Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks

Re:Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks by IAmBroom on Thursday September 04, 2025 @02:26PM (#45130531)

Clever. I had to read that repeatedly to get it.

Cf: The difference between theory and practice is: "Practice works, in theory."

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Re:Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks by alpaca128 on Thursday September 04, 2025 @04:16PM (#45131764)

I heard it as "in theory, theory and practice are the same"

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Re:Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks by Izkata on Thursday September 04, 2025 @09:42PM (#45134237)

I've heard that style too, with the addendum "in practice, not".

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Re:Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks by SlowTao on Thursday September 04, 2025 @05:27PM (#45132404)

I have heard the same thing from Grid based electrical engineers. The grids fails in theory but works in practice.

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Re:Wikipedia survives while the rest of the internet breaks by gnerd00 on Thursday September 04, 2025 @11:44PM (#45134803)

"In theory, theory is ninety percent of practice; in practice, theory is ten percent of practice"

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