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> For popular culture to lack any references to it whatsoever As the first paragraph of the article has mentioned, at least xkcd has a reference [0]. [0] http

> For popular culture to lack any references to it whatsoever As the first paragraph of the article has mentioned, at least xkcd has a reference [0]. [0] https://xkcd.com/2344/ https://xkcd.com/2344/

CamperBob2 6y ago
That's interesting, assuming the location in the comic is correct. It is very close to 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude. Many people who have built or used GIS applications are familiar with "Null Island." It should probably have been called "Bug Island." If you have bugs in your GIS code, this is where they tend to lurk.
- RobertoG 6y ago
  >>" It is very close to 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude." The 0 latitude could be relevant, but that the 0 longitude is in there is more an historical accident. The shape of the African continent is also interesting there.
  - throwaway316943 6y ago
    There appears to be a mountain range that runs straight into the ocean there. Oddly right in the middle of the bite. I wonder what that area looked like when ocean levels were lower.
  - xaedes 6y ago
    I think the 0 longitude most likely is accidental. Yet, here is another thing to think about: Zero longitude is the longitude of Greenwich, i.e. London, a significant city through the ages. Cities and towns, especially ones with old age, aren't positioned randomly but in geographical suitable locations: valleys, rivers, coast, etc. Since the position of London is not random, the 0 longitude isn't totally random as well. Still seeing no connection to this 26s pulse tho.
    - CamperBob2 6y ago
      Just saying that software bugs tend to show up here. If the pulse was localized by cross-correlating data from lots of different stations worldwide, it could potentially be some kind of numerical artifact.
rishav_sharan 6y ago
Is there really any subject on which there is no xkcd? They are the Simpsons of web cartoons.
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- taneq 6y ago
  There's no topic without a relevant xkcd, and there's no event that The Simpsons didn't predict, and if it exists there's porn of it. The internet has rules.
taneq 6y ago
Funny because (I'm sure like many people) before I even clicked on that my gut feeling was "clearly a sleeping kaiju".

> For popular culture to lack any references to it whatsoever As the first paragraph of the article has mentioned, at least xkcd has a reference [0]. [0] https://xkcd.com/2344/ https://xkcd.com/2344/

CamperBob2 6y ago

That's interesting, assuming the location in the comic is correct. It is very close to 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude. Many people who have built or used GIS applications are familiar with "Null Island." It should probably have been called "Bug Island." If you have bugs in your GIS code, this is where they tend to lurk.

RobertoG 6y ago
>>" It is very close to 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude." The 0 latitude could be relevant, but that the 0 longitude is in there is more an historical accident. The shape of the African continent is also interesting there.
- throwaway316943 6y ago
  There appears to be a mountain range that runs straight into the ocean there. Oddly right in the middle of the bite. I wonder what that area looked like when ocean levels were lower.
- xaedes 6y ago
  I think the 0 longitude most likely is accidental. Yet, here is another thing to think about: Zero longitude is the longitude of Greenwich, i.e. London, a significant city through the ages. Cities and towns, especially ones with old age, aren't positioned randomly but in geographical suitable locations: valleys, rivers, coast, etc. Since the position of London is not random, the 0 longitude isn't totally random as well. Still seeing no connection to this 26s pulse tho.
  - CamperBob2 6y ago
    Just saying that software bugs tend to show up here. If the pulse was localized by cross-correlating data from lots of different stations worldwide, it could potentially be some kind of numerical artifact.

rishav_sharan 6y ago

Is there really any subject on which there is no xkcd? They are the Simpsons of web cartoons.

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taneq 6y ago
There's no topic without a relevant xkcd, and there's no event that The Simpsons didn't predict, and if it exists there's porn of it. The internet has rules.

taneq 6y ago

Funny because (I'm sure like many people) before I even clicked on that my gut feeling was "clearly a sleeping kaiju".