[HN Gopher] Vintage-Style Map of the Mandelbrot Set
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       Vintage-Style Map of the Mandelbrot Set
        
       Author : CharlesW
       Score  : 71 points
       Date   : 2022-12-15 20:06 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | amenghra wrote:
       | _" an unauthorized seller on Amazon was selling poor-quality
       | counterfeits of the map and even though it wasn't his fault,
       | Tavis offered to replace any of the crappy maps for free."_ what
       | a nice gesture!
        
       | ataylor284_ wrote:
       | Very cool! I just finished a for-fun mandelbrot drawing program;
       | I was familiar with the image, but I had never delved into the
       | math. It's an extremely simple algorithm, which makes it that
       | much more surprising it creates so much complexity.
        
       | ericschn wrote:
       | The wide poster that the author was originally searching for
       | seems to have been featured here:
       | https://hellosubscription.com/2019/01/the-curiosity-box-by-v...
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       | I do like the style of that version more if it wasn't for the
       | enormous typo in the middle of the map on Main 'Cardiod'.
        
         | homarp wrote:
         | and Bill Tavis said
         | https://twitter.com/tayviss/status/1072945795756945408
        
           | sp332 wrote:
           | "Look! @tweetsauce imitated my #Mandelmap poster! I am more
           | flattered than annoyed but seriously folks - accept no
           | substitute for the real thing and get your poster at
           | http://mandelmap.com"
           | 
           | On top of which, the Vsauce version has a typo in giant
           | letters: "Main Cardiod"
        
       | hersko wrote:
       | These look so cool!
        
       | monocasa wrote:
       | Fun fact, all real islands are islands of infinite coastline due
       | to the fractal nature of natural coastlines.
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox
        
       | npc12345 wrote:
        
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