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Bytemology of Retronym, OCTADE. Yinzer phonics. Butterfly Perfume.
OCTADE or OCTAD is a retro word that means either an octal digit of three bits, or an octal octet or an eight-bit byte. Thus an octade, depending on its historical use, is either 3 bits or 8 bits.
OCTADE was used to specify eight bits, as opposed to BYTE which is not necessarily eight bits as the word BYTE could signify any of several numbers of bits.
This yields the retro 1337 numbers of 38 and 83. The number 38 is one more than 37 so a bit more elite a bit cooler. Thus it owns cardinally shorter byterz.
83 mod 38 equals 7, the highest octal digit. 838 mod 383 equals 72 or 9 times 8 which is 8 squared plus 8.
8338 mod 3883 equals 572 which is 72 times 8 minus 4 or 71.5 times 8.
8383 mod 3838 equals 707 which is 88 times 8 plus 3.
I prefer the old word OCTADE to the word BYTE. OCTADE sports a Euro-peon dignity and gravitas like an Internet serf ready to surf the worknet like pwnd peons. This is very true when pronouncing OCTADE with a thick Pennsyltucky Dutch or Yinzer accent. The Bostonian pronunciation sounds like bad beginner German or muffled mumbling of 'lactate.'
OCTADE or OCTAD was also used to describe a poem of eight stanzas.
OCTADE was also used to describe a period of eight years, or two leap years.
OCTADECANAL is a pheromone found in butterflies. It is butterfly perfume. I would not wear butterfly cologne. But I would sell it. Who would buy and wear my snobby smell? With wordplay we can call it OCTADE CHANNEL No. 8 . All rights reserved, ye French odor snooties.
Historical references for use of 'octade' or 'octad':
- Burroughs B5500 Information Processing Systems REFERENCE MANUAL *
- Philips Data Systems Product Range - April 1971 *
https://www.vintage-calculators.nl/Philips%20productoverzicht%201971.pdf
- Is there another name for octet that means 8 bits? *
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-another-name-for-octet-that-means-8-bits
#octade #octad #binary #byte #jargon #etymology #bytemology #wordplay #wordgames #wordcrimes #history #retro #retronym #retronymous #yinzer #pennsyltucky #humor
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🚀🤖 In a thrilling tale #of #nostalgia and #tech #jargon, #AI #chip architects reminisce about the good ol' days when CPUs actually got faster 📈, only to now bet the farm on fancy #DSAs. Who knew the #future of #computing would hinge on an alphabet soup of acronyms? 🥴 📉
https://www.jepeake.com/ai-chip-architectures #architecture #HackerNews #ngated -
"Subtlefakes" and "cheap fakes" #jargon
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📜 Behold, the groundbreaking "DiffusionGemma #Technical Report"—a 2608-page opus of mind-numbing #jargon and self-congratulatory names that sounds like it was written by a committee named "Team #Overcomplication." 🤦♂️ It's a miracle anyone survived to submit this on July 31, 2026. 🌪️
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.00146 #DiffusionGemma #Report #Team #mindnumbing #HackerNews #ngated -
🤔 Oh, the sheer delight of yet another nerdy deep dive into the riveting world of... #curves. #Hyperbezier curves are *apparently* the new holy grail for #interactive #design, because cubic Bziers just weren’t thrilling enough. 🚀✨ Spoiler: it's just more #math #jargon sprinkled with a hint of "I discovered something profound" syndrome. 🎨📈
https://linebender.org/blog/hyperbezier/ #design #trends #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Behold! The incomprehensible labyrinth of DeepSeek's "peak/off-peak" #pricing update, a riveting tale of dates, versions, and #API gibberish that promises to bore you into submission. 🤯 Clearly, it's written by someone who believes your brain is a supercomputer capable of deciphering this mind-numbing jargon—good luck with that! 🧠💥
https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news260813/ #DeepSeek #Jargon #PricingUpdate #TechNews #BrainTeasers #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Behold the latest marvel: a labyrinth of #buzzwords and acronyms, where "AI" is the magic spell for "we promise this does something useful." 🤖✨ In this tangled web of #corporate #jargon, remember: the only thing being securely managed is your #confusion. 🌀🔒
