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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Even if it might be the shape of the universe? How could that be bad!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Have you looked at the universe lately?

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

So that guy obssessed with making and storing glass klein bottles under his houses crawlspace might be creating thousands of universes? Neat!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Cliff Stoll

He didn't make them, btw. He ordered a giant batch years ago, so the unit price was acceptable.

He also has quite an interesting life story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wow, discovering and ultimately unmasking the hacker is a great story.

And from the end of the Wikipedia article:

Stoll sells blown glass Klein bottles on the internet through his company Acme Klein Bottles. He stores his inventory in the crawlspace underneath his home in Oakland, California, and accesses it when needed with a homemade miniature robotic forklift.

I want to know more about this!

E: found it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=111&v=-k3mVnRlQLU

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I believe you may be mistaken on the claim he didnt make them. Theres a good few videos floating around of him blowing the glass on numberphile. The Wikipedia just says he keeps the stock in his house.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's not Cliff blowing the bottle.

Here's the video where he tells the story on how he had to comission thousands of them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3mVnRlQLU

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Cool! Thank you for digging up that video I appreciate it :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I'm no astrophysicist but I'm guessing we know about enough to determine that every shape might be the shape of the universe