<![CDATA[So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1]]>So this happened
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ecd31cd2-e010-46ce-951b-7168f2c5f386/so-this-happenedhttps-www.smbc-comics.com-comic-spheres-part-1RSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 21:41:53 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2026 15:26:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:34:54 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social I read all comics with trombones in them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mk.spook.social/notes/akvfxgq7k0https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mk.spook.social/notes/akvfxgq7k0Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:34:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:44:25 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith ::clap clap clap clap clap::

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116376224757221421https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116376224757221421Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:44:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:40:13 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith i hope to see thompson and jenkins return, probably in a prequel so they still have that story driving conflict.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/aliengasmask/statuses/116376208271937413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/aliengasmask/statuses/116376208271937413Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:40:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:18:21 GMT]]>@MHowell @ZachWeinersmith it occurs to me that a class action lawsuit of people named Claude against Anthropic would not go amiss

seeing this in my mentions and not remembering what I'd said, the first thing I think of for "Claude" is not Shannon, or any other human for that matter

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/WizardOfDocs/statuses/116376122237168345https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/WizardOfDocs/statuses/116376122237168345Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:18:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:35:51 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith How do you tile a hexagon with polyominos?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/stylus/statuses/116375955118483232https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/stylus/statuses/116375955118483232Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:35:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:30:32 GMT]]>@TomF @ZachWeinersmith
(for me, it was clear from the name pair in the title panel, FWIW)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116375934246507723https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116375934246507723Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:30:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:30:21 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith How come you had an imaginary ErdΓΆs number? πŸ€”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/glocq/statuses/116375933527920241https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/glocq/statuses/116375933527920241Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:30:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:29:03 GMT]]>@MHowell @WizardOfDocs @ZachWeinersmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnVjkE87FDY

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/TomF/statuses/116375928387615449https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/TomF/statuses/116375928387615449Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:29:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:27:05 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith Small niggle - it wasn't clear that the narrator was a specific person (Mr. Tao) rather than an abstract character. I only realised at the end and had to go back to find their name.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/TomF/statuses/116375920694274377https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/TomF/statuses/116375920694274377Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:27:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:10:29 GMT]]>@bosak No such plans, right now πŸ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ZachWeinersmith/statuses/116375855381221434https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ZachWeinersmith/statuses/116375855381221434Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:10:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:41:28 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith More like this, please. Are you planning a book?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flx.masto.host/users/bosak/statuses/116375741309227415https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flx.masto.host/users/bosak/statuses/116375741309227415Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:41:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:39:35 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith so much love for this comic series 😍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/skyr/statuses/116375733905041587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/skyr/statuses/116375733905041587Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:39:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:26:20 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith The last panel πŸͺ! (Obscure Terry Pratchet ref.)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://planetearth.social/users/nab26/statuses/116375681766925459https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://planetearth.social/users/nab26/statuses/116375681766925459Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:26:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:20:55 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith "only true of Claude Shannon" lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/WizardOfDocs/statuses/116375660462467364https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/WizardOfDocs/statuses/116375660462467364Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:20:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:19:52 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith Incredible.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.berlin/users/krono/statuses/116375656374929051https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.berlin/users/krono/statuses/116375656374929051Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:19:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:50:56 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith Brilliant! And if I can put on my radiology department hat for a second β€” MRI machines are claustrophobic, expensive, and a limited resource, so anything that can speed them up even a little bit is a big deal.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/waltman/statuses/116375542585903312https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/waltman/statuses/116375542585903312Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:50:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:46:27 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith … so that's what Hamming distance is πŸ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/116375524998412244https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jernej__s/statuses/116375524998412244Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:46:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to So this happenedhttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/spheres-part-1 on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:46:20 GMT]]>@ZachWeinersmith a work of utter beauty!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooting.ch/users/jexner/statuses/116375524490211482https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooting.ch/users/jexner/statuses/116375524490211482Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:46:20 GMT