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optimal amount of syrup

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • gressen@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Except the 17 square version holds less syrup than the 16 square version because you need to reduce the size of the squares to fit more of them.

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    • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you take the original 16 squares and cut them each in half, you can have 32 squares. Doctorate now, please.

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      • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If the squares are half the size, you get 4x the number of squares, assuming you’re measuring side length and not area.

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      • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You can take this to the limit and make a waffle with infinitely many holes, each infinitely small !

        It’s just crepes.

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    • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For those who didn’t know you can just pour as much syrup as you like, regardless of the square count.

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  • stan_stanminson@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why we don’t make one giant square to hold even more syrup?

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    • yuriRO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The Wa

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    • nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Because then it gets too soggy in the middle. The magic of the waffle is that the tops of the square dividers stay mostly dry until you start cutting into them. So you get freshly syruped waffle throughout the eating process.

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    • robyn@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The evil waffle

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    • ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This goes to 17 sqares!

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    • Redjard@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      can make it round so the syrup spreads more evenly from the center.

      Oops you made pancakes

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    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What you want is infinite squares, so you get infinite crispy edges

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    • AlreadyDefederated@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or - here’s a radical idea -

      EAT A SECOND FUCKING WAFFLE

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  • elbucho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I wonder if John Bidwell is haunted by his discovery. I know I would be. That shit is cursed as fuck.

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  • palmtrees2309@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Aren’t Hexagons the bestagon for tiling a plane for most holding capacity while reducing the “walls” than any shape?

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    • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This here is just the best known solution to packing 17 squares specifically

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The honeycomb theorem is actually better than that: there isn’t any way to divide up the plane with equal-area shapes (even if it’s not a tiling in the sense of having any pattern) it won’t be better than hexagons.

      But that video can die in a fire!

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    • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This was my first thought.

      A circle filled with hexagons!

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  • unnamedau@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    on one hand, i want a 17-square waffle maker. on the other hand i think i would get brutally murdered by anyone i ever tried to make waffles for

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    • GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If they don’t appreciate the 17-square waffle, they don’t deserve it.

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  • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I keep telling people that you can make nice, even months if you just have 13 of them but nooooo, 13 is a prime number, you can’t divide it by 2, 3, 4, or 6! Boo fucking hoo, I want every month in the year to start on the same day of the week.

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    • ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Doesn’t add up, either. Plus, you still have leap years and seconds.

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        yes it does. 13 even months with one extra day for new years

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    • thessnake03@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Found Henry Ford’s account

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      • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Hey, fuck that racist bastard. I just hate trying to remember his many days are in a month because the current system is stupid.

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    • apotheotic@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      365/13 is 28.07 - what are you doing with the extra day? + leap years too

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      • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The last month is 1 day longer (or 2 on a leap year) which resets the sequence. So exactly 4 weeks per month until the end, then new years has a buffer day.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think waffle enjoyers want one more square in the same waffle, they want a specific shape and ayruo/butter ratio per square. This waffle bricks that with its thick sections.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How about 25?

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    • shane@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you look at the image on the left you’ll see that 5 of the smaller squares won’t fit in the big one.

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  • enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    TIL the shape in waffle is to hold syrup.

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    • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It holds blueberries very well too!

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      • enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        if the bottom part of the waffle is the inverted shape of the top one, it should fit another waffle. To properly stack them

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  • kozy138@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shapes are dumb.

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  • smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Great. Now cut that into 8 equal bites without spilling any syrup.

    Fuckin’ dumbass. THIS is what is meant by “book smart but not street smart”.

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  • Furbag@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This image is cropped so poorly. I’ve seen the uncropped version recently too…

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  • Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why would do this?

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  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I need to find this waffle iron!

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