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minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·edit-210 days 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-up8·9 days agoIt’s like that because the universe wants us to suffer.
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoIf God was real / or is real and cared, we would have a perfect 336 day year.
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days 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-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoNo, suffering would be if it were always the same predictable pattern in everything all the time.
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoTrue. You can’t have joy without suffering, light without dark, cars without an extended warranty.
minus-squaretooLikeTheNope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days 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.
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.
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.