top | item 22111899 (no title) dvanduzer | 6 years ago (arxiv.org is not archive.org if someone wants to fix the title. both are absurd creations that can't possibly exist, though.) discuss order hn newest AceJohnny2|6 years ago > both are absurd creations that can't possibly exist, though.How so? bordercases|6 years ago It was an endearing comment. dvanduzer|6 years ago I intended that as a reference to an XKCD strip[0]. Folks often talk about public goods like scientific research, as if the "real stuff" couldn't possibly happen without private investment. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[0] https://xkcd.com/2102/ dhosek|6 years ago irony dang|6 years ago Fixed. Thanks!
AceJohnny2|6 years ago > both are absurd creations that can't possibly exist, though.How so? bordercases|6 years ago It was an endearing comment. dvanduzer|6 years ago I intended that as a reference to an XKCD strip[0]. Folks often talk about public goods like scientific research, as if the "real stuff" couldn't possibly happen without private investment. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[0] https://xkcd.com/2102/ dhosek|6 years ago irony
dvanduzer|6 years ago I intended that as a reference to an XKCD strip[0]. Folks often talk about public goods like scientific research, as if the "real stuff" couldn't possibly happen without private investment. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[0] https://xkcd.com/2102/
AceJohnny2|6 years ago
How so?
bordercases|6 years ago
dvanduzer|6 years ago
[0] https://xkcd.com/2102/
dhosek|6 years ago
dang|6 years ago