WTF even is this?

[conuly]

"Square children's book with hex code 03fcdf for the covers"

Why. Just. Why...? Seriously, who thinks that a hex code is a better description than the name of the color in English?

(This time, I wasn't paraphrasing. I usually do, but....)

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A profile on a man who repairs vintage refrigerators for a living

Deconstruction: Why taking apart buildings piece by piece is a climate solution

The stars and stripes fly, in photos

Taking lessons from Ukraine, Taiwan eyes sea drones to counter China

Tariff 'stacking' adds another headache for US importers

Inside the Scrappy Network of Volunteers Protecting Their Neighbors From ICE

Abolishing ICE Is the Bare Minimum

Comments

[greenwoodside]

ROFL, well it's very precise!

[austin_dern]

Yeah; have to admit, I don't think I could attest in a court of law that I perceive any difference between 03fcdf and 03fcde.

(Around 03fcd7 I can spot there's some difference but I doubt I could say which is which confidently.)

[conuly]

LW hasn't seen this book since childhood.

[chanter1944]

That almost looks like some AI bot wrote it. WTF?

[conuly]

I don't think a bot could write this. For all their many, many, many flaws, LLMs can generally be trusted to... well, to at least use words humans use. You can tell they're bots, but they're bots that are trying to sound human.

[profiterole_reads]

I love this, it's very specific (maybe OP is on the spectrum?).

[conuly]

I wouldn't dare ask.

[larryhammer]

r/oddlyspecific

[conuly]

It is so bizarre!

[redbird]

Very precise, but is it accurate? (Of course there's an xkcd strip for this: https://xkcd.com/3103/)

[conuly]

Thanks for that :)

[archersangel]

a hex code?

i agree; why. just, why?