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[–] markz@suppo.fi 17 points 1 day ago (9 children)

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

[–] credo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What kind of “container” has zero capacity?

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] credo@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Does the empty set contain itself?

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 23 hours ago

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

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