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[-] clearleaf@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago

Shoutout to the web dev who made this page so it loads everything except the article content and shows massive white blocks of nothing instead.

[-] stalfoss@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

The Onion is a satirical site, it’s a joke. There’s no article, the whole joke is the headline. It’s not a real news site.

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think sometimes there's no article, the whole joke is the headline, and the white square is the blocked ad. Or have I been bamboozled by incompetent coders the whole time?

[-] clearleaf@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

That's what I thought at first but after the first "you may also like" there's a huge void of white that goes for two screens and then there's more links.

The page source is something to behold. I'm not sure if it's the worst thing I've ever seen or if they've reached a god tier level of parody.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I thought it was just me. IDK what they've got going on there.

[-] Birch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Is there even an article or is it just the headline? Because I can't see anything but links

[-] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago

They have [only] killed less than 8! people

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Give it enough time and this whole thing might even lead to 13! deaths

[-] Nobody@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

There have only been 20 civilian casualties in Gaza when you use Base 1000 math.

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I'm not to proud to admit I don't know what base 1000 math is. Can you explain it to me as I'm also to lazy to Google it?

[-] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 months ago

The base means how high you can count using only one digit. In base ten you have 0-9. In base one thousand, 0-999 are all represented as a single digit (you'd need a massive numerical system). Let's say that w is the number for 998, and x is the character for 999. You'd count 0, 1, 2, 3...w, x then the next number (one thousand) would be 10. 11 is one thousand and one and so on all the way to one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine which would be 1x, then two thousand would be 20.

The base is just how high you can count before you need a second digit. In base 2 you can only count 0 and 1 before you need another digit. That's why two is written "10" in base two.

[-] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Wow, thank you for taking the time to explain that in a way I am able to understand.

[-] stalfoss@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Base X means you can represent up to X with a single digit. “20” in base X is 2 * X. In base 10 what were used to, 20 is 2 * 10. In base 1000, “20” would be 2000

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

30 actually.

[-] the_kid@hexbear.net 9 points 10 months ago

weird how we're not using the '9/11s as a proportion of population' anymore! what are we at now, 1,000+ 9/11s?

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

I went a couple weeks without seeing a Hexbear user and it was fantastic.

[-] DroneRights@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I wish I was as lucky as you

[-] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Is there no article?

[-] crsu@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Pretty sure this is what God meant by "thou shalt not kill"

[-] DroneRights@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago

Where's the article? I can only see a headline and a picture

[-] DrPop@lemmy.ml -2 points 10 months ago

You almost got me

this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2023
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