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[–] MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml 58 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Atmosphere outside hexagon spins faster than atmosphere inside hexagon

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

But why hexagon and not a circle

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 6 points 2 days ago

Laws of Physics. Also aliens. (Aliens created physics).

Ps. I'd also like to know the answer.

[–] MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Circles are hard to render. It’s why we don’t have perfect spheres. Labs can only get “close to perfect”.