https://xkcd.com/2897

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When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.

  • @psud
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    9 months ago

    It really does feel mainstream to come up with tech specs for a new comms technology, not the sort of thing that nerds* might do /s

    Tim Burners-Lee** worked in particle accelerators. Total jock****.

    * People excessively interested in tech

    ** Inventor of HTML - the web

    **** I’m old. The world is divided into nerds and jocks per Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

    • @suction
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      19 months ago

      TIL the only non-Mainstream people are nerds