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Bunch of rocks (ani.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sauce: https://xkcd.com/505/

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love it when he makes comics like these. Exploring deep philosophical concepts, for a punchline

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah they're pretty good. Have you seen his "what if" stuff?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I own both in hard cover!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

This is beautiful, I think I recognize the cellular automaton he built with the rocks, it might be rule 110 or an equivalent one.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

"I call Rule 34 on Wolfram's Rule 34."

It should be a Rule to include the hover text.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

This is what hell looks like

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess this is not the point of the comic but would this "thinking and deducting math" be a solution to not go insane from brain atrophy during solitary confinement?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Theoretically, with enough random debris you could do lambda calculus, so by extension you could create fully functional programs to entertain yourself.