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minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·edit-25 months 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-up9·5 months agoIt’s like that because the universe wants us to suffer.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoNo, suffering would be if it were always the same predictable pattern in everything all the time.
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoTrue. You can’t have joy without suffering, light without dark, cars without an extended warranty.
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoIf God was real / or is real and cared, we would have a perfect 336 day year.
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months 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-up8·5 months 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.
No, suffering would be if it were always the same predictable pattern in everything all the time.
True. You can’t have joy without suffering, light without dark, cars without an extended warranty.
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.