• @[email protected]
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    147 days ago

    It crams the most boxes into the given square. If you take the seven angled boxes out and put them back in an orderly fashion, I think you can fit six of them. The last one won’t fit. If you angle them, this is apparently the best solution.

    What I wonder is if this has any practical applications.

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      87 days ago

      yeah it vindicates my approach of packing stuff via just throwing it in there. no I’m not lazy and disorderly, this is optimal cargo space usage

    • fox [comrade/them]
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      46 days ago

      There’s very likely applications in algorithms that try to maximize resource usage while minimizing cost