Including “And. And. And. And. And.” in a Google doc causes it to crash

Post by akersten » Thu, May 05, 2022, 10:50 PM UTC

thekiptxt wrote: post #188

> Google Docs uses a "Markov Chain" to predict the next word for autocompletion purposes. In this case, of course, since we've already written "And" 5 times, the only logical next word would be "And", as showed in Djikstra's 1989 paper on the subject. Therefore, the Markov Chain never terminates and hence the memory chain overflows with infinite ands. Does anyone know why this bug doesn’t repro for some words other t…

Post by OJFord » Thu, May 05, 2022, 10:51 PM UTC

dataflow wrote: post #181

JasonFruit wrote: post #173

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"Someone came into this room. I don't know them, but they took it upon themselves to take everything." What would be the correct pronouns here in your view?

Post by Fogest » Thu, May 05, 2022, 10:52 PM UTC

nephanth wrote: post #183

ManBlanket wrote: post #138

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I'm sure you're great. Nothing against you, but please don't do that. Just write what you mean if you can't handle some people misinterpreting a sarcastic remark. Let's think about this for a second. What's the point of sarcasm? If you have to tell people you're being sarcastic, are you still being sarcastic? Not sure what territory, "/s" blunders into, but I'm confident it's not sarcasm. It's something else that see…

Indicating sarcasm is not necessarily ruining it though. Look at IRL sarcasm, it will generally be accompanied with the right tone of voice and expression / body language that make its presence unequivocal. That doesn’t necessarily ruin it

Post by dataflow » Thu, May 05, 2022, 10:53 PM UTC

JasonFruit wrote: post #196

dataflow wrote: post #181

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"Someone came into this room. I don't know them, but they took it upon themselves to take everything." What would be the correct pronouns here in your view?

Honestly, while I might say such a sentence, I wouldn't allow myself to write it.

Post by Sohcahtoa82 » Thu, May 05, 2022, 10:55 PM UTC

thekiptxt wrote: post #188

> Google Docs uses a "Markov Chain" to predict the next word for autocompletion purposes. In this case, of course, since we've already written "And" 5 times, the only logical next word would be "And", as showed in Djikstra's 1989 paper on the subject. Therefore, the Markov Chain never terminates and hence the memory chain overflows with infinite ands. Does anyone know why this bug doesn’t repro for some words other t…