Generating the P3 Tiling

43 points by evakhoury 2 days ago | 7 comments

Is Simon Tatham’s site still online? It would not respond when I clicked the link.

The day Paul Bourke’s site goes offline is the day the internet dies. Only slightly kidding: I read it as a teenager and yet it’s still there providing solid code and answers. https://paulbourke.net/miscellaneous/interpolation/ is still there as I read it in 2001.

Panzerschrek 1 day ago |

Once I have implemented such tiling using shadertoy. Source code: https://github.com/Panzerschrek/shader_bits/blob/master/penr.... No recursion is really needed (which isn't supported in shaders), but a plain loop with N iterations to achieve tiling of depth N.

btbuildem 1 day ago |

If you want something truly diabolical, attempt to tile your bathroom with either of those patterns (yes, these tile shapes can be bought).

robto 1 day ago | |

This is something I'm very interested in, and I've actually found it very difficult to buy these shapes. Do you have a link to a supplier? I've even approached ceramic studios about getting them custom made, but without any real interest.

Bonus points if you have a supplier for einsteins!

vintagedave 1 day ago | |

Assuming you have a tile cutter for when you hit the walls, why is this diabolical? It sounds enormous fun.

purpleflame1257 1 day ago | |

Famously where Penrose got the idea from in the first place.

vintagedave 1 day ago |

In Anathem, which Penrose tiling was the Teglon?

I have, a bit too late, realized there are more tilings than I thought.