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[-] kittehx 178 points 10 months ago

Wish granted: the same electron is added to all atoms in the universe.

This one single electron is created in a quantum state described by a wave function that is uniformly distributed over every atom in the universe. This wave function collapses nearly instantaneously to a single position, and the end result is that one random atom in the entire universe gains one electron.

Nothing of interest happens.

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 76 points 10 months ago

Considering how intentionally malecious the side effects of typical genie-wishes tend to be, the extra electron probably comes to rest in the wishers hypophysis and causes a free radical that leads to a rare sort of cancer that prevents the wisher from falling asleep ever again, so he dies in madness scratching out his own eyes.
0r something similar along that line.

[-] mr_satan@lemmy.zip 10 points 10 months ago

0r something similar along that line.

I'm really bothered by that zero 0 instead of an o O.

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh, you are right...
Sorry, handwriting recognition sometimes has its own mind.
And this error must have slipt my prove reading as it is just too well camouflaged...

[-] SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 4 points 10 months ago

Using a drawing pad for typing, and spelling the word “slipt” !?! could a prophet truly be among us???

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No, just using the standard Gboard on Android. It has build-in handwriting recognition which for some reasons I like better than the standard virtual keyboard.

And regarding the remaining typing errors: just take them as an indication that I'm very likely not an AI ;-)

The "slipt" was probably caused by a false-friends-like scenario based on the translated word in my mother tongue: "entschlüpft".
Notice the added "t" at the end that denotes the past tense.

[-] SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago

Today I learned: that there is a more exciting word than (false) “cognate” to describe an appearance of similar words between languages that may (or may not) have similar meaning as each other. Danke, meine “false-friend” 8)

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago

its like the wishmaster GENIE(djinn) which is really demons, since demons also grant wishes. he gives wishes but the wishes always have unintentional consequences if your not very specific. I think Xfiles there was a genie episode, where mulder was able to grant a "true wish" that end up negating everything(the bad wishes). or like shikon jewel which doesnt really grant a true wish to a person.

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 months ago

Coincidently I watched the X-Files episode a few weeks back.
I loved it!
It is one of their more dark comedy ones with some philosophical topics.
No "true wish" at the end, as far I remember, but a nice twist and imo quite satisfying ending.

[-] sem 15 points 10 months ago

Can the wish include a --dry-run option before going for it fully?

[-] Quantenteilchen@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

That's the Chris and Jack sketch currently listed above somewhere in this thread on my client.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 10 points 10 months ago

So that's how matter won over antimatter.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

Classic case of "history is written by the victors". You only call it antimatter because it lost, if it won, you'd call it matter.

[-] halvar@lemy.lol 4 points 10 months ago

boooring now do the apocalypse

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