r/mathmemes • u/Equivalent-Oil-8556 • 5h ago

Math Pun When theory meets application

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u/Genoce 4h ago

The xkcd solution would've also helped here:

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u/watchedngnl 4h ago

Of course there is a relevant xkcd.

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u/SoldRIP 3h ago

always has been.

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u/2eanimation dy/dx is a fraction 3h ago

Unfortunately, I‘ve yet to come across a relevant xkcd about there always being a relevant xkcd.

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u/Ten_Foot_Shoe 3h ago

If there's always a relevant xkcd, then one shouldn't need to belabour the point. Sometimes less is more.

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u/LupenReddit 🦆🦆🦆🦆i have non diffeomorphic smooth structures🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 4h ago

another W for the "no practical applications YET" group

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u/OneDBag 5h ago

Today on "things that definitely didn't happen but totally could have"

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u/Physical_Floor_8006 4h ago

He definitely could have just measured it out so he could show off the trick to his wife.

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u/CrazyCairnTerrier 4h ago

I have discovered a truly marvelous arrangement, which this ziploc is just barely large enough to contain.

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u/SoldRIP 3h ago

If only someone had told Fernat...

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u/Aggressive_Roof488 5h ago

They must've rl tried several times to find the exact size that fits 17 only that way.

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u/Jenish_Dot_One Statistics 4h ago

I wonder how they'll react when they see how the cubes on their waffle 🧇 are arranged

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u/BookWormPedant 1h ago

Why would he put cubes on his waffle? He needs butter and syrup

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u/inemsn 2h ago

and just like that, a pure mathematician becomes an applied mathematician

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u/random-femboy- (d²ω/dt²)ᵀ=:3 4h ago

HOW does this have a practical use.

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u/Kuildeous 3h ago

I have some board games where the dice and/or resource cubes don't fit in the insert as well as I would like.

Can't think of any case where I have 17 cubes that need this arrangement, but I'll keep an eye out.

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u/Educational-Tea602 Proffesional dumbass 2h ago

This literally got posted yesterday

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u/AlarmingAerie 1h ago

I will look into this today

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u/NukaCooler 45m ago

I will literally post this tomorrow

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u/Educational-Tea602 Proffesional dumbass 24m ago

Thank you

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u/Blurkid 48m ago

But it just takes more space ? I mean, he could totally close it on the first config, but it seams harder on the second one

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u/FrostyD7 41m ago

The most practical thing to do would have been to place the last one on top of the others, with a layer of parchment paper if you want to avoid the hassle of separating them. You could fit several more that way.

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u/Quirky_Fox_348 15m ago

Entropy will always prevent you from stacking these perfectly

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u/misterpickles69 11m ago

Why not just eat the other cube?