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Pentagons Are Terrible at One Thing

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Recreational & visual mathPure mathematics

What it is

A CGP Grey video about why pentagons are bad at tiling and why hexagons are so special, in his usual playful style. It touches on honeycombs and tiling in nature.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in hexagon-grid threads as a fun but informative overview, and sometimes dropped as a light joke.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “he manages to cover a lot of ground”

    CGP Grey covers a lot of ground about hexagons

    elihu, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “Hexagonal Grids (2013)”

  2. “the video is also interesting informationally”

    Fun-toned but informative video on why hexagons are special

    TameAntelope, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are you working on?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: hexagons, tessellation, geometry, honeycomb, cgp grey

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