[c249709]

not explicitly, but the implication is strong. otherwise the cube would be almost any size

[jerf]

Just for fun, the maximum sized cube you could make with a single layer of them facing flat and then entirely hollow on the inside would be about 41 meters or so on a side. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=sqrt%28%28area+of+a+uni...

[stavros]

I can't argue with the math, but intuitively that just seems really small? It means that you can lay down 166,000 $1 bills on the floor of a very small flat?

[kaffekaka]

The square side would be 41 m meaning ~1600 square meters per face, if I read correctly. So quite a large flat.

[stavros]

Oh, the side? That makes sense, I thought 41 sqm.

[jerf]

Sorry, yes, 41m-on-a-side cube, not 41m^2-sided cube. The outermost square-root in the expression takes the area of one side of the cube (which is the area of the dollars, divided by 6 to account for needing to cover the 6 sides of the cube) and pulls it down to the cube's length of one side.

[stavros]

Yeah, you said it correctly, but I'm not a native speaker and brainfarted "41m on a side" into "each side is 41 sqm". I thought "face", rather than "edge".

[dogecoinbase]

41 meters is the height of a 13-story building.

[padjo]

A flat with very high ceilings?

Edit: even still 41x41 floorspace is a very large flat.

[florbnit]

The cube is “almost any size” it’s literally overshooting by 50%