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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Going down a Wikipedia Plutonium rabbit hole, I just realized that the Metropolis algorithm was named after a real person.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Dr. Metropolis sounds like a superhero

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Spoliers: Dr. Metropolis is revealed to be a villain that was working against the heroes the whole time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

It's Dr Manhattan at home