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minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·edit-22 years agoThis is the most efficient (known) packing of 17 unit squares inside a square. If you’re asking why it’s like that, that’s above my math proficiency level. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_packing See also: https://kingbird.myphotos.cc/packing/squares_in_squares.html
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoIt’s like that because the universe wants us to suffer.
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIf God was real / or is real and cared, we would have a perfect 336 day year.
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIf God was real the boxes would all fit in a nice grid for any square container. But the OP already has the conclusion for that one.
minus-squaretooLikeTheNope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoThanks I’ve lost 30 sanity points now, and I’m now sure with a number of squares sufficently high s is gonna equal to cthulu.
This is the most efficient (known) packing of 17 unit squares inside a square. If you’re asking why it’s like that, that’s above my math proficiency level.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_packing
See also: https://kingbird.myphotos.cc/packing/squares_in_squares.html
It’s like that because the universe wants us to suffer.
If God was real / or is real and cared, we would have a perfect 336 day year.
If God was real the boxes would all fit in a nice grid for any square container. But the OP already has the conclusion for that one.
Thanks I’ve lost 30 sanity points now, and I’m now sure with a number of squares sufficently high s is gonna equal to cthulu.