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Comment · 4 years ago
Yeah I mean it's like in "this has aesthetic value". Like "sympathetic" or "synthetic".
Comment · 4 years ago
That's why I always salt my one-word searches with a prepending random string.
Comment · 4 years ago
eBay from '99 to 2012.
Comment · 4 years ago
Or how people often use "ironic" to mean "sarcastic" but never the other way around.
Comment · 4 years ago
> they believe if this argument were true then 'JPEG' would be pronounced 'JEG'

Instead of the correct pronunciation, ˈdʒeɪˌpɛʒ

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
exactly, like git
Comment · 4 years ago
> is no letter I in Portable or Network

So it should be "pong".

Comment · 4 years ago
Rosetta 2.
Comment · 4 years ago
Very confusing article. Why would anyone read for compression?
Comment · 4 years ago
https://youtu.be/q3OCFfDStgM?t=1342

"We simply don't expect software to work anymore." - Jonathan Blow

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
The "map to the Mona Lisa" is a perfect analogy. And the best part is that we can even create a new blockchain, call it something like "Besthereum" with another map to the exact same work in the real world. You don't even really own the map but a specific representation of the map, unique to the blockchain it's contained in.
Comment · 4 years ago
As a Brazilian, any Toba catastrophes terrify me.
Comment · 4 years ago
Great for people who like Tom Clancy.

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