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Re:The bunkbed conjecture is false on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @12:07PM (#41722068)
So it's been debunked.
Re:How Programming Languages Got Their Names on Thursday February 08, 2024 @05:41AM (#39300443)
Also the three founders of JetBrains, the developers of Kotlin, all graduated from St. Petersburg State University.
Re:The Infamous Coin Toss on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:10AM (#36983727)
He called it "Peters", after himself, which is off-putting.
Re:Notes on rarely-seen game mechanics on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @03:48PM (#35966831)
Cf. Roald Dahl's "Man from the South" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_from_the_South