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[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

This only happened because they laid them in rows of 5-4-5-4.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 days ago

Yeah, it happens when you pack the circles as densely as possible. If you place them in a grid, they will expand to a grid.

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

I think that depends on the fiction between each item / cell, and the plane.

I think soap bubbles for example will always form hexagons.

[-] Eq0@literature.cafe 10 points 3 days ago

Bubbles can move freely once created, so they have more freedom than cookies that are stick in place. Thus, bubbles will look for optimal volume to boundary ratio with less constraints

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Thats what i said?

[-] Eq0@literature.cafe 2 points 2 days ago

Yes :) since the topic was coming back in another thread, I felt more explanation was nice

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