2026-10-16 11:01 UTC
@utterlymundane@hachyderm.io I figure that's a big chunk of it. Another is folks who bought a paper copy but don't see why they should pay twice. (To be fair, neither do I.)
As I said, the only ones I'm angry about are the people stealing my income directly, by copying my work and then counterfeiting it for commercial resale. (And any unauthorized translations actively sold by publishers confident that I have no recourse in Outer Potrzebie. (Yes, that *is* a Donald Knuth joke.)
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@SpeakerToManagers@wandering.shop 2026-10-17 01:12
@cstross@wandering.shop @utterlymundane@hachyderm.io AIUI Knuth found the word being used randomly in Mad Magazine and was inspired to create a system of measurement around it. Wikipedia notes: “Google Calculator and WolframAlpha can both perform conversions from the potrzebie system to other units.[5][6] WolframAlpha uses the originally printed value of a potrzebie, while Google Calculator appears to use a value rounded to 5 significant figures.[7][8] As such, the two sites may not compute identical results.”