• definitemaybe@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    The downvotes are, I assume, from the *WHOOSH* sound as the point flies over your head.

    This is the optimal packing of 17 squares in a minimum-size larger square. Of course it’s not optimal everywhere. It’s specific to 17 squares packed in a square.

    The joke is that there’s no reason to choose 17 squares as, clearly, a rectangular* array is optimal.

    *squares are, of course, rectangles.