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Re:Show HN: Lovetris – Tetris which always gives you the bes... by tome on Saturday May 08, 2021 @06:32AM (#27085773)
"Tetris" as in "tetrahedron". mind.equals(blown).
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Re:Show HN: Lovetris – Tetris which always gives you the bes... by uhl on Saturday May 08, 2021 @06:58AM (#27085933)
More like tetris as in Tetromino: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetromino
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Re:Show HN: Lovetris – Tetris which always gives you the bes... by zwp on Saturday May 08, 2021 @10:06AM (#27087246)
"Tetra" isn't completely unknown in English but perhaps the link is more obvious to Russian-speakers (the original author was Russian)? Is четыре/chetyre a cognate of Greek-derived tetra?

https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ru&text=four

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