The Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in every copy of macOS

Post by lisp-pornstar » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 6:06 AM UTC

humanistbot wrote: post #115

crazygringo wrote: post #87

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Yup. I can't even think of any other "famous PDF". If you asked me for a famous modern formatted document generally, I might say the screenplay for The Godfather would be a good candidate. But there's no canonical PDF for that. :P Plus, copyright would prevent that.

Alan Turing's 1950 article in Mind proposing the Turing Test (Computing Machinery and Intelligence) IRS Tax Form 1040 The 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights The US Constitution and Declaration of Independence The Treaty of Versailles The Paris Treaty The Kyoto Protocol The Bible, King James Version Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech Martin Luther's 95 Theses The Communist Manifesto

Post by pjmlp » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 6:09 AM UTC

yreg wrote: post #125

humanistbot wrote: post #115

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Alan Turing's 1950 article in Mind proposing the Turing Test (Computing Machinery and Intelligence) IRS Tax Form 1040 The 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights The US Constitution and Declaration of Independence The Treaty of Versailles The Paris Treaty The Kyoto Protocol The Bible, King James Version Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech Martin Luther's 95 Theses The Communist Manifesto

None of those are famous PDFs .

Post by detrites » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 6:15 AM UTC

chucknthem wrote: post #233

dullcrisp wrote: post #166

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The Bitcoin whitepaper was the “Attention Is All You Need” of 2019.

2009*

Post by ornornor » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 6:16 AM UTC

crazygringo wrote: post #87

krsdcbl wrote: post #84

Honestly If i had to guess, I'd say the answer is as simple as: a freely distributable, easily verifiable document was needed for testing purposes, and some engineer thought it'd be a cheeky little easter egg to use that file as bitcoin was starting to gain back traction in 2019 after it's first big surge and fall the years prior.

Yup. I can't even think of any other "famous PDF". If you asked me for a famous modern formatted document generally, I might say the screenplay for The Godfather would be a good candidate. But there's no canonical PDF for that. :P Plus, copyright would prevent that.

Post by lisp-pornstar » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 6:19 AM UTC

dingosity wrote: post #68

mdmglr wrote: post #52

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How is this pdf cool? Back in my day easter eggs were fun.

Tech isn't about fun any more. It's about making huge stacks of cash. We used to build things because it was fun and half-way artistic. Now we only build things if we think we can convince a VC to give us cash for it. Though... I suppose this isn't exactly the venue to encourage people to do things simply for the joy of it. [Also... you kids get off my lawn!]