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Re:Penrose – Penrose by shrx on Monday January 15, 2024 @05:10AM (#38999139)
The displayed structure has nothing to do with how it really looks like [0].

It seems they just used a naive algorithm for automatic atom placement with a goal to minimize overlaps between the atoms.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine

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Re:Penrose – Penrose by bmitc on Monday January 15, 2024 @07:58AM (#39000367)
That naive algorithm isn't even good since it can clearly be laid out without any edge crossings.
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