[redfloatplane]

I love it when this kind of thing surfaces on HN. It’s always so enjoyable to have the fractal nature of detail in the world shown to you. Really nice to read as well.

[CyberDildonics]

I'm not sure it's a fractal nature of detail, it might just be a vague reference to an old movie.

[sdwr]

Yeah, fractal means you see the same structure, or an equally complex structure, at the smaller scale. This is just details, there's no sustained complexity

[alienbaby]

Fractal means that something has a fractional spatial dimension. Ie, a fractal plane filling curve would have a dimension somewhere between 1 and 2

[redfloatplane]

Did you read the article? It's entirely about a concrete artefact from that old movie, down to the kind of tweed, now made by only six people in Scotland. I'm not sure how you come to this response.

[CyberDildonics]

Is rare tweed fractal detail or is it just an oddball fact?

[redfloatplane]

Maybe I meant that the amount of detail is sustained no matter how close you look? Maybe I was careless with my words? This is unnecessarily pedantic. I enjoyed the article. See you another time, CyberDildonics

[saberience]

Don't worry, I completely agree with your original comment and think CyberDildonics is being a bit of a dildo in this case...

[CyberDildonics]

I ask reasonable questions and because of that you insult me?