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[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Going down a Wikipedia Plutonium rabbit hole, I just realized that the Metropolis algorithm was named after a real person.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dr. Metropolis sounds like a superhero

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Spoliers: Dr. Metropolis is revealed to be a villain that was working against the heroes the whole time.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

It's Dr Manhattan at home