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Funnily enough, as of this writing, the top ranked google result (at least for me) is this post.
by amch 8y ago
Funnily enough, as of this writing, the top ranked google result (at least for me) is this post.
- curiousgal 8y agoI'm so meta even this acronym
- techbio 8y agoWhile Redditisms leaking into HN comments are usually downvoted, I actually got this for the first time just now. Probably because while on HN I wear my thinking cap, and on Reddit I read mainly for amusement and don't spend the time to look as closely. So a qualified thank you, that was clever.
- sp332 8y agoIt was popularized by Douglas Hofstadter, the guy who wrote Gödel, Escher, Bach among other things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter