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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 67 points 1 week ago (45 children)

Then there's the Roman dodecahedron, which truly seems to be a mystery with no modern equivalent, but lots of theories.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 week ago (26 children)

They look gambling related to me, but I don't know why that would be in a burial.

dodecahedron,

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

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

It looks like you would wrap fibers around the vertices to make something 3d out of frabric tbh.

Edit: it seems my theory has been largely discounted 😔

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder if we have any computer code today where a lack of documentation will bring about similar issues hundreds of years down the line

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have already encountered this

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have created plenty of this, but I’d be surprised if any of it exists in even the next 5 years.

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