threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhat if everyone pointed a laser at the moon?www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkWhat if everyone pointed a laser at the moon?www.youtube.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEyck_of_denesle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoFor answering or coming up with the questions?
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoRandall Munroe, the writer of the xkcd comic, and these incredible ‘what ifs’ developed the ‘top’ sorting algorithm for reddit.
minus-squareEyck_of_denesle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoWow. I never knew that. Thanks for the context.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months ago the ‘top’ sorting algorithm Isn’t ‘top’ just the highest vote score within a given timeframe? ‘Hot’ and ‘controversial’ seem like they would be more difficult to design…
For answering or coming up with the questions?
Randall Munroe, the writer of the xkcd comic, and these incredible ‘what ifs’ developed the ‘top’ sorting algorithm for reddit.
Wow. I never knew that. Thanks for the context.
Isn’t ‘top’ just the highest vote score within a given timeframe? ‘Hot’ and ‘controversial’ seem like they would be more difficult to design…