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What if everyone pointed a laser at the moon? (www.youtube.com)
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Original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/13/

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[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For answering or coming up with the questions?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Randall Munroe, the writer of the xkcd comic, and these incredible 'what ifs' developed the 'top' sorting algorithm for reddit.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Wow. I never knew that. Thanks for the context.