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> My 7 yo pointed out that our 300 piece puzzle actually contains 18 x 18 = 324 pieces and I just don’t know what to believe anymore. Did they actually count t
by irrational 6y ago
> My 7 yo pointed out that our 300 piece puzzle actually contains 18 x 18 = 324 pieces and I just don’t know what to believe anymore.
Did they actually count the pieces? In my experience, puzzles are rarely/never simply exact columns and rows of pieces such that you can count the outside edge pieces and multiply to get the number of pieces. Instead there are pieces of all sorts of shapes that create interesting patterns within the puzzle which could result in a number much smaller than multiplying the outside pieces might indicate.
- fireattack 6y ago> In my experience, puzzles are rarely/never simply exact columns and rows In my experience, they exactly are. Of course, there are plenty of "unconventional" ones too, but the majority has rigid row/column layout.
- fireattack 6y agoUnrelated but @dang: I made this comment 1 hour ago and it shows so in https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=24212997 https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=24212997. However when I check the thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24197668 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24197668 it shows "10 min ago" (the one I'm replying to has the same issue.) Is this just cache or a bug?
- ColinWright 6y agoNot @dang, not even a mod, but ... Some items get re-upped, and the timestamps get "rolled back" in interesting ways. Eventually it all comes out in the wash, but it can lead to local (space and time) apparent inconsistencies like this. Don't sweat the small stuff... and it's all small stuff. -- Richard Carlson
- fireattack 6y agoThanks for the reply. Yeah not a big deal at all, just curious.
- irrational 6y agoMy kids are working on a puzzle right now. I walked over and took a picture of a part of the puzzle: https://imgur.com/rUrTPC3 https://imgur.com/rUrTPC3 This is just a random puzzle and not something I hand picked to make a point. As you can see the pieces are no where near a rigid row/column layout. In my experience this is the norm.
- te 6y agoWho is the manufacturer? I don't think I've ever seen a non-grid jigsaw puzzle before.
- irrational 6y agoBits and Pieces. But we have hundreds of puzzles from tons of manufacturers. Other than the puzzles for little kids, all of our puzzles are non-grids.