GrabtharsHammer
@GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world
- Comment on Implementing a spellchecker on 64 kB of RAM back in the 1970s led to a compression algorithm that's technically unbeaten and part of it is still in use today 4 weeks ago:
I’d like to imagine they took the short trivia fact and applied the inverse of the compression algorithm to bloat it into something that satisfied the editor.
- Comment on Apple, Microsoft Joining Google Using Gulf of America in Maps Programs 2 months ago:
As absolutely stupid as this is, it’s no different than changing the maps to show Denali rather than Mount McKinley. I don’t think you’re missing anything.
- Comment on Me between shifts 2 months ago:
For further entertainment at the end of the world, see “More” by Mark Osborne.
- Comment on Gottem. :) 2 months ago:
For further reading, see Galaxias by Stephen Baxter.
- Comment on “Zero warnings”: Longtime YouTuber rails against unexplained channel removal 2 months ago:
YouTube’s spokesperson, Boot Bullwinkle, did not respond when Ars asked if it was possible to know what content triggered the mistaken channel ban or confirm that Sinesvibes had no strikes on record prior to the ban.
Is April early this year?
- Comment on Tech stocks tumble as a Chinese competitor threatens to upend the AI industry; Nvidia down 17% 2 months ago:
They know exactly what it means and how that works. They’re just sorting out how to strangle it in its crib.
- Comment on 25 Years Ago, A One-of-a-Kind Movie Captured the Hearts of Star Trek Fans Everywhere 4 months ago:
Yep, that was a good movie.
- Comment on You have 8 seconds. 5 months ago:
This is a joke about Einstein’s form of the Equivalence Principle:
- Comment on What has gradually vanished from society over the past 20 years without many people noticing? 6 months ago:
I don’t think so… the internet is a series of tubes that are used to hose everyone down with fnords.
- Comment on It’s Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word 6 months ago:
The best time was 100 years ago. The second-best time is today.
- Comment on There's no rule saying dogs can't bowl 6 months ago:
That’s not a bad faith joke. That is an educated person encouraging their partner to do better, gently, with humor.