muscle. A structure whose weight is supported by an elastic band attached to a fixed bone seems to fit the real definition of tensegrity, but I'm not sure if that's part of the joke here or Randall was not aware of real giraffe anatomy. 104.185.183.165 11:37, 6 January 2026 (UTC)ben

The joke here is about the legs, not the neck. -- Barmar (talk) 15:38, 6 January 2026 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)