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Just in case you missed the subtle question mark of help in the top right corner, the author's explanation here is stunningly clear:

https://github.com/aatishb/patterncollider#readme

Kudos to aatishb. I've been fascinated by this generations since approx 1995 when there was a webpage at a university with webcgi script to transmit the params to a server to render a .gif. I've read many explanations since then, but it's only this time around that I get it!



Wow, that algorithm to generate tilings is so simple, it's beautiful. The kind of thing that after you've seen it you feel silly for not having thought of it yourself.




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