47 points zenincognito 1 hour ago 10 comments
zenincognito 1 hour ago | parent
The actual paper is also highly entertaining - https://www.mcmillen.dev/sigbovik/2019.pdf
Amorymeltzer 55 minutes ago | parent
In particular, I like "Figure − 3. − 3 ." as a good little easter egg.
gnabgib 43 minutes ago | parent
Popular in:
2024 (515 points, 125 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40197013
2021 (431 points, 165 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27929730
adamrezich 34 minutes ago | parent
The reply near the top of the 2021 link with the Master Foo koan hits quite a bit differently in the age of vibecoding.
TMWNN 28 minutes ago | parent
layer8 28 minutes ago | parent
Tangentially related, the only way for a Java properties file to be invalid is if it contains an invalid Unicode escape sequence (“\u” not followed by four digits, and not preceded by an odd number of “\”).
snitty 10 minutes ago | parent
SIGBOVIK papers are almost always a delight
EDIT: From their 2026 publication
>Permission to make digital or hard copies of portions of this work for personal use is granted; permission to make digital or hard copies of portions of this work for classroom use is also granted, but seems ill-advised