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A comment on Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older Than Pythagoras. Parent comment

Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by ReptileMan on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:20AM (#37776485)
Ancient Mesopotamian laws sometimes flayed people alive for incompetent or corrupt work. Those types of mild punishments are good incentive to use the right angles. Pun intended.
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Re:Pythagorean Theorem Found on Clay Tablet 1k Years Older T... by WalterBright on Friday October 06, 2023 @08:39PM (#37798018)
Money works a lot better than flogging.
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