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> This is probably the fewest bits needed to encode a widely-distributed earworm. someBODY

by reificator 9y ago

Noughmad 9y ago
I recently wrote a tool that worked on bodies of text in Rust. Had multiple instances of if let Some(body) = ...
- reificator 9y ago
  You know that you could use Some(body)
- reificator 9y ago
  I'm working on a game engine in Rust in my spare time, I'll probably end up with that same code in the physics side.
arkades 9y ago
...once told me... Damn it, I can hear it in my head!
- holtalanm 9y ago
  oh god, it won't stop playing in my head. I know there's a pause button somewhere. reaches for hammer see you in a few hours. thwack
majewsky 9y ago
Can someone explain this, please?
- Infinitesimus 9y ago
  It is a reference to a song by Smash Mouth: https://youtu.be/L_jWHffIx5E https://youtu.be/L_jWHffIx5E (And now it'll be stuck my head for a week)
- reificator 9y ago
  At the risk of being a serious weirdo and way overexplaining: gladly! An earworm[1] is a (part of a) song that gets stuck in your head. The GP was wondering if "gimmie gimmie gimmie"[2] was the fewest bytes required to put one in someone's head. I shaved 12 bytes off by using All-Star[3] by Smash Mouth. It was a very popular song in its day, it's newer than ABBA, and lately it's become a meme[4] of its own[5], partly on the back of being featured in Shrek. It's even the basis for a trilogy[6] of mash-up[7] albums[8]. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm [2]: https://youtu.be/3wCK6INQcHs https://youtu.be/3wCK6INQcHs [3]: https://youtu.be/L_jWHffIx5E https://youtu.be/L_jWHffIx5E [4]: https://youtu.be/0Iqr0L4bUms https://youtu.be/0Iqr0L4bUms [5]: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=all+star+but https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=all+star+but [6]: http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsounds/ http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsounds/ [7]: http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsilence/ http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsilence/ [8]: http://www.neilcic.com/mouthmoods/ http://www.neilcic.com/mouthmoods/
  - Terretta 9y ago
    Hash collision. Somebody (somebody) ooh somebody (somebody) Can anybody find me .... somebody to love? https://youtu.be/kijpcUv-b8M https://youtu.be/kijpcUv-b8M
    - reificator 9y ago
      That's why I used casing to differentiate

> This is probably the fewest bits needed to encode a widely-distributed earworm. someBODY

Noughmad 9y ago

I recently wrote a tool that worked on bodies of text in Rust. Had multiple instances of if let Some(body) = ...

reificator 9y ago
You know that you could use Some(body)
reificator 9y ago
I'm working on a game engine in Rust in my spare time, I'll probably end up with that same code in the physics side.

arkades 9y ago

...once told me... Damn it, I can hear it in my head!

holtalanm 9y ago
oh god, it won't stop playing in my head. I know there's a pause button somewhere. reaches for hammer see you in a few hours. thwack

majewsky 9y ago

Can someone explain this, please?

Infinitesimus 9y ago
It is a reference to a song by Smash Mouth: https://youtu.be/L_jWHffIx5E https://youtu.be/L_jWHffIx5E (And now it'll be stuck my head for a week)
reificator 9y ago
At the risk of being a serious weirdo and way overexplaining: gladly! An earworm[1] is a (part of a) song that gets stuck in your head. The GP was wondering if "gimmie gimmie gimmie"[2] was the fewest bytes required to put one in someone's head. I shaved 12 bytes off by using All-Star[3] by Smash Mouth. It was a very popular song in its day, it's newer than ABBA, and lately it's become a meme[4] of its own[5], partly on the back of being featured in Shrek. It's even the basis for a trilogy[6] of mash-up[7] albums[8]. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm [2]: https://youtu.be/3wCK6INQcHs https://youtu.be/3wCK6INQcHs [3]: https://youtu.be/L_jWHffIx5E https://youtu.be/L_jWHffIx5E [4]: https://youtu.be/0Iqr0L4bUms https://youtu.be/0Iqr0L4bUms [5]: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=all+star+but https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=all+star+but [6]: http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsounds/ http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsounds/ [7]: http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsilence/ http://www.neilcic.com/mouthsilence/ [8]: http://www.neilcic.com/mouthmoods/ http://www.neilcic.com/mouthmoods/
- Terretta 9y ago
  Hash collision. Somebody (somebody) ooh somebody (somebody) Can anybody find me .... somebody to love? https://youtu.be/kijpcUv-b8M https://youtu.be/kijpcUv-b8M
  - reificator 9y ago
    That's why I used casing to differentiate