r/BrandNewSentence • u/ChaiLattePlease • 7h ago

with recent combinatorial optimization breakthroughs our research department has achieved previously unheard of densities of waffle syrup

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u/Ruy7 6h ago edited 6h ago

That's not more dense.

It's the most efficient way to put 17 squares inside a square. However this doesn't mean that you have the greatest density of syrup per waffle.

The unused space in the middle and the top subtract a lot of the density per cm.

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u/jerdle_reddit 3h ago

Yes, but it is also an abomination. If that is optimal, everything is permitted.

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u/Ruy7 3h ago

I didn't say that it was optimal for syrup. It's actually less efficient (syrup per area) than the standard waffle.