XKCD | Website February 9, 2007

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RFC 1149.5 specifies 4 as the standard IEEE-vetted random number.

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int getRandomNumber()
{
	return 4;	//chosen by fair dice roll.
					// guaranteed to be random.
}
  • Blemgo@lemmy.world
    4·
    5 days ago

    I mean, the Mechanical Turk was actually a chess master who was pulling strings and levers under the table while seeing the chess field through mirrors. So it never was a machine and merely just a ruse. So the name is a bit less grim in that aspect, but it definitively doesn’t change the inhuman work involved in it. Also, doesn’t Lavarand exist?

    And a fun fact: the Mechanical Turk is the reason the German word “getürkt” (meaning “faked”, “doctored”) exists.

    • ominous ocelot@leminal.space
      2·
      5 days ago

      And a fun fact: the Mechanical Turk is the reason the German word “getürkt” (meaning “faked”, “doctored”) exists.

      TIL. That’s better than the racist explanation. Still won’t use the phrase for the risk of being misunderstood.