I was making a heptagonal miniature house and wanted to research why they are so feasible. However, the Internet does not have anything over the specific question. How much exactly would it cost for one to make a heptagonal or seven sided house compared to a regular house? Why is it so much more expensive than a regular house? It has a better volume to put more housing material into it than a regular one.
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Recently I have been considering the economics and feasability of building a house versus buying a used one. In my design I settled on a hexagon as the logical shape for the frame, which I am considering for masonry construction. This would be a big house, each side being at least 30 feet wide (footprint 2340 sq ft). The advantages of a hexagon are obvious: simple roof shape, no valleys, space efficient, heat efficient (this would be in New England and subject to cold winters), good wind resistance.  What I can't understand is why there seems to be no-one building hexagonal houses? The only notable building I could find at all was the Supreme Court.  Possible explanations would be that the shape is expensive for small houses due to the 6 corners, but for a large house like mine the room shapes work out fine, in fact they are better than a box house. Maybe its just tradition? People don't like it because it looks like church? Builders have some objection to 60-degree angles?  What is the reason there are no hexagonal houses?
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Start with an equilateral triangle with unit area. Trisect each of the sides and then cut-off the corners. In this case, we get a regular hexagon - see the picture below. Next, trisect each of the sides of the hexagon and cut-off the corners. This will give a dodecagon, but not a regular one.   Continue this process ad infinitum.  What is the area of the limiting "polygon"?  My first thought was that it would be the circle tangent to the midpoint of each side. However, by making some pictures, it becomes clear quite quickly that the limiting polygon is not a circle and, in fact, might perhaps be an ellipse. The problem with that is that while there is a unique circle passing through any three points in general position, I need five generic points to specify a conic.   Can anyone suggest any hints as to how to find the area? By "hint" I don't mean "what you think might work", I mean "what you have tried and you know will work". Thanks in advance.
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This is the  for "Should I build coomputing hardware myself?" questions.   I have put together countless PCs, but never a large server. The geek in me says build it, but the realist in me says let the manufacturer handle it when there is a problem. Ignoring the time penalty involved with the initial assembly time of a built one, which is a better solution? Have you ever run into a problem with a home build server that would have been solved easier/quicker/cheaper by going with a manufacturer? Are there any features that manufacturers give that aren't easily attainable with a home built server?
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I'm curious to whether you guys have any tips on book concerning classical euclidean geometry. I'd like somewhat of an advanced treatment, around the same level as Coxeter's "Geometry revisited". I'd however want something more comprehensive, therefore I'm asking you for tips!  Hopeful for answers ^^
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When I moved into this house, the unvented gas fireplace had no mantel or hood. It worked OK, although I thought the tile above the fireplace (and the sheetrock behind it) got rather hot. When I burned it for long periods, I would take the picture we have hanging above it down. A couple of years ago I bought a wood mantel, painted it white and hung it above the fireplace. Now the mantel gets hot. I doubt it would burst into flames, but its too hot to touch and would probably peel the paint off if left on too long.   I figured I needed a fireplace hood. Off to ebay and went and bought a hood. It sticks out 4.5 inches. I found a bargain on a brass one for $30 and thought it looked fine but my wife informed me it was ugly and looked like something from the 70's. Once again, I learned I have no taste.    Turns out the hood didn't help much, the tile above the fireplace and the mantel still gets hot. Not only that, it blocks some vents at the top of the fireplace which the instructions say is a no-no.   It appeared to me the heat needs to be directed up and away. I had some aluminum flashing laying around so I made a prototype shield. My idea was just to test it and if it works make one out of sheet metal as soon as I find a shop with a sheer and a brake. The good news is that it works great. The bad news is that its ugly.      Ok, the questions:   Has anyone else had an experience with the mantel getting so hot? Has anyone seen a mantel heat shield like this I can buy? If I stick with the homemade route - any ideas on how I can make it look better. (I do plan to paint it black and maybe cut it back some) Any other creative ideas of what i can do for this problem? Maybe put a shield directly under the mantel?
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When a square is wrapped at the edges, obtains a torus. Is it possible to do the same for a hexagon?  What is the shape/topology of wrapping a hexagon?     Note: I was just reading this  and came up with this question. I'm a physicist.
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The table on page 129 of the DMG lists the costs to craft an item.  Taking as an example a Common magic items, such as a level 1 spell scroll, the cost is listed as 100 gp.  The crafter can only make 25 gp worth of progress per day, so this takes 4 days worth of effort, at 8 hours per day.  The crafter must use a spell slot to cast the spell once on each of those days.    Meanwhile, the guidelines on page 139 for the costs of magic items states that a common magic item is worth 50-100gp with consumables, such as a spell scroll, costing half.  So a first level spell scroll "should" cost at most 50 gp.    Looking at the tables for other rarities of items, again the creation cost is listed as the maximum of the suggested values for items of that rarity, and that doesn't even take into account the value of the crafter's time to work for many, many days to craft it.  Am I missing something here?  Can someone explain how this makes sense?   (Obviously, this assumes a campaign where at least common magic items are available for purchase)  I understand that the prices listed in the DMG are suggested starting points only, but why are the suggested starting points for item values inconsistent with the suggested starting points for item creation?
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I have a few red Toads and a Toad is just hanging out in town. I see an option to buy a red Toad house, ostensibly for him. Are there any added benefits of purchasing this or are the colored Toad houses just cosmetic?
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I have NO idea what I'm doing :). I'm looking to buy some pots/pans for my appartment (just moved out). Considering these:    I want to spend under $250 and this seems like a good value for my money. Wanted to check with some experts before I take the plunge.   I'd ideally like to be able to washing machine whatever I buy...  Thanks!
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I have been thinking for quite a while how would i make it myself. The difficulty lies in randomness. I Could go on manually but can't help and feel that there is some better way to do it.  For example it was to be generated using some programming language then all i need to do is create mountains with varying hues and let the 3d light lit them.
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A rectangular box is to have a square base and a volume of 40 ft3. If the material for the base costs \$0.31 per square foot, the material for the sides costs $0.05 per square foot, and the material for the top costs \$0.19 per square foot, determine the dimensions of the box that can be constructed at minimum cost.  Ive been trying to solve this for a while but I can't figure out what the cost function should be. or even how i should construct the volume equation.
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I was hoping I would find some people in the industry that could help me decide what's the best price to charge to design (in this case) business cards.  What are standard prices for professional designers?  From a firm point of view? From a freelancer?  I don't want to overcharge clients but I don't want to ruin the industry by underselling my services.
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I've been thinking of animating some dice and while most are easy to make, I'm having some trouble figuring out a way to generate a regular dodecahedron. I could hand build it but it would be potentially uneven. Would using the base of a 5 sided cylinder and then some variation on spin be the best option or is there a better way?
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So I made this structure by subdividing a plane and elevating parts to make hallways:    Then I realized that I wanted to make the walls have a certain thickness.  Is there a way to do this?  Extruding didn't really work for me.
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I am trying to find the maximum length of a diagonal inside a dodecahedron with a side length of $2.319914107\times10^{89}$ meters.  I am not sure if any other information than that is needed, if it is I probably have it and will give it, but if you could help that would be great.  I am really just trying to find the distance between opposite vertices.
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Are there any rules related to the creation of a ?   I am aware of the creation method for the amulet. But I'm asking about creating the actual construct.
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There's a puzzle where you have 3 houses and 3 utilities. You must draw lines so that each house is connected to all three utilities, but the lines cannot overlap. However, I'm fairly sure that the puzzle is impossible. How is this proved?