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most likely due to the caveats I assume:

"Two caveats. This only works for a table with equal legs, where the wobble is caused by an uneven floor. If the table has uneven legs, you probably need the folded napkin. Also, the floor can be bumpy but has to be free of steps"

Spherical cows rearing their ugly heads once again



How does that work? I guess the sphere just expands?


Old physics joke about using approximations to model a farming problem... "Start with a spherical cow in vacuum, ..."


thfuran's comment extends the joke by inquiring how a cow might raise its head while being a perfect sphere.


Gotcha - 'rearing their ugly heads'... I should slow down and think the thread through every now and then lol


It also requires a table with multiple legs, instead of a single pillar table (common outdoors). If the top->pillar->base connection chain has a weak point that's wobbly no amount of rotation or napkins will fix it.




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