https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness #AI #techtrends #innovation #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Behold, the latest #AI model: Qwen3.8-2.4T, where numbers are random and acronyms are abundant, proving that the #tech industry’s true #innovation lies in finding new ways to baffle the uninitiated. 🤔 Hugging Face rolls out another #model, because why not throw more #jargon at you while you desperately try to figure out what “fp8” means. 🤷♂️
https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B-FP8 #Qwen3.8 #HuggingFace #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Behold, the #LiquidAI #LFM2.5 model—is it half the size or half the IQ? 🤔 A mere 2.6B model that claims to punch in the 10B weight class, all while swimming in a sea of acronyms, emojis, and buzzwords. 🤯 Hugging Face seems more like a hugging maze of #jargon and enterprise pitches. 🎭
https://huggingface.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B #HuggingFace #AIbuzz #technology #HackerNews #ngated -
🦄✨ #Docker Sandboxes: Because nothing screams "cutting-edge AI" louder than yet another jargon-filled reinvention of the wheel! With isolated environments and hardened images, it's perfect for those who like their #buzzwords to be as disposable as their #sandboxes. 🚀😂
https://www.docker.com/products/docker-sandboxes/ #AI #Jargon #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the endless sea of #buzzwords and acronyms in which "distributed #systems engineers" must swim like dazed goldfish. 🐠 Dive deep into the #ATProto rabbit hole, where the #jargon is as thick as molasses and coherence is a distant dream. 😂 Spoiler: it's a miracle anyone ever gets anything done. 🛠️
https://atproto.com/articles/atproto-for-distsys-engineers #distributed #engineering #humor #tech #HackerNews #ngated -
The #translation seems accurate.
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🚀 Oh joy, another "groundbreaking" #AI #model crowned king by a self-important "agentic index"—because clearly, the world needed more #jargon to pretend to understand AI. 🤖 Who knew that measuring AI was as easy as creating a #leaderboard with random metrics and a dash of techno-babble? 🏆
https://artificialanalysis.ai/?intelligence=agentic-index #TechnoBabble #Groundbreaking #AgenticIndex #HackerNews #ngated -
Ever wanted to decipher SPF records but don't have a translator for techno-babble? 🤯 Fear not, this article provides a complete guide with enough #jargon and acronyms to make your head spin faster than a #DNS query. ⚙️🔍 Just what you need: a 1000-word essay that makes watching paint dry seem action-packed. 🙄
https://dmarcguard.io/blog/spf-record-syntax/ #SPFrecords #TechGuide #Cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Behold! The groundbreaking "Explorative Modeling" that nobody asked for! 🤖 Now with 100% more #jargon and promises to revolutionize a field that already has too many #buzzwords. But hey, at least it's got a #GitHub link! 📈🙄
https://alexiglad.github.io/blog/2026/explorative_modeling/ #ExplorativeModeling #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated -
🤔🎬 So you're telling us there's a #battle between #IMAX and IMAX 70mm? Spoiler alert: It's just a fancy way to say "one's bigger than the other," but with more #jargon than a #hipster poetry slam. 🥱📽️
https://www.engadget.com/2220571/differences-between-imax-70mm/ #IMAX70mm #film #cinema #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, yes, because what the #GPU really needed was yet another mind-numbing dissertation on Bézier curves disguised as an "innovative" approach to texture lookups. 😂 Spoiler: it's still just #math, but now with extra #jargon sprinkles! 🙄✨
https://jcgt.org/published/0015/02/01/ #BézierCurves #TextureLookups #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Oh, joy! Let's run a behemoth #LLM on your fancy M1 Mac 🍏 because clearly, your local coffee shop WiFi wasn't already slow enough. Enjoy deciphering #jargon like "NEON kernels" and "MetalMPS compute" while pretending you actually needed an "OpenAI-compatible API server" for your homemade #chatbot 🤖.
