Stewart Russell<p>my 32 GB RAM computer decided that calculating combinations of 6 gauge blocks out of 87 was too large and too silly a job for it, and gave up.</p><p>Still, limiting the problem to stacks of up to 5 gauge blocks results in over 200,000 distinct measurements</p><p><a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/combinatorics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>combinatorics</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/metrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metrology</span></a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/JoBlocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoBlocks</span></a></p>