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[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 72 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

[-] Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

It's like that because the universe wants us to suffer.

[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

If God was real / or is real and cared, we would have a perfect 336 day year.

[-] Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] tooLikeTheNope@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

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.

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