14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10k times its own weight

Re:14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10... by 6r17 on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:16PM (#47041094)

I don't know - i'm 33 ~ now - recently with AI learning is much easier - don't get me wrong I definitely won't say that the brain does not slow down - but I'd definitely argue that we have advantages over kids - be it discipline, knowing how to learn ; and stuff like that - for example let's take coq which is I suppose one of the hardest thing we can learn - you can decompose it in ways myself as a kid or as a 20yo wouldn't even be able to. What I mean is that there is a lot of complexities or stuff i would get stuck upon that I just fly over today and know I'm alright - much better ability to focus in a sense

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Re:14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10... by jjmarr on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:24PM (#47041189)

I learned coq as a teenager because the name was funny and one defined everything in terms of the `succ` function.

Never underestimate our motivation.

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Re:14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10... by knotimpressed on Monday February 16, 2026 @06:09PM (#47041598)

Continuing to do things only because they’re funny as an adult is one of life’s little treats!

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Re:14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10... by jjmarr on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @12:31AM (#47044031)

Unfortunately, they changed the name to Rocq.

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Re:14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10... by kleiba on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @07:39AM (#47046847)

...as long as they also changed the defining function to `hard`, we're still good.

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Re:14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10... by BlackjackCF on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @02:16AM (#47044614)

I wonder if everyone who said it was a lot easier for them to learn when they were younger aren’t factoring in their increased responsibilities as an adult.

I know when I’m actually able to sit quietly to study something, I’m able to pick it up fairly quickly. (One thing going for me is I’m much better able to sit still as an adult than a kid, ha.) But yeah, having to juggle work responsibilities for 8-9 hours a day and then having to also manage a bunch of things I didn’t have to think as hard about when I was younger (bills, cleaning, pets), I definitely just don’t have as much time to dedicate towards focused studying like that.

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