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pringles (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 145 points 4 months ago (3 children)

There is no way the design took two years and required supercomputers

[–] [email protected] 134 points 4 months ago (2 children)

But they had to crunch the numbers

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Oh shit I take it back

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Okay, I'll bite. Tell me more about how they did it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

He just did

[–] ChicoSuave 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The math is so complex that research into Pringles with ridges was considered a national secret and it was classified. DARPA was rumored to have provided partial funding.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Like Velcro and GPS, Pringle research came straight out of the US military-industrial complex, as a byproduct of the flying saucer research conducted at Area 51.