[HN Gopher] How to arrange any number of stars on the U.S. flag ...
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       How to arrange any number of stars on the U.S. flag (2016)
        
       Author : jbm
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2022-11-30 20:05 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.crwflags.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.crwflags.com)
        
       | 082349872349872 wrote:
       | > _I limited the iterations to values of w between h and 5h
       | (which still allows for really too oblong arrangements for higher
       | values...) and listed only totals up to 200 stars, allowing for
       | really aggressive Manifest Destiny scenarios and /or
       | Balkanization within the current borders._
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       | Unfortunately if we tried to achieve senatorial parity by giving
       | all states an equivalent population to Wyoming, ~664 states would
       | be necessary. Fortunately the author gives recurrence relations,
       | so even unlisted numbers of stars are, as per the title,
       | arrangeable.
        
       | w-m wrote:
       | Here's an advent of code puzzle for ya: build a page with four
       | giant renders of the flag (q[?], e[?], p[?] and r[?]), live
       | updated by a slider that goes from 1 to 200. If there's multiple
       | solutions for a certain pattern given a number of stars, choose
       | the one that leaves the least amount of empty space around the
       | stars.
       | 
       | :)
        
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