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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week 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