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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    John Backus‏ @backus Nov 5

    Anonymous 4chan poster et alpic.twitter.com/NNGUC34ZXt

    11:50 PM - 5 Nov 2018
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    • Big lizard Intrepid Tengu Plexci Shogun of Sorrow Elam Bend Skebby :) Sentinel (Garshne) Esper, a dangerous prototype lesbian, Sanguis
    12 replies 746 retweets 1,791 likes
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      2. Kara Van Park‏ @KaraVanPark Nov 6
        Replying to @backus

        I feel absolutely no shame* that I don't understand any of this. *amount of shame could be higher or lower due to my inability to calculate things.

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      3. Conall Ó Gribín‏ @ConallOGribin Nov 6
        Replying to @KaraVanPark @backus

        what's the smallest biggest amount of shame you could experience in every order possible. over lapping is allowed. *continuous shame* (shame,shame,shame) etc hahahaha

        2 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      4. Kara Van Park‏ @KaraVanPark Nov 6
        Replying to @ConallOGribin @backus

        'Infinite overlapping shame' is the title of my autobiography.

        1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes
      5. Conall Ó Gribín‏ @ConallOGribin Nov 6
        Replying to @KaraVanPark @backus

        feels like having toilet paper stuck to your foot with a zipper that won't close, while walking out to a silent podium of onlookers you are meant to give a speech to; but you have laryngitis . heh.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. livenotbylies‏ @nicestnisus Nov 6
        Replying to @backus @balajis

        livenotbylies Retweeted livenotbylies

        Original thread launched with this image:https://twitter.com/nicestnisus/status/1054899166277722112?s=19 …

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        livenotbylies @nicestnisus
        anon on 4chan proves lower bound for superpermutations in response to this image... Can anyone frame P vs NP in terms of 'who is best girl?' http://4watch.org/superstring/  https://bosker.wordpress.com/2018/10/20/superpermutations-lower-bound/ … https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/superpermutators/j5y24bOemiM … pic.twitter.com/GQUebq8iUd
        1 reply 6 retweets 15 likes
      3. timi‏ @timi94379093 Nov 7
        Replying to @nicestnisus @backus @balajis

        This is not true. The meme of this image appeared much later than the 2011 thread

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. livenotbylies‏ @nicestnisus Nov 7
        Replying to @timi94379093 @backus @balajis

        Bruh, I literally linked to the archivepic.twitter.com/UUcDhgtEtC

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. livenotbylies‏ @nicestnisus Nov 7
        Replying to @nicestnisus @timi94379093 and

        To make it clearer for youpic.twitter.com/51ehoY4Y5F

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. timi‏ @timi94379093 Nov 7
        Replying to @nicestnisus @backus @balajis

        my mistake

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Santiago Santana‏ @santiago_j_s Nov 6
        Replying to @backus

        https://oeis.org/A180632/a180632.pdf …

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      1. Ilia‏ @noway421 Nov 6
        Replying to @backus @bigshika

        what a time to be alive

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      1. toucanplay‏ @toucanplaywrite Nov 6
        Replying to @backus @mrfeelswildride

        What’s 4chan’s Erdös number?

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      1. Clem  🌺‏ @ClemStalDim Nov 6
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        @TimeLostYeti @SadBerdie

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      1. Jonathan  ⚡erra‏ @cryptoblocs Nov 6
        Replying to @backus

        Amazing, anons rule the wurld.3

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      1. Joh‏ @Joh07241195 Nov 6
        Replying to @backus

        Satoshi me thinks

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      1. ubiquitous NatCap‏ @affluence_ Nov 6
        Replying to @backus

        @Chris_Sipes

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      1. Blick Winkel ⁉️(H. Anthony Israel)‏ @blockwonkel Nov 7
        Replying to @backus

        A. 4. Poster

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      1. Rugged Content‏ @ruggedcontent Nov 7
        Replying to @backus @LuckyLothario

        The internet is truly amazing if an anonymous 4chan poster can be a major contributor to a math paper

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      1.  🦎 Curious Reptile  🦎‏ @livebeef Nov 7
        Replying to @backus

        CC @aelkus

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