Comment on xkcd #3115: Unsolved Physics Problems

• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In Nordic folklore, there’s a concept for a household spirit (nisse/tomte) that may do mischievous tricks if you don’t treat it appropriately. If mathematics can’t solve this puzzle, it has to be a computer tomte that isn’t happy with your taste in RGB or how infrequently you run software updates.

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  • dumples@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Or you haven’t poured enough milk and porridge into your computer. Depends on the tomte

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    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If you see sparks and smoke coming from the computer, you can be pretty sure you’re doing something wrong.

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• VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  So you’re saying that if I stop feeding my mogwai after midnight I should be able to plug in my USB devices on the first try?

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