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Our sysadmin accidentally won a Nobel Prize while trying to debug neutrino oscillation error correction.

https://explainxkcd.com/3017/

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[–] yesman 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A neutrino modem would absolutely work because the technical issues could all be solved by capturing the traffic from the future and reverse-engineering it.

[–] peopleproblems 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How would that work?

Even ignoring the almost negligible amount of mass a neutrino has, it's still limited to c meaning we aren't getting new information before anything else.

[–] yesman 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Neutrinos can totally go back in time. It's essential to the plot of "Watchmen" 2009 and that's as good as peer review. it's just not in physics because Einstein was a Marvel fan.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm pretty certain that was tachyons, not neutrinos...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

٩(。•́‿•̀。)۶

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

"My solution is faster than yours."

"If the code doesn't have to work..."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If they’re at the center of the planet are they weightless?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think so? The mass of the earth above pulling more or less equally in all directions

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

So my back would finally stretch out and pop? Sounds like my dream.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing like hooking your internet up to literal wishful thinking.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The modem is off centre

/pedant