THE VIDEO SHELF · hexagons and tiling
Pentagons Are Terrible at One Thing
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 HN readers recommended it
Recommended in hexagon-grid threads as a fun but informative overview, and sometimes dropped as a light joke.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CGP Grey
- Topic
- hexagons and tiling
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
CGP Grey did a video about hexagons recently. I mean, there's only so much you can say about hexagons really, but he manages to cover a lot of ground. [VIDEO]
elihu on Hacker News · 2020-12
In Hexagonal Grids (2013)Hexagons are, after all, the bestagons. On the very very low chance you haven't seen this: [VIDEO] And if you don't know who CGP Grey is and are wondering how this comment fits into HN, I can only offer that he's cashing in on his …
TameAntelope on Hacker News · 2021-01
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