this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2024
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Attention all passengers: This is an express sequence to infinity. If your stop is not a power of two, please disembark now.

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[–] _different_username@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What the hell did I just read?

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I feel like the ending is supposed to suggest bleem exists but rereading it, it sounds like he smacked 4 jelly beans across the room.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

(spoiler) It explicitly says there were 3 before, but also 3 after one was eaten.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

Looks like the split starts at pi

[–] PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months ago

What if we switch to electric numbers?

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 4 months ago

Flashbacks to topology

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

i like the detail that it's public transport, not a lane

because another lane of numbers would just result in even more math being done, and we'd be back to the same if not worse notebook congestion