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[โ€“] blx@piefed.zip 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Oh just that square packing thing from the post. There have been many posts/jokes about it being a mathematically optimal solution that feels irritatingly wrong.

I find the whole thing funny because it's a very niche scientific concept that somehow made it to popular culture to the same level as a zombie game.

[โ€“] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, it might be optimal for that specific case, but that doesn't really make it so everywhere.

The item in the post would be fun for novelty though.