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Reminds me of this: http://xkcd.com/664/ http://xkcd.com/664/

• Splines 15y ago
  The alt-text is sobering. How many ground-breaking ideas are put into everyday appliances?
  • d0mine 15y ago
    For every 0x5f375a86 we learn about, there are thousands we never see. </quote> I'd say 0x5f375a86/10000 ~ 160000 (known) / 1 (never see) is a highly optimistic ratio.
    • jsnell 15y ago
      I'm not sure if you're joking, but that hex number isn't a count. It's a reference to a specific instance of an elegant solution to a problem (the fast reciprocal square root function from Quake).
      • pjscott 15y ago
        For those who are curious, Wikipedia has a fascinating explanation, and the C code in question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root
  • pnathan 15y ago
    There is a vast amount of work done in the cubicle-land that never gets outside of the legal walls.