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Citogenesis! https://xkcd.com/978/ https://xkcd.com/978/ Can't believe we got to see one in the wild, and with clear attribution to boot.
by Feathercrown 3mo ago
Citogenesis!
https://xkcd.com/978/ https://xkcd.com/978/
Can't believe we got to see one in the wild, and with clear attribution to boot.
- anothermoron 3mo ago[dead]
- andrybak 3mo agoin addition to a relevant xkcd, there is also a Wikipedia article about the phenomenon and a behind-the-scenes list - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting#On_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting#On_Wikipedi... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_citogenesis_... - previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35535407 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35535407
- thunderbong 3mo agoMobile version https://m.xkcd.com/978/ https://m.xkcd.com/978/
- disillusioned 3mo agoI have left comments on HN and Reddit and then found them rolled into Google's AI search summarizer OR the knowledge box with _extreme rapidity_ such that when I went, mere moments later, to go re-check some fact I had cited, I found my own comment at the top of the results, repeated back to me, but with authority and gravitas, ensconced in the austere trappings of the knowledge box.
- jibal 3mo agoBut that didn't happen. See comments above by svat, snickerbockers, and InsideOutSanta.