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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
petersohn from Earth, Solar System (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Hiding
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#24004: Oct 21st 2022 at 8:57:35 AM

Very early-xkcd vibes out of this one. Feels like a throwback.

Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#24005: Oct 21st 2022 at 3:34:40 PM

[up][up][up] Sign of the times, it took me a while to realize “regular inflation” meant, like, the inflation of a bubble or a balloon, rather than monetary inflation.

Edited by Galadriel on Oct 21st 2022 at 3:35:11 AM

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#24006: Oct 24th 2022 at 1:21:16 PM

#2689 Fermat's First Theorem

I love that the "correction" of the theorem (as seen in the Alt Text) uses the proper letter substitutions.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#24007: Oct 24th 2022 at 6:09:28 PM

I have concerns about this "ant bnecn"...

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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#24008: Oct 26th 2022 at 7:46:00 AM

#2690: Cool S

I remember that fad of drawing "cool" versions of various letters and numbers in school. I wouldn't be surprised if there were an alternate universe where this actually happened.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#24009: Oct 26th 2022 at 8:16:27 AM

The Cool S, if not the others, is still around, I understand. I wonder if anyone's made a novelty typeface out of grade-school "cool" letters. I'm sure there's at least one out there.

I like the alt-text. [lol]

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#24010: Oct 26th 2022 at 2:38:03 PM

But can it help bring dinosaurs back to life? That’s the deal closer. tongue

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Cidolfas Since: Jan, 2001
#24011: Oct 27th 2022 at 5:51:14 AM

I remember "making up" my own typeface as a high schooler, which basically was just every letter drawn a completely different way with weird lines meeting etc. It was completely impractical for actual writing, but man did I think it was cool.

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#24012: Oct 27th 2022 at 11:39:18 PM

I made a cursive typeface on my Amstrad CPC, and in hindsight, it was awful. So were the typefaces I pilfered from an edutainment program and a game.

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wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#24013: Oct 28th 2022 at 3:38:20 PM

There's other cool letters? Huh, we assumed it was just the S.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#24014: Oct 28th 2022 at 7:11:58 PM

#2691: Encryption

Alright, I'm working on this joke. Alice and Bob is a reference to the use of those names to obfuscate identities, and therefore it makes perfect sense for an "encrypted" app to only be able to send messages from people actually named Alice to people actually named Bob. I don't get the Eve reference in the Alt Text.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
NonexistentYeets The Enforcer from Nightcored Realm (Five Year Plan) Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
The Enforcer
#24015: Oct 28th 2022 at 7:16:26 PM

I've seen Eve being used in cybersecurity thought experiments as the "eavesdropper" who needs to be stopped by encryption. That's probably why they're not allowed to use the app.

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thok That's Dr. Title, thank you! (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
#24016: Oct 28th 2022 at 7:33:59 PM

Obligatory link to a previous xkcd on the topic of Eve.

Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#24017: Oct 28th 2022 at 10:42:10 PM

[double post]

Edited by Noaqiyeum on Oct 28th 2022 at 6:45:56 PM

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#24018: Oct 28th 2022 at 10:45:33 PM

[up][up][up] Yes - the stereotypical cryptography scenario involves allowing Alice to send messages to Bob in a way that an eavesdropper Eve cannot intercept or tamper with them, or at least that interception leaves traces that Bob can identify.

Eve DNI.

Edited by Noaqiyeum on Oct 28th 2022 at 6:46:13 PM

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ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
HeraldAlberich from Ohio (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#24023: Nov 1st 2022 at 7:46:28 PM

I'm going to predict that multiple readers of that article are now contemplating building a hyperspace bypass through 47 Ursae Majoris.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#24024: Nov 2nd 2022 at 1:46:45 AM

This What If is from the second book, just for the record.

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ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#24025: Nov 2nd 2022 at 10:31:20 AM

Wirecutter Recommendation

Can't say I'm particularly familiar with Wirecutter, but it's easy enough to figure out from context.

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