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Hofmaimaier@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

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  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    Because hexagons are the bestagons.

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      Bestagons, Roll out!

      wait…

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        • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works
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          This picture makes squares jealous

          • hex123456@sh.itjust.works
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            It’s actually a cube.

            Square Pride!!

            • Hupf@feddit.org
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              https://youtu.be/2lW9HznqsVY

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      !lemmygold

  • MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml
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    deleted by creator

    • Evolushan@lemmy.world
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      Test apparatus from Oxford article:

      Resulting hexagons observed:

      This is on my phone hope the text is readable.

    • Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml
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      either that, or

      Giorgio A. Tsoukalos "aliens guy" meme, no text

      • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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        They would never be so obvious

  • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    TIL all the Civilization maps are on Saturn

    • ashenone@lemmy.ml
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      Only after civilization 3

      • gnutrino@programming.dev
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        *civ 4.

        5 was the first one with a hex grid

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        Which is still my favorite for some reason

      • KiwiTB@lemmy.world
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        4… But I assumed a typo

    • Hofmaimaier@feddit.orgOP
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      3 months ago

      That makes sense…

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      god playing settlers of catan here…

  • Icytrees@sh.itjust.works
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    It’s bees.

    • g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world
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      Its always bees

      • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        But never lupus

        • TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world
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          Wasn’t it actually lupus one time? Or am I misremembering?

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        Unless it’s Bees.

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    That’s where all the 10mm sockets end up

    • Triumph@fedia.io
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      Only the six point ones.

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        Wat

        Edit: oh, right, 12 point sockets

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    Because hexagon is bestagon!

  • MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world
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    Things like Hexagons and the golden spiral occurring in nature are interesting - but very well-travelled.

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      And I don’t mean she travels a lot. -Bender Bending Rodriguez

  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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    Because Saturn is Catan.

    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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      Base game got boring, I recommend the Ringfarers expansion.

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        Somewhat topically, Terraforming Mars clears

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    TLDR That’s what happens when circles get squished together.

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    Because storms want to be circles but any given gas giants atmosphere is basically a series of nothing but storms and when you tile circles you get a hexagonal grid due to the spaces in between them?

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      So it’s a soccer ball

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    Lazy rendering

    • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works
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      I’d like to file a bug report, the texture wrapping is broken

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    Standing wave. Earth kind of has one in the jet stream (3 peaks and troughs though, usually), but you can’t see it with visible light.

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    deleted by creator

  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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    What, you want to tighten the axis with a torx?

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      A T10^4

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    Hexagons are just nature’s way of making arrays of triangles.

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