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'It's hard to train deep learning algorithms when most of the positive feedback they get is sarcastic.'
Читать полностью…'I live on a torn-bag-of-potato-chips-where-the-tear-is-rapidly-growing fault, which is terrifying.'
Читать полностью…'I would be honored, but I know I don't belong in your network. The person you invited was someone who had not yet inflicted this two-year ordeal upon you. I'm no longer that person.'
Читать полностью…'If it falls below 20% full, my bag turns red and I start to panic.'
Читать полностью…'Since buns range from crepuscular to nocturnal, it's recommended that you enable the scheduled "Do Not Disturb" mode on your phone to avoid being woken by alerts about Night Buns.'
Читать полностью…'There's this idea that emoji are bad for communication because they replace ambiguity and nuance with a limited set of preselected emotions, but it doesn't really survive a collision with real-world usage of the thinking face or upside-down smiley.'
Читать полностью…'This restaurant is great! I was feeling really sick, but then I ate there and felt better!'
Читать полностью…'"You know lightning, right? When electric charge builds up in a cloud and then discharges in a giant spark? Ask me why that happens." "Why does tha--" "No clue. We think it's related to the hair thing."'
Читать полностью…'Unfortunately, NASA regulations state that Bertrand Russell-related payloads can only be launched within launch vehicles which do not launch themselves.'
Читать полностью…'According to the cable company reps who keep calling me, it's because I haven't upgraded to the XTREME GIGABAND PANAMAX FLAVOR-BLASTED PRO PACKAGE WITH HBO, which is only $5 more per month for the first 6 months and five billion dollars per month after that.'
Читать полностью…'This place has so many demonyms. Northlanders. Fair Folk. Honey Barons. Lake Dwellers. Treasurers. Swamp Watchers. Dream Farmers. Wellfolk. Rockeaters. Forgotten Royals. Remote Clients. Barrow-Clerks. The People of Land and Sky.'
Читать полностью…'For the final exam, you take a screenshot showing off all the work you've done in the class, and it has to survive being uploaded, thumbnailed, and re-screenshotted through a chain of social media sites.'
Читать полностью…'Each particle also has a password which allows its properties to be changed, but the cosmic censorship hypothesis suggests we can never observe the password itself—only its secure hash.'
Читать полностью…'If you draw a diagonal line from lower left to upper right, that's the ICP 'Miracles' axis.'
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