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based on "bad extrapolation of trends by eye": we should expect to hit saturation point with a proportion of 1.0 cs papers containing colons by 2180. this leav
by shoo 7y ago
based on "bad extrapolation of trends by eye": we should expect to hit saturation point with a proportion of 1.0 cs papers containing colons by 2180.
this leaves directions for future research: "Colons in paper-titles: are other characters even necessary?"
- jaclaz 7y ago>"Colons in paper-titles: are other characters even necessary?" Of course: question marks, but are smiley making characters also needed ;-)?
- mjn 7y agoIt seemed too frivolous to include in the blog post (I'm the author), but I fit an exponential to the last 10 years for Twitter consumption, which predicts 100% colon titles as early as 2050: https://twitter.com/mm_jj_nn/status/1055555513658810368 https://twitter.com/mm_jj_nn/status/1055555513658810368