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Professor Witten demonstrates his appreciation for Linus Torvald's counting style
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nymnympseudonym piefed.social nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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Ed Witten sitting in a chair holding up the middle finger of his left hand

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lime! feddit.nu lime@feddit.nu
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#2 · Quote Reply

linus's counting style is to go until he runs out of fingers and toes, then start over from 0. this is genuinely why there has never been a kernel with a minor version of 21.

what's demonstrated here is his typical greeting.

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LustLife fedinsfw.app LustLive@fedinsfw.app
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#3 · Quote Reply

I don't get it.

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PapaStevesy lemmy.world PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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#4 · Quote Reply

I don't get it.

Yeah, it's in the wrong community imo. Not saying it's not about science, but there's multiple Linux meme subs this could be on where people might actually think it's funny.

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trd feddit.nu trd@feddit.nu
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#5 · Quote Reply

I don't get it.

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LustLife fedinsfw.app LustLive@fedinsfw.app
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#6 · Quote Reply

Nopes.... my ass is fuck proof. So I prefer you explain the OP.

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Ooops feddit.org Ooops@feddit.org
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#7 · Quote Reply

4 what? Apples? Oranges?

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nymnympseudonym piefed.social nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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#8 · Quote Reply

4 what? Apples? Oranges?

Cosmological parameters. And it's two.

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nymnympseudonym piefed.social nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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#9 · Quote Reply

Yeah, it's in the wrong community imo. Not saying it's not about science, but there's multiple Linux meme subs this could be on where people might actually think it's funny.

If I'd posted in Linux memes... how many people would know who Ed Witten is?

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Ooops feddit.org Ooops@feddit.org
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#10 · (edited) Quote Reply

Cosmological parameters. And it's two.

🖕 = 00100

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PapaStevesy lemmy.world PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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#11 · Quote Reply

If I'd posted in Linux memes... how many people would know who Ed Witten is?

Who's that?

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mumblerfish lemmy.world mumblerfish@lemmy.world
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#12 · Quote Reply

Who's that?

Famous string theorist

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SkunkWorkz lemmy.world SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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#13 · Quote Reply

Famous string theorist

Guitar or violin?

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FinjaminPoach lemmy.world FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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#14 · Quote Reply

Nopes.... my ass is fuck proof. So I prefer you explain the OP.
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LustLife fedinsfw.app LustLive@fedinsfw.app
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#15 · Quote Reply

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I do count in the same manner. Who would count with fingers facing someone else?? Ain't we becoming too full of etiquette?? I guess thats a lot.

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FinjaminPoach lemmy.world FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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#16 · Quote Reply

I do count in the same manner. Who would count with fingers facing someone else?? Ain't we becoming too full of etiquette?? I guess thats a lot.
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LustLife fedinsfw.app LustLive@fedinsfw.app
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Yeah, the post is misplaced n absurd

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agamemnonymous sh.itjust.works agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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#18 · Quote Reply

4 what? Apples? Oranges?

Didn't you notice the other hand? It's 996

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