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title: The paper scale system is broken.
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XllQPr8FtPE
source: youtube-com-standupmaths
published: 2026-05-14T16:00:49Z
updated: 2026-08-24T06:56:49Z
first_seen: 2026-09-08T10:17:10.166315Z
authors:
- Stand-up Maths
summary: "Learn more and apply to Jane Street’s WiSE program in New York, London, or Hong Kong: \nhttps://jane-st.co/SUM-WiSE-2026\n\nThere is just enough time to support the tour filming Kickstarter before it closes, for ridiculous perks: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/standupmaths/getting-triggy-with-it/\n\nAnd you can be there for the filming or the pre-filming tour in October: http://standupmaths.com/shows\n\nCheck out Noel Friedrich's video about how annoying this paper series is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKBCIMkDbw\nThis is Noel's github with their code and more material: https://github.com/noel-friedrich/paper-packing\n\nHere is Scroggs’s Rectangle Filler: https://github.com/mscroggs/rectangle-filler\n\nThanks to Ewan and the crew at Edinburgh Copyshop for supplying hundreds of A9s and A10s when no one else would. https://www.edinburghcopyshop.co.uk/\n\nAyliean visited the missing bridge! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXDYr8v0igM\n\nHuge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They are all A1 people. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths\n\nCORRECTIONS\n- None yet. Let me know if you spot anything!\n\nFilming by Alex Genn-Bash\nEditing by Gus Melton\nWritten and performed by Matt Parker\nDirected by Rhys Jones\nProduced by Nicole Jacobus\nMusic by Howard Carter\nDesign by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson\n\nMATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician\nWebsite: http://standupmaths.com/"
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Learn more and apply to Jane Street’s WiSE program in New York, London, or Hong Kong: \
https://jane-st.co/SUM-WiSE-2026

There is just enough time to support the tour filming Kickstarter before it closes, for ridiculous perks: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/standupmaths/getting-triggy-with-it/

And you can be there for the filming or the pre-filming tour in October: http://standupmaths.com/shows

Check out Noel Friedrich's video about how annoying this paper series is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKBCIMkDbw\
This is Noel's github with their code and more material: https://github.com/noel-friedrich/paper-packing

Here is Scroggs’s Rectangle Filler: https://github.com/mscroggs/rectangle-filler

Thanks to Ewan and the crew at Edinburgh Copyshop for supplying hundreds of A9s and A10s when no one else would. https://www.edinburghcopyshop.co.uk/

Ayliean visited the missing bridge! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXDYr8v0igM

Huge thanks to my Patreon supporters. They are all A1 people. https://www.patreon.com/standupmaths

CORRECTIONS

- None yet. Let me know if you spot anything!

Filming by Alex Genn-Bash\
Editing by Gus Melton\
Written and performed by Matt Parker\
Directed by Rhys Jones\
Produced by Nicole Jacobus\
Music by Howard Carter\
Design by Simon Wright and Adam Robinson

MATT PARKER: Stand-up Mathematician\
Website: http://standupmaths.com/