• unmagical@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Pretty sure the “Yikes” was because the number was obviously not arbitrary and the tech reporter didn’t know that.

    If it were truly an arbitrary number it likely wouldn’t warrant a “yikes.”

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      …what? Lol

      Say the chat size increased to 317. Why would the tech writer say “yikes”? Just because it’s not divisible by 5 or 10?

      • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The tech writer didn’t say yikes. The first person to post it did, then someone else reposted while keeping the original poster’s reaction.

        • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Ah yeah I see that now. Still a bizarre reaction from the randim tumblr user, but that’s just typical tumblr stuff.

          • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            I had the same reaction, because someone who doesn’t understand the significance of the number 256 isn’t qualified to be a tech journalist.