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[_] Anon 2811555
>> [_] Anon 2811568 neat. what is it?
>> [_] Anon 2811569 i like it... but the fuck is it?
>> [_] Anon 2811572 So you have an equation that gets a new value for a previous value: z <- z^2 + c and when you keep doing it you over and over again you get an "oribt." z always starts at 0, the dot in the center, and c defines what kind of orbit you will get. some orbits converge to a single value and others shoot away to infinity. If you run it for a while you can find the points that many orbits converge to. This flash generates a bunch of random orbits and traces every point they go through. The three blue images have slightly different parameters and get combined into the other one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhabrot
>> [_] Anon 2811574 add some music ffs, it's not like you don't have space for it
>> [_] Anon 2811606 >># It's a variation of the Mandlebrot set of complex numbers. It's a set containing functions that don't approach infinity, but more importantly, it looks really cool if you graph it. The different colors correspond to the roots of the function. If you zoom in on it, you will get ever smaller copies of the larger shape. They are called "fractals"