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Fun anecdote: when I was a teenager learning LaTeX, I'd got in the habit of google image searching the symbols – "Latex infinity" would turn up a pic of an infi
by azalemeth 4y ago
Fun anecdote: when I was a teenager learning LaTeX, I'd got in the habit of google image searching the symbols – "Latex infinity" would turn up a pic of an infinity symbol with "\infty" below it; "latex contour integral symbol" would show "\oint", and so on.
As a nineteen year old first-year university student, I genuinely typed "latex bra" into google image search, pressed enter, and then had a second or two of shock as my brain was genuinely surprised to not see quantum mechanics in front of me with a nifty little "\langle" involved, but rather lots of women in decidedly unique looking underwear...
- sam-s 4y agoI learned that "garbage collection" is not just a memory management technique but also refers to big trucks removing the content of trash cans when I took a "nerd test".
- dbcurtis 4y agoOne of the architects of the Pentium Pro, Intel’s first out-of-order execution engine, told of walking up to a Coke machine with an “out of order” sign on it — “Oh, out-of-order has other meanings.”
- IIAOPSW 4y agoThe vending machine at intel drops a can of coke. A CPU architect walking by picks it up then inserts his money. The machine is out of order.