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I remember reading a joke research paper about something like this. It explored all currently known methods of confessing your love, their pros and cons, and ha

by ihuman 4y ago

I remember reading a joke research paper about something like this. It explored all currently known methods of confessing your love, their pros and cons, and had a funny acronym for each. It then proposed a newer, secure algorithm for confessing to your crush if the feeling was mutual, and without leaking information to 3rd parties. I'm trying to find it, but I don't have it saved and I haven't found it on Google yet.

easton 4y ago
The SENPAI protocol! http://sigtbd.csail.mit.edu/pubs/2016/paper10.pdf http://sigtbd.csail.mit.edu/pubs/2016/paper10.pdf
- ihuman 4y ago
  Thank you! I had a feeling the name had something to do with anime, but I couldn't remember what.
- anticristi 4y ago
  This is probably the geekiest CS paper I ever read!
- dane-pgp 4y ago
  I'm really impressed with how readable and how funny that is, but I'm sure I'm missing at least one of the jokes contained within. In particular, they suggest an extension to their protocol called "SENPAI-MTT (More Than Two)", which I'm sure must be a cleverly chosen backronym, but I can't work out why (or if) it is funny. My initial thought was that it could be a reference to the Japanese verb meaning "to look"[0], such as mite ita ("was looking") but represented in vowelless chatspeak[1]. More logical, though, would be the verb meaning "to notice"[2], but the imperative would be kizuite kudasai ("please notice!")[2], and that doesn't match "MTT" at all. [0] http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/VerbDetails.asp?txtVerb=%E8%A6%8B%E3%82%8B http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/VerbDetails.asp?txtVer... [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/bupbs9/about_leaving_out_vowels/ https://old.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/bupbs9/about... [2] http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/VerbDetails.asp?txtVerb=%E6%B0%97%E4%BB%98%E3%81%8F http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/VerbDetails.asp?txtVer...
  - doctor_eval 4y ago
    I know absolutely nothing about this but would it not be referring to polygamous relationships?
    - dane-pgp 4y ago
      The paper does discuss such relationships, but "SENPAI-MTT (More Than Two)" is an extension to the protocol to allow a participant to choose from more than two (i.e. Crush / No Crush) possible opinions about someone. It's in the section titled "Ternary Responses", and covers the use case of a participant wanting to express "Maybe" as an opinion. Oh, actually, I might have worked it out. It could be that "More Than Two" is designed to be somehow the reverse of "Less Than Three", which represents a heart.

by ihuman 4y ago

easton 4y ago

The SENPAI protocol! http://sigtbd.csail.mit.edu/pubs/2016/paper10.pdf http://sigtbd.csail.mit.edu/pubs/2016/paper10.pdf

ihuman 4y ago
Thank you! I had a feeling the name had something to do with anime, but I couldn't remember what.
anticristi 4y ago
This is probably the geekiest CS paper I ever read!
dane-pgp 4y ago
I'm really impressed with how readable and how funny that is, but I'm sure I'm missing at least one of the jokes contained within. In particular, they suggest an extension to their protocol called "SENPAI-MTT (More Than Two)", which I'm sure must be a cleverly chosen backronym, but I can't work out why (or if) it is funny. My initial thought was that it could be a reference to the Japanese verb meaning "to look"[0], such as mite ita ("was looking") but represented in vowelless chatspeak[1]. More logical, though, would be the verb meaning "to notice"[2], but the imperative would be kizuite kudasai ("please notice!")[2], and that doesn't match "MTT" at all. [0] http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/VerbDetails.asp?txtVerb=%E8%A6%8B%E3%82%8B http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/VerbDetails.asp?txtVer... [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/bupbs9/about_leaving_out_vowels/ https://old.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/bupbs9/about... [2] http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/VerbDetails.asp?txtVerb=%E6%B0%97%E4%BB%98%E3%81%8F http://www.japaneseverbconjugator.com/VerbDetails.asp?txtVer...
- doctor_eval 4y ago
  I know absolutely nothing about this but would it not be referring to polygamous relationships?
  - dane-pgp 4y ago
    The paper does discuss such relationships, but "SENPAI-MTT (More Than Two)" is an extension to the protocol to allow a participant to choose from more than two (i.e. Crush / No Crush) possible opinions about someone. It's in the section titled "Ternary Responses", and covers the use case of a participant wanting to express "Maybe" as an opinion. Oh, actually, I might have worked it out. It could be that "More Than Two" is designed to be somehow the reverse of "Less Than Three", which represents a heart.