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cannedtuna lemmy.world cannedtuna@lemmy.world
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Zach Weinersmith | website

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That janitor just goes from building to building helping people.

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10-panel SMBC comic update.

All the panels are dialogue-less.

Two researchers are writing equations on a chalkboard.

A janitor watches them from afar.

The researchers leave as the janitor is still mopping the floor.

The janitor walks up to the chalkboard and writes on it with purpose, admires what he wrote, and leave late in the evening.

The two researchers return at dawn, and are shocked by what is written on the blackboard.

Over their half-erased equations, the text “ChatGPT, do a breakthru, no mistakes, thankx.”

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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-16
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Reminds me of when Troy fixed the water fountain in Community.

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MunkyNutts feddit.online MunkyNutts@feddit.online
Joined: 2025-12-09
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tetris11 feddit.uk tetris11@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-02-17
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Reminds me of when Troi fixed the holodeck in TNG

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saltnotsugar lemmy.world saltnotsugar@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Here is a breakthrough in mathematics right quick. It’s 1+1=1 because the two ones have been fused together to make a longer number but it’s still one.

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Maroon lemmy.world Maroon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-15
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This funny but so cruel. If you have any interest, check the interview of the mathetician (YouTube, Numberphile) whose work OpenAI stole.

Seriously, FuckAI.

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Sibshops feddit.cl Sibshops@feddit.cl
Joined: 2026-08-20
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Ivy league janitor never ceases to amaze me.

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FiskFisk33 startrek.website FiskFisk33@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-08-10
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Here is a breakthrough in mathematics right quick. It’s 1+1=1 because the two ones have been fused together to make a longer number but it’s still one.

or take 0.6+0.6=1.2 and round it to 1+1=1

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heartSagan5 lemmy.zip heartSagan5@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-05-27
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or take 0.6+0.6=1.2 and round it to 1+1=1

Johannes Kepler lost his nose because of an argument of 2+2=5 with greater values of 2. You deserve to lose a nose.

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FiskFisk33 startrek.website FiskFisk33@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-08-10
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Johannes Kepler lost his nose because of an argument of 2+2=5 with greater values of 2. You deserve to lose a nose.

Hahah, that's the one I was thinking of, though I couldn't remember the origin, thanks!

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Tattorack lemmy.world Tattorack@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-28
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Here is a breakthrough in mathematics right quick. It’s 1+1=1 because the two ones have been fused together to make a longer number but it’s still one.

I thought 1 + 1 = 11, specifically because it's two ones fused together?

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FridaVermercury discuss.tchncs.de FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-09-16
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This funny but so cruel. If you have any interest, check the interview of the mathetician (YouTube, Numberphile) whose work OpenAI stole. Seriously, FuckAI.

Didn't it happen twice already?

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Pringles sopuli.xyz Pringles@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-07
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Good Sol Hunting

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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This funny but so cruel. If you have any interest, check the interview of the mathetician (YouTube, Numberphile) whose work OpenAI stole. Seriously, FuckAI.

Seriously. I have a product I just invented that I might be able to make a living manufacturing and selling (it's a cheap but effective practice instrument) but I'm not so much as uploading photos from my old digital camera before I talk to an IP lawyer (I can think of one specific patent I might be infringing) just in case Amazon starts getting ideas

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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I thought 1 + 1 = 11, specifically because it's two ones fused together?

1 + 1 = cucumber? The fuck

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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or take 0.6+0.6=1.2 and round it to 1+1=1

0.4 + 0.4 = 0.8
0 + 0 = 1

Or how about
0.4 x 2 = 0.8
0 x 2 = 1

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tetris11 feddit.uk tetris11@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-02-17
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Johannes Kepler lost his nose because of an argument of 2+2=5 with greater values of 2. You deserve to lose a nose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Tycho's_nose

On 29 December 1566 at the age of 20, Tycho lost part of his nose in a sword duel with a fellow Danish nobleman, his third cousin Manderup Parsberg. At an engagement party at the home of Professor Lucas Bachmeister on 10 December the two had drunkenly quarreled over who was the superior mathematician.[12] On 29 December, the cousins resolved their feud with a duel in the dark. Though the two were later reconciled, in the duel Tycho lost the bridge of his nose and gained a broad scar across his forehead.[13]

It's sort of like how Russian's prove who has the better car insurer after an accident

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darthelmet lemmy.world darthelmet@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
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or take 0.6+0.6=1.2 and round it to 1+1=1

Found the engineer.

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Natanael infosec.pub Natanael@infosec.pub
Joined: 2025-01-18
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Didn't it happen twice already?

In both math and chemistry from what's been published so far

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-05-30
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I thought 1 + 1 = 11, specifically because it's two ones fused together?

It's binary duh!

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Maroon lemmy.world Maroon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-15
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Seriously. I have a product I just invented that I might be able to make a living manufacturing and selling (it's a cheap but effective practice instrument) but I'm not so much as uploading photos from my old digital camera before I talk to an IP lawyer (I can think of one specific patent I might be infringing) just in case Amazon starts getting ideas
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WIZARD POPE💫 lemmy.world Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-08
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Here is a breakthrough in mathematics right quick. It’s 1+1=1 because the two ones have been fused together to make a longer number but it’s still one.

¹+¹=1

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Agent641 lemmy.world Agent641@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
#23 · (edited) Quote Reply

Good Sol Hunting

She gave me her tokens. How do ya like dem apples?!

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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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i dunno if amazon would. the market for this instrument is like 100, 200 people.

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toynbee lemmy.world toynbee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
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This funny but so cruel. If you have any interest, check the interview of the mathetician (YouTube, Numberphile) whose work OpenAI stole. Seriously, FuckAI.

Speaking of talented math YouTubers, have you seen bprp?

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toynbee lemmy.world toynbee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
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or take 0.6+0.6=1.2 and round it to 1+1=1

This is the opposite of what I've heard about extremely large values of two.

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littleomid feddit.org littleomid@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-01-12
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It's binary duh!

Then it would be 10.

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hypnicjerk piefed.social hypnicjerk@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-12-01
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Reminds me of when Troy fixed the water fountain in Community.

both that scene and this strip are references to the movie good will hunting

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Maroon lemmy.world Maroon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-11-15
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Speaking of talented math YouTubers, have you seen bprp?
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toynbee lemmy.world toynbee@lemmy.world
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I didn't actually watch this one. I like his videos but don't keep up with him. However, I'll never forget the markers.

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MidsizedSedan lemmy.world MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-08
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