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Conway's pinwheel tiling

John Conway discovered a right triangle that can be partitioned into five similar triangles. The sides are in proportion 1 : 2 : √5. You can make a larger similar triangle by making the entire triangle the central (green) triangle of a new triangle. Here’s the same image with the small triangles filled in as in the original. Repeating this process creates an aperiodic tiling of the plane. The tiling was discovered by Conway, but Charles Radin was the first to describe it in a publication [1]

Conway's Pinwheel Tiling

John Conway discovered a right triangle that can be partitioned into five similar triangles. The sides are in proportion 1 : 2 : √5. You can make a larger similar triangle by making the entire triangle the central (green) triangle of a new triangle. Here’s the same image with the small triangles filled in as in the original. Repeating this process creates an aperiodic tiling of the plane. The tiling was discovered by Conway, but Charles Radin was the first to describe it in a publication [1]

Why ZorinOS 18 might be the new best Linux distro - and I've tried them all

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways ZorinOS is a great Linux distribution for all types of users. The latest release includes tons of new features. You'll also find performance increases and new tiling options. I've been a big fan of ZorinOS for a long time. I've found the OS's approach to be quite refreshing, and the team behind it is always ready to add something fresh to new releases. When I received the invite to test the beta o

Grammarly now offers spelling and grammar check for five more languages

Grammarly built its reputation on being a tool for checking spelling, grammar, and writing tips in English. The company is now expanding the scope of these features to support five more languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Italian. The company said it will now suggest paragraph-level rewrites for tone, style, and flow for the new languages. Users writing in any of these five languages, as well as English, will also be able to translate text in-line in 19 languages. The multilingua

Is being bilingual good for your brain?

R eams of papers have been published on the cognitive advantages of multilingualism. Beyond the conversational doors it can open, multilingualism is supposed to improve “executive function”, a loose concept that includes the ability to ignore distractions, plan complex tasks and update beliefs as new information arrives. Most striking, numerous studies have even shown that bilinguals undergo a later onset of dementia, perhaps of around four years, on average. But some of these studies have faile