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		thaumasiotes on Feb 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in wate... I suspect, based on nothing in particular, that one of those orientations is more stable than the other, but the demo doesn't provide enough turbulence to get from one to the other.

gus_massa on Feb 20, 2021 [–]

I agree. Finding the absolute minimum when there are many local minimums can be very difficult.

I like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_annealing it does not guaranty to find the absolute minimum, it has a few parameters that are difficult to tweak, but I got good results.

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