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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are you sure the story is real? I can find anything that points to it, so a link would help a lot

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That candy crush story is, as the commenter said, a lie. I don't know why they would suggest that adding on a lie is in any way good, since we know that this packing was discovered in the late 1990s. It's on the wikipedia article for square packing (with sources) but I don't feel like looking it up again.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 19 hours ago

I didn't even understand the point that it was a lie, and not the original comment had a lie, reading skill issue

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For the lolz? Little harmless fun? Not everyone's cup of tea, admittedly.

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure where I came across it, but it's out there somewhere. You can do it!