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The story where emails could only be sent a certain distance is fun. I haven't read that one in a while.
by frobozz 4y ago
The story where emails could only be sent a certain distance is fun. I haven't read that one in a while.
- ljf 4y agohttps://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles for those who have not read it - it is brilliant and solving the bug involves understanding the speed of light!
- allendoerfer 4y agoIt's on "Did you win the Putnam?" or "xkcd 927" level and does not really need a link on HN at this point.
- wffurr 4y agoNow I need to look up "Did you win the Putnam?". It's my lucky day to learn about this.
- danielheath 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
- ljf 4y agohttps://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/ I can assure you there are plenty of readers here who have not heard of it. I shared the link at work recently and was interested that not a single person knew of it (they are fairly young though).
- allendoerfer 4y ago
- TallGuyShort 4y agoThe irony of referencing September with one's own obnoxious overconfidence that everyone memorizes the same XKCD jokes as you.
- karmakurtisaani 4y agoYou just come off so fucking cool.
- Sophira 4y agoThere's a whole load of stories like these linked from https://dbrgn.ch/stories-from-the-internet.html https://dbrgn.ch/stories-from-the-internet.html . I'd definitely recommend them.
- Beldin 4y agoSimilarly: open office cannot print on Tuesdays. https://beza1e1.tuxen.de/lore/print_on_tuesday.html https://beza1e1.tuxen.de/lore/print_on_tuesday.html (Date embedded in printjob and parsed by the wrong filter)