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Our sysadmin accidentally won a Nobel Prize while trying to debug neutrino oscillation error correction.

https://explainxkcd.com/3017/

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A neutrino modem would absolutely work because the technical issues could all be solved by capturing the traffic from the future and reverse-engineering it.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How would that work?

Even ignoring the almost negligible amount of mass a neutrino has, it's still limited to c meaning we aren't getting new information before anything else.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neutrinos can totally go back in time. It's essential to the plot of "Watchmen" 2009 and that's as good as peer review. it's just not in physics because Einstein was a Marvel fan.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty certain that was tachyons, not neutrinos...

[–] ironsoap@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

٩(。•́‿•̀。)۶

[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

"My solution is faster than yours."

"If the code doesn't have to work..."

[–] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they’re at the center of the planet are they weightless?

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think so? The mass of the earth above pulling more or less equally in all directions

[–] Unbecredible@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

So my back would finally stretch out and pop? Sounds like my dream.

[–] style99@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Nothing like hooking your internet up to literal wishful thinking.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The modem is off centre

/pedant