• bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s important to note that while this seems counterintuitive, it’s only the most efficient because the small squares’ side length is not a perfect divisor of the large square’s.

    • sga@lemmings.world
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      3 months ago

      this is regardless of that. The meme explains it a bit wierdly, but we start with 17 squares, and try to find most efficient packing, and outer square’s size is determined by this packing.

      • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        Bro, the people here, like the people everywhere, ARE stupid.

        It’s always better to be explicit. I’m one of the stupid people who learned some things reading the comments here and I’ve got a doctoral degree in aero astro engineering.