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xkcd #3017: Neutrino Modem (xkcd.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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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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[โ€“] yesman@lemmy.world 20 points 3 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.

[โ€“] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

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