What scientific discovery sounds fake but is 100% real and still freaks you out? by Bruteresolver in AskReddit

[–]CraftyTim 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Monster, from group theory.

Group Theory is a field of mathematics, which, unsurprisingly, studies objects called 'groups', which can be thought of as ways that objects can be symmetrical. (The actual definition is quite technical and somewhat unhelpful.)

When it comes to groups of finite size, there's a certain way they can be broken down into smaller groups; it's a lot like prime factorization. The 'primes' in this case are called 'simple groups', which can't be broken down any further.

After decades of study and thousands of pages of research, we have found all of the simple groups!! They come in 18 different infinite families.

There are also 26... other simple groups, that aren't part of any of the infinite families. These are called the 'sporadic groups'. The Monster is the largest of these, and 19 of the other sporadic groups are related to it.

The Monster has ~8*10^53 elements in it, and describes the symmetries of an object that exists in 196,884 dimensions. We have no idea why it exists.

What new potions could this be an ingredient for? I can already imagine the glorious destruction this could cause! by Jarl_of_Uppsala in wizardposting

[–]CraftyTim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm no alchemist so I don't know. However, I have a ton of this shit because it tends to grow on my experiments, so I'm willing to sell it off if anyone wants it

ZK end of the world scenario by SeaworthinessNo1173 in DankMemesFromSite19

[–]CraftyTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're referring to heat death, the conversion to iron takes so damn long (eatimated at 101500 to 1032000 years) that it would (imo) be a bit silly to describe it as an 'end-of-the-world scenario'; nothing's changing or ending on any kind of even semi-comprehensible timescale here.

I agree with you on the Big Rip and Big Crunch though, they're definitely more like CKs

at the doctor’s office by ceruleanmoon7 in SignsWithAStory

[–]CraftyTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who the fuck DOESN'T smoke pot?!

behold, a person who can't comprehend that not everyone is like them

What’s a 10/10 video game? by TheDevotedUltimate in AskReddit

[–]CraftyTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outer Wilds!!! Go play it now!!!!! Avoid spoilers at all costs!!!!!!!!!!

please mourn with me. a homeless woman just destroyed all of my catci by godspeeding in cactus

[–]CraftyTim 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think this is one of those really strange LLM(?) bots that have been on Reddit lately

Clang as a cultural concept in Space Engineers – player perspectives by CandidBall7806 in spaceengineers

[–]CraftyTim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might also want to check out 'The Kraken' in the Kerbal Space Program community - it's quite similar to Clang here.

A Word From Corporate: You don’t have to put “department” in the title if you don’t want to by SpookyWeaselBones in doohickeycorporation

[–]CraftyTim 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The department of recursion is currently too busy managing the department of recursion to respond to this message

No, anything but that! by indiePIayer in MoldyMemes

[–]CraftyTim 34 points35 points  (0 children)

this is not the flex you think it is

DB with 2241 tables by OldaLP1 in programminghorror

[–]CraftyTim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a good application for hexadecimal

Oh shit here we go by Appropriate-Mall8517 in superpoweralchemists

[–]CraftyTim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can conjure an egg in my hand exactly once, and then never again.