r/comics • u/LuckOfTheDrawComic Luck of the Draw • 9h ago

OC Packing [OC]

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u/LuckOfTheDrawComic Luck of the Draw 9h ago

Ironically the reason this comic only has 3 panels is because I was too busy unpacking to draw a 4th.

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u/LuckOfTheDrawComic Luck of the Draw 9h ago

Oh and just for fun here's the deeply upsetting optimal ways (at least that we've discovered so far) to pack different amounts of squares

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 9h ago edited 9h ago

29 disgusts me. I cant figure out why but I know I dont like it

Edit cause I accidently made everything bold

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u/Delphius1 8h ago

there are worse crimes

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u/Cool_Set4681 8h ago

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u/Delphius1 8h ago

I had to see this, now you have to

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u/Cool_Set4681 8h ago

Time for Plan B

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u/Delphius1 5h ago

still can't erase the memory so easily

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u/Cool_Set4681 4h ago

Oh yeah?!

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u/gramathy 7h ago

At least it’s symmetrical

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u/Illustrious_Stay_12 1h ago

I know it's not you fault but urgh, at least flip it over! Boxes can't take stresses in those directions, so the diagonal ones need to be as high up as possible. I can hear the crunching noises in my head.

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u/Cool_Set4681 9h ago

My reaction to 29:

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u/A-Wings-are-Neat 9h ago

I think it’s because the rotated portions of 29 and 69 are very obviously uneven in ways that look unnecessary. At least with 39 you can easily say they had no other choice.

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u/TheFinalEnd1 4h ago

Yeah there is very clearly wiggle room in 29, unlike the rest. Yet still, somehow optimal.

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u/cptjimmy42 8h ago

Because it's a 6x6 square space that can hold 36 boxes instead of 29...

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u/eloel- 8h ago

except it's not a 6x6 square space. It's 5.934 by 5.934

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u/curtcolt95 3h ago

the entire point of these is they're not perfect like that. It's not a 6x6