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minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·edit-21 year 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-up9·1 year agoIt’s like that because the universe wants us to suffer.
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIf God was real / or is real and cared, we would have a perfect 336 day year.
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-up3·1 year agoNo, suffering would be if it were always the same predictable pattern in everything all the time.
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoTrue. You can’t have joy without suffering, light without dark, cars without an extended warranty.
minus-squaretooLikeTheNope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year 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.