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Move the xkcd credit to a footnote

Open djmitche opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

Since this is a joke, delivery is important, and putting the credit in the middle of the joke kind of ruins that delivery. Hopefully this duly credits Munroe while still preserving the humor!

/cc @TPReal who suggested the credit initially in #748.

djmitche avatar Jun 02 '23 13:06 djmitche

My first thought to the suggestion of putting the reference "on the line before the 4" was that it would kind of ruin the joke. But then I phrased it as "Implementation based on ..." and for me that is one-and-a-half jokes at the cost of one, and I liked it. But I'm fine with the change if you really think it's better this way.

TPReal avatar Jun 02 '23 14:06 TPReal

But then I phrased it as "Implementation based on ..." and for me that is one-and-a-half jokes at the cost of one, and I liked it.

I actually read it the same way: the comment is extra funny now because it pretends to be a "serious" comment :smile: Similar to when an academic paper for some RNG or crypto implementation.

At first I felt that having a comment would take away from the joke, but this comment is actually nice.

mgeisler avatar Jun 03 '23 07:06 mgeisler

ah, ok, let's leave it then!

djmitche avatar Jun 05 '23 13:06 djmitche