
The man with 1,000 Klein Bottles UNDER his house - Numberphile
About this video
Numberphile visits Cliff Stoll, the man behind ACME Klein Bottles, and sees how he stores a thousand glass Klein bottles in a crawlspace under his house. A remote-controlled forklift fetches them.
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HN commenters love Cliff Stoll's earnest, playful personality and point to this as a delightful look at his unusual warehouse.
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From the Hacker News discussion
I thought I recognised the name... turns out Cliff is the guy from the Numberphile videos who loves klein bottles. He is such an enjoyment to watch. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Cliff is an amazing person. Just a joy! Every time I see him on Numberphile , my life is made better. [LINK] [VIDEO] P.S. Cliff, we know you're on HN. Please continue being yourself, it seems like a really great person to be!
Read original comment ↗this numberphile/Cliff Stoll video is on a different topic, klein bottles... or maybe more the travelling salesman/knapsack problem, but it's a must see. Cliff is a cool guy (whose geewhiz excitement I can only take in small doses but) he's worth following [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗You should also watch the related video about how he stores Klein bottles under his house. It's fascinating. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗To learn about the operation, watch the Numberphile video, “The man with 1,000 Klein Bottles UNDER his house” [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Everything this guy does is hilarious and entertaining. See later talk about this event: [LINK] And he drives RC forklift under his house to store Klein bottles he's selling! [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Bah they forgot to mention the best bit. He keeps already-made klein bottles in the crawlspace under his house, and built a remote controlled fpv mini-forklift to retrieve them on demand: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗If you don't happen to have the time to visit him, here is a playlist of videos Numberphile did on Klein Bottles, his basement warehouse, the intrinsic curvature of pizza, and a whole bunch of other interesting things: [VIDEO]
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