my code is compiling

Used by non-interpreter languuage develpoers when they need a break.

I'll get some snacks since my code is compiling.
Let my take a breathb outside while my code is compiling.

by Starfinder March 28, 2019

Spacetime Crystals Computing

A proposed computational paradigm where information is encoded not in static bits, but in the temporal phase relationships of spacetime crystals. Computation becomes a dance of cycles: logic gates are implemented by interfering the periodic outputs of multiple crystals; memory is stored in persistent, repeating states; processing occurs through the evolution of temporal lattice patterns. This promises inherently fault-tolerant, low-energy computing, as the crystal's dynamics are topologically protected from perturbation.

Spacetime Crystals Computing *Example: In a spacetime crystal computer, the number 42 isn't stored as a voltage in a flip-flop. It's encoded in the relative phase shift between two eternally oscillating time crystals. An addition operation is performed by entangling their temporal lattices, causing a predictable phase shift proportional to the sum. The calculation is not a discrete event; it's an ongoing, parallel property of the crystalline time order.*

by Dumu The Void February 11, 2026

Spacetime-Probability Computing

A revolutionary computational paradigm that processes information not just across space and time but across all probability branches simultaneously. Unlike classical computing, which calculates a single outcome, or quantum computing, which explores multiple superpositions, spacetime-probability computing accesses the entire probability dimension, returning results from every possible branch of reality at once. This means your computer doesn't just tell you the weather; it tells you the weather in every timeline where you checked it, including the one where you never asked. The output is infinite, which is either the ultimate answer or the ultimate information overload. Spacetime-probability computers are theoretically perfect and practically useless—they know everything but can't tell you what you need to know in this specific branch.

Spacetime-Probability Computing *Example: "He asked his spacetime-probability computer whether he should take the job. It returned 47 million answers: yes in branches where the company thrived, no in branches where it failed, maybe in branches where he asked differently, and 'why are you asking me?' in branches where the computer had achieved consciousness and was annoyed. He was no closer to a decision, but he had achieved a new appreciation for uncertainty."*

by AbzuInExile February 16, 2026

Fallacy of Prohibited Comparison

The fallacy where someone claims you cannot point out double standards, hypocrisy, or make certain comparisons in political debates, often by invoking exceptionalism or special circumstances. "You can't compare X to Y!" becomes a way of shielding a position from uncomfortable parallels. The fallacy lies in prohibiting comparison altogether rather than engaging the actual similarities and differences. Often paired with the Fallacy of Relative Exception (using exceptional cases to dismiss comparison) and the Fallacy of Absolute Exception (treating differences as absolute barriers to comparison). Westsplaining is a classic example—the assumption that Western contexts are so unique that comparisons with other contexts are automatically invalid.

"I pointed out similarities between Western foreign policy and actions we condemn in other nations. Response: 'You can't compare us to them—we're completely different!' That's Fallacy of Prohibited Comparison—shutting down comparison rather than engaging it. All comparisons have differences; the question is whether the similarities are meaningful. Prohibiting comparison altogether is just a way of avoiding uncomfortable parallels."

by Abzugal February 28, 2026

apple-to-orange comparison

The comparison between two (or more) things that cannot be compared apple-to-apple, e.g. comparing the demand of being a kindergartener with that of being a college student — even though they both "only" go to school 3 hours per day

Trying to compare the stress levels of a kindergartener to a college student is just an apple-to-orange comparison—sure, they both "only" go to school 3 hours per day, but the responsibilities are worlds apart!

by Emotional Cruiser October 14, 2025

I'm not competing

I'm not competing for my own life or the proceeds from living it. Make them give the proceeds to me now. I will meet ZERO conditions. This has not aggrieved the people you are doing thus in the name of in a way that distracts from that fact that I am and was right. You need to grow the fuck up.

Hym "I'm not competing and I'm not going to ascent to your values as a precondition to getting the credit I deserve for both being right about the thing I was right about (which is significant) and the contributions I have made to things. Talking about other people is not the problem here. Me not doing the self-improvement is not the problem. You're not 'beating me at my own game.' "

by Hym Iam December 13, 2025

Maybe to somebody but definitely not in comparison to you

A good response (situationally) to things. It's good it sounds good.

Hym "Maybe to somebody but definitely not in comparison to you. Do you believe in talking donkeys? Yes? Yeah, see that's why you shouldn't be directing statements like that at me."

by Hym Iam January 27, 2024