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Aperiodvent, Day 23: Cellular Automata and Snowflakes

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Friend of the site Andrew Taylor has a host of fun gadgets on his website, the Christmassiest of which has to be this Cellular Automata Snowflake Generator. It allows you to iterate two deterministic processes that model aspects of real snowflake generation, and create your own beautiful designs.

This post is part of the Aperiodical’s 2018 Aperiodvent Calendar.

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