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[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 78 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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 3 months ago

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

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

No, suffering would be if it were always the same predictable pattern in everything all the time.

[-] Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

True. You can't have joy without suffering, light without dark, cars without an extended warranty.

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