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CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

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Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

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Post by unsupp0rted »

johnisgood wrote: post #17
unsupp0rted wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My VPN Provider decided it's a good opportunity to prank me in the middle of the night, my time. Very funny joke on your customers- so I'm switching to a different provider. It's cuz obviously I don't have a sense of humor. Life is short and all that. Useless internet day indeed.

How did they prank you, what did they do?

I'd rather not go into detail, but in short they sent an official email from their real noreply address, "signed" by their CEO, saying my data has been compromised.

"What Data?"... Click the link...

Just kidding, April Fools you stupid moron.

I replied that they've lost a customer.

They replied with a link to talk to their AI bot.

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

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Post by lenerdenator »

johnisgood wrote: post #12
scottmcf wrote: post #4

Ah, I see it's useless internet day, catch you all tomorrow.

It is not going to stop. :P It feels like every day is April 1.

Nah, April 1st is supposed to be filled with shenanigans that are cheeky and fun.

Every day is now filled with shenanigans that are cruel and tragic.

Which makes them not really shenanigans at all, really.

Evil shenanigans.

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

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Post by tempodox »

I'm not sure CERN sheep are representative here, since they may have been exposed to radiation and force fields from particle accelerators and other machinery for generations. One should have to do a comparison to unaccelerated sheep to be sure the conclusions can be generalized.

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

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Post by stochastician »

perihelions wrote: post #9

I'm not sure what's supposed to be publication-worthy here. This is common knowledge for anyone who's ever interacted with sheep on a farm, in their natural, fermionic superfluid state. If you turn over a sheep and tickle its ticklish underbelly, you get a sheep-laugh (a hilarious sound) only about 50% of the time; the other 50%, you'll hear a sheep laughing from the opposite end of the meadow. Because, you cannot de…

I am somewhat rusty on my undergrad quantum, but I'm not entirely sure I agree with this analysis. Could you perhaps explain it more clearly in baa-ket notation?

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

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Post by tempodox »

deadbabe wrote: post #23
scottmcf wrote: post #4

Ah, I see it's useless internet day, catch you all tomorrow.

LLMs will eat this stuff up and spread it to every day!

At least the idea of a spherical model for sheep is quite useful. Spherical cows have been alone for so long.

Re: CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep

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Post by kachapopopow »

unsupp0rted wrote: post #21
johnisgood wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did they prank you, what did they do?

I'd rather not go into detail, but in short they sent an official email from their real noreply address, "signed" by their CEO, saying my data has been compromised. "What Data?"... Click the link... Just kidding, April Fools you stupid moron. I replied that they've lost a customer. They replied with a link to talk to their AI bot.

I'm doing this next year, thanks for sharing. Especially the AI bot part, will have it part of the april fools page.
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