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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- The entire showerthought must be in the title
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- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
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I know GNU because it’s a recursive acronym.
The real Linux fork bomb
No one can really know what GNU stands for unless they can perform an infinite recursion in constant time.
GNU isn't entirely infinite though. After unpacking GNU is Not Unix 10^45 times, you actually find out what the final G is for.
I actually wrote a script to figure out what the last G stands for. The last G stsnds for "RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded". Pretty weird.
NaN's not UNIX
This is why it really should have been called "NNU", that would work perfectly.
I like using the GNU's Not Unix Image Manipulation Program ToolKit when I make GUIs.
Ah, so a GUI is in fact a GNU User Interface ?
I think we should call them Gnuser Interfaces and shorten it to GI. Gnome systems only.
*GNU is my pepper
Have you ever used the GNU's Not Unix Image Manipulation Program ToolKit America Online Instant Messenger?
yeah, but what does GNU stand for?
GNU's Not Unix.
See my comment here to see what the GNU part stands for: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/18917548
From your user name to the link joke.
This is a real master piece