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But again, I don’t actually know how big a single nerd usually is. I just looked at a ruler and guessed lol. Combine with the wildly varying sizes and shapes of individual nerds there’s prob a huge margin of error here. Without knowing the actual avg size + std dev it’s hard to say how much tho.
May 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
But again, I don’t actually know how big a single nerd usually is. I just looked at a ruler and guessed lol. Combine with the wildly varying sizes and shapes of individual nerds there’s prob a huge margin of error here. Without knowing the actual avg size + std dev it’s hard to say how much tho.
If I divide the volume of the box by the volume of a nerd, it could fit a theoretical max of 3319.98 nerds. But due to gaps from the sphere packing problem, I only really should use 63.5% of that. And 3319.98 * 0.635 =2,108.187 nerds. Which tbh seems way more reasonable a guess to me.
May 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
If I divide the volume of the box by the volume of a nerd, it could fit a theoretical max of 3319.98 nerds. But due to gaps from the sphere packing problem, I only really should use 63.5% of that. And 3319.98 * 0.635 =2,108.187 nerds. Which tbh seems way more reasonable a guess to me.
Walmart’s site says a 5oz box is 6”x3.4”x0.65”. I don’t have any nerds on hand so I’m gonna guess that an avg nerd is about 5mm diameter. Which gives a volume of 4/3*π*2.5^3 =65.45 mm^3
If I convert the box to mm (1 in ~= 25.4mm) it’s 152.4x86.36x16.51 mm for a total volume of about 217,292.47 mm^3
If I convert the box to mm (1 in ~= 25.4mm) it’s 152.4x86.36x16.51 mm for a total volume of about 217,292.47 mm^3
May 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Walmart’s site says a 5oz box is 6”x3.4”x0.65”. I don’t have any nerds on hand so I’m gonna guess that an avg nerd is about 5mm diameter. Which gives a volume of 4/3*π*2.5^3 =65.45 mm^3
If I convert the box to mm (1 in ~= 25.4mm) it’s 152.4x86.36x16.51 mm for a total volume of about 217,292.47 mm^3
If I convert the box to mm (1 in ~= 25.4mm) it’s 152.4x86.36x16.51 mm for a total volume of about 217,292.47 mm^3
Idk your process but this is basically a “sphere packing” problem—look it up on Wikipedia. The avg amount of space in a box filled with a random jumble of spheres is about 63.5% full due to gaps.
10k seems high but 232 seems way too low so I’m gonna try out a lil math here.
10k seems high but 232 seems way too low so I’m gonna try out a lil math here.
May 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Idk your process but this is basically a “sphere packing” problem—look it up on Wikipedia. The avg amount of space in a box filled with a random jumble of spheres is about 63.5% full due to gaps.
10k seems high but 232 seems way too low so I’m gonna try out a lil math here.
10k seems high but 232 seems way too low so I’m gonna try out a lil math here.
What’s the source on this? I wanna see that y-axis
April 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What’s the source on this? I wanna see that y-axis
I work an IT job and just got laid off bc of very similar reasons. My former company manufactured everything in China and shipped it to California via ships. Earlier this week they laid me and about 75% of their entire workforce off.
April 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I work an IT job and just got laid off bc of very similar reasons. My former company manufactured everything in China and shipped it to California via ships. Earlier this week they laid me and about 75% of their entire workforce off.