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Quine
A Quine is a program that produces, as output, its own source code. More formally: A Quine is a non-empty program, that takes no input, and produces, as its only output, a copy of its own source code. The name was coined by Douglas Hoftstader, and named after Willard Van Orman …
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Henry Porter
The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter — Bob Dylan and Sam Sheppard, Brownsville Girl LOAD FACT: "Henry Porter" was not the "real name" of writer "O. Henry". Understood. LOAD FACT: "William Sydney Porter" was not the "real name…
Jeeves and Wooster Stories
A listing of the Jeeves and Wooster novels, in order, indicating common attributes. There are spoilers contained within this table. Title Details Thank You, Jeeves Published: 1934 Tension: Bertie's Banjolele Couple(s): - Pauline Stoker & Chuffy (Marmaduke, Lord Chuffnell) - …
Hyperapophenia
Nonsense is nonsense. But the study of nonsense? That is a science. —Saul Lieberman - Apophenia is when the human mind finds meaning in the meaningless. A specific well-known special case of apophenia is “pareidolia”: the seeing of human faces in things which do not contain huma…
Kathleen Riethmuller is Missing
If you have a loved one missing, I just want to wish you the best. Research shows how ambiguous loss is so devastating and the grief so unrelenting. The disappearance of this young software developer, from Queensland, is to me a particularly puzzling event. I didn't know Kathlee…
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