minus-squareGrabtharsHammer@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Implementing a spellchecker on 64 kB of RAM back in the 1970s led to a compression algorithm that's technically unbeaten and part of it is still in use todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·10 days agoI’d like to imagine they took the short trivia fact and applied the inverse of the compression algorithm to bloat it into something that satisfied the editor. linkfedilink
minus-squareGrabtharsHammer@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•You retrieve your carton of yoghurt from the fridge to find a layer of liquid whey on top- do you A) pour it out or B) mix it in?linkfedilinkarrow-up23·19 days agoPour it out? No whey. linkfedilink
minus-squareGrabtharsHammer@lemmy.worldtoBuy European@feddit.uk•Software: For those who didn't know, Blender is a Dutch nonprofit organizationlinkfedilinkarrow-up77arrow-down1·20 days agoBlender was also used to create Flow, the Best Animated Feature at the Academy awards and the Golden Globe awards. linkfedilink
minus-squareGrabtharsHammer@lemmy.worldtoBluesky@lemmy.world•User asks for an explanation of why quantum computing companies are listed on the stock exchangelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoSomebody read “The Emperor’s New Mind” and called it a day. linkfedilink
I’d like to imagine they took the short trivia fact and applied the inverse of the compression algorithm to bloat it into something that satisfied the editor.