Caption:
"And so, as you enter the adult phase of your life, you will thank God that these past 17 years of being stuck in the ground and unable to move are finally over. … Congratulations, cicadas of ’94!”
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Caption:
"And so, as you enter the adult phase of your life, you will thank God that these past 17 years of being stuck in the ground and unable to move are finally over. … Congratulations, cicadas of ’94!”
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It’s been borrowed into graphic design as the Cicada Principle:
https://lea.verou.me/blog/2020/07/the-cicada-principle-revisited-with-css-variables/
Looks like the original link is dead, but there’s a newer examination of it. If you have a repeating pattern, you can maximize variation while minimizing file size by using multiple sequences with different prime lengths