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Re:TimeGuessr on Saturday June 14, 2025 @05:17AM (#44275234)
Irretrievably hung my phone requiring a hard reset.

Using Chrome on vanilla Android on Samsung.

ELI5: What, really, is an NFT?

Posted by nokita on Monday January 01, 2024 @03:38PM
from the self-post dept.

I've read about these multiple times. I've had people explain the mechanics, but I read don't understand what an NFT is supposed to be.Or do.So please, can someone ELI5?Thanks.

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Re:Wobbly Clock! on Monday January 16, 2023 @11:27AM (#34402244)
The second hand isn't running backwards, the numbers run the wrong way.
Re:Wobbly Clock! on Monday January 16, 2023 @11:24AM (#34402204)
Have you watched for more than 5 minutes? Each hand jumps from one Division to the next, increasingly flexing in between jumps. It's working fine for me, and obviously for others, so either there's something odd about your setup, or it's just doing something you don't expect.
Re:Letters about Soap (1997) on Friday September 09, 2022 @03:20PM (#32783677)
I think I saw a comment, perhaps 20 years ago, saying that this is an adaptation of a stand up comedy routine. A quick search has failed to confirm or refute this, and regardless of the origin it is (a) very funny, and (b) instructive.

But I suspect it shouldn't be taken as real, even if the lessons one can learn from it certainly are real, and it is all too plausible.

Re:Factoring composite numbers into nearly equal factors on Monday February 07, 2022 @06:37PM (#30253089)
I think it needs to be poly in the number of bits, not just the number, otherwise factoring would be poly, and it isn't.
Re:Singer Meat Loaf has died on Friday January 21, 2022 @04:23AM (#30021141)
Where did you see anything about the cause of death?
Re:Mechanical computing systems using only links and rotary joints on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @05:22AM (#29793293)
Babbage's analytical engine comes to mind.