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[–] markz@suppo.fi 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If a container is empty when full, it just means it has zero capacity.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That would be full when empty

[–] markz@suppo.fi 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Hence Schrödinger.

[–] credo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What kind of “container” has zero capacity?

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Eugenia Cooney's stomach, probably.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

is the set of all empty sets, still a set?

[–] credo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does the empty set contain itself?

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

it is not an element of itself, but is a subset of every other set

[–] markz@suppo.fi 1 points 2 days ago

The kind that's accidentally made solid or given too thick walls in cad.