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Back when https://xkcd.com/1930/ https://xkcd.com/1930/ was posted, I made a regular expression to create a generator using a regex sampler (for instance http:/

by kmill 9y ago

Back when https://xkcd.com/1930/ https://xkcd.com/1930/ was posted, I made a regular expression to create a generator using a regex sampler (for instance http://dwickern.github.io/regex-sample/ http://dwickern.github.io/regex-sample/ ). I've put the regex at https://gist.github.com/kmill/17c5ef4f99bd9ef7ad799f0b4874484a https://gist.github.com/kmill/17c5ef4f99bd9ef7ad799f0b487448... The amusing thing to me is that this regex visualizer can reproduce the comic.

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https://regexper.com/#%5EDid%20you%20know%20that%20(the%20(fall%7Cspring)%20equinox%7Cthe%20(winter%7Csummer)%20(solstice%7COlympics)%7Cthe%20(earliest%7Clatest)%20(sunrise%7Csunset)%7Cdaylight%20savings%3F%20time%7Cleap%20(day%7Cyear)%7CEaster%7Cthe%20(harvest%7Csuper%7Cblood)%20moon%7CToyota%20truck%20month%7Cshark%20week)%20(happens%20(earlier%7Clater%7Cat%20the%20wrong%20time)%20every%20year%7Cdrifts%20out%20of%20sync%20with%20the%20(sun%7Cmoon%7Czodiac%7C(Gregorian%7CMayan%7Clunar%7CiPhone)%20calendar%7Catomic%20clock%20in%20Colorado)%7Cmight%20(not%20happen%7Chappen%20twice)%20this%20year)%20because%20of%20(time%20zone%20legislation%20in%20(Indiana%7CArizona%7CRussia)%7Ca%20decree%20by%20the%20pope%20in%20the%201500s%7C(precession%7Clibration%7Cnutation%7Clibation%7Ceccentricity%7Cobliquity)%20of%20the%20(moon%7Csun%7CEarth's%20axis%7Cequator%7Cprime%20meridian%7C(international%20date%7CMason-Dixon)%20line)%7Cmagnetic%20field%20reversal%7Can%20arbitray%20decision%20by%20(Benjamin%20Franklin%7CIsaac%20Newton%7CFDR))%5C%3F%20Apparently%20(it%20causes%20a%20predictable%20increase%20in%20car%20accidents%7Cthat's%20why%20we%20have%20leap%20seconds%7Cscientists%20are%20really%20worried%7Cit%20was%20even%20more%20extreme%20during%20the%20(bronze%20age%7Cice%20age%7CCretaceous%7C1990s)%7Cthere's%20a%20proposal%20to%20fix%20it%2C%20but%20it%20(will%20never%20happen%7Cactually%20makes%20things%20worse%7Cis%20stalled%20in%20Congress%7Cmight%20be%20unconstitutional)%7Cit's%20getting%20worse%20and%20no%20one%20knows%20why)%5C.%24 https://regexper.com/#%5EDid%20you%20know%20that%20(the%20(f...

by kmill 9y ago

Corrado 9y ago

https://regexper.com/#%5EDid%20you%20know%20that%20(the%20(fall%7Cspring)%20equinox%7Cthe%20(winter%7Csummer)%20(solstice%7COlympics)%7Cthe%20(earliest%7Clatest)%20(sunrise%7Csunset)%7Cdaylight%20savings%3F%20time%7Cleap%20(day%7Cyear)%7CEaster%7Cthe%20(harvest%7Csuper%7Cblood)%20moon%7CToyota%20truck%20month%7Cshark%20week)%20(happens%20(earlier%7Clater%7Cat%20the%20wrong%20time)%20every%20year%7Cdrifts%20out%20of%20sync%20with%20the%20(sun%7Cmoon%7Czodiac%7C(Gregorian%7CMayan%7Clunar%7CiPhone)%20calendar%7Catomic%20clock%20in%20Colorado)%7Cmight%20(not%20happen%7Chappen%20twice)%20this%20year)%20because%20of%20(time%20zone%20legislation%20in%20(Indiana%7CArizona%7CRussia)%7Ca%20decree%20by%20the%20pope%20in%20the%201500s%7C(precession%7Clibration%7Cnutation%7Clibation%7Ceccentricity%7Cobliquity)%20of%20the%20(moon%7Csun%7CEarth's%20axis%7Cequator%7Cprime%20meridian%7C(international%20date%7CMason-Dixon)%20line)%7Cmagnetic%20field%20reversal%7Can%20arbitray%20decision%20by%20(Benjamin%20Franklin%7CIsaac%20Newton%7CFDR))%5C%3F%20Apparently%20(it%20causes%20a%20predictable%20increase%20in%20car%20accidents%7Cthat's%20why%20we%20have%20leap%20seconds%7Cscientists%20are%20really%20worried%7Cit%20was%20even%20more%20extreme%20during%20the%20(bronze%20age%7Cice%20age%7CCretaceous%7C1990s)%7Cthere's%20a%20proposal%20to%20fix%20it%2C%20but%20it%20(will%20never%20happen%7Cactually%20makes%20things%20worse%7Cis%20stalled%20in%20Congress%7Cmight%20be%20unconstitutional)%7Cit's%20getting%20worse%20and%20no%20one%20knows%20why)%5C.%24 https://regexper.com/#%5EDid%20you%20know%20that%20(the%20(f...