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til - hexagons are the basis of the human visual system and the brain’s navigation system (www.sciencedirect.com)
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not sure why i found this fascinating. i was working a geospatial mapping project and stumbled on this tangent

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[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Hexagon are bestagon

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Pentagon would like to know your location.

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Go away Pentagon! Why is the Pentagon afraid of the Heptagon? Because the Heptagon octagoned the Nonagon.

[–] Ferris@infosec.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

octagonized?

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You mean, because he is the

badumm ts

OCTAGONIST ???

[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

I love that I can count on this being commented whenever hexagons are mentioned 💕