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<\/p>\n\n\nFound some c# code drawing a Mandelbrot fractal (I’am so sorry I cant remember where or who) and thought that would be fun to do in powershell. Ended up doing a little animation of the fractal. All done in ASCII. This will not work if you run it in ISE or VS Code terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n
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