https://github.com/gavamedia/deltafin #M1Mac #LocalComputing #OpenAI #HackerNews #ngated -
🎩🚀 Behold, the #arXiv paper with a title that sounds like a fancy #sushi roll but is actually the world's longest #word #salad 🥗 on 'attention architecture'. Just another classic case of academia's favorite game: stuffing the most #jargon into a title while making sure no one, not even the authors, knows what it means. 🍣📚
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26692 #attention #architecture #academia #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Behold! Another jargon-laden #tech article that reads like a #GPU spec sheet on steroids! 🚀 Dive into the thrilling world of "ray tracing" with "tetrahedral cages" – because why be straightforward when you can invent new ways to confuse readers? 🤓✨
https://gpuopen.com/learn/ray-tracing-massive-amounts-animated-geometry/ #jargon #ray #tracing #tetrahedral #cages #specs #HackerNews #ngated -
"Kabooms" and "volcanoes." #jargon #warfare #GrayZone #AIntheSky #bonfireofthevanities #TwentyTwenties
*Also, "clap," "khlopok," "cotton" "bavovna," etc
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨: #WebGPU #tutorial unleashes #a deluge of incomprehensible #jargon, perfect for those with #infinite #patience and zero social life 🤯. Thrill to the excitement of "arcball camera" and "depth testing" as you question your life choices. But hey, at least you'll learn to #draw a triangle! 🎨🎉
https://shi-yan.github.io/webgpuunleashed/ #Arcball #Camera #Depth #Testing #Triangle #HackerNews #ngated -
In a staggering feat of #verbosity, this #tutorial turns drawing a simple #triangle into a Herculean odyssey of #jargon 🤯. Who knew that the humble act of lining up pixels could rival writing War and Peace? 📚 Spoiler: it's all about #layers of abstraction—like an onion, but without the flavor 🧅.
https://vulkan-tutorial.com/ #ofabstraction #codinghumor #HackerNews #ngated -
Richard Charkin: In Search of the English Language in Publishing Jargon
Our venerable publishing columnist finds his copy of 'Modern English Usage' by H.W.Fowler—and soon finds himself railing at elements of 21st Century English usage in the book trade.
The post Richard Charkin: In Search of the English Language in Publishing Jargon appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/richard-charkin-in-search-of-the-english-language-in-publishing-jargon/ -
Ah, the eternal quest to test #AI with glorified #text #adventures. 🤔 For a mere $99, you too can watch virtual bots navigate archaic word mazes while pretending it proves anything about their intelligence. 🎮 Meanwhile, the researchers are busy stringing together more #jargon to justify round two of this digital LARPing. 🙄
https://cruciblebench.ai/ #Testing #VirtualBots #DigitalLARPing #HackerNews #ngated -
🔍 Behold, OpenNode: the one-stop shop for all your #Bitcoin 🪙 #payment fantasies. They've crammed every #crypto buzzword into a single page, but who needs concise information when you can just drown in jargon? 🤯 Dive deep into the sea of "security" and "protection" while you frantically try to figure out what exactly you're supposed to do next. 😂
https://opennode.com/ #OpenNode #jargon #security #confusion #HackerNews #ngated -
🤖 Ah, another thrilling #adventure in the land of jargon! 🤓 This "tutorial" promises to be the magical gateway to formal verification—if only you survive the #labyrinth of repetitive links and redundant headings. 🎢 Spoiler alert: you'll be longing for the sweet release of #reading actual #code. 💤
https://hashcloak.com/blog/tutorial-introduction-to-formal-verification-with-lean-(part-1) #formalverification #tutorial #jargon #experience #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀🌕 Oh, look! Yet another "cutting-edge" tech release to save the world by... *checks notes*... making models with "granular permissions" and "monthly reports." 🤔 In other words, just industry #jargon for "we're not quite sure what we're doing, but it sounds impressive!" 💡
https://www.emergingtrajectories.com/lh/frontier-lab-economics/ #technews #innovation #skepticism #monthlyreports #granularpermissions #HackerNews #ngated -
🎢 Ah, the brilliant minds have graced us with yet another jargon-laden opus on 'Doom Loops'—because repeating yourself is apparently a cutting-edge AI issue. 🚀 Who knew the solution to AI's existential crisis was merely optimizing tokens and not, you know, giving it something useful to do? 🙄
https://www.liquid.ai/blog/antidoom #DoomLoops #AIOptimizations #TechHumor #ExistentialCrisis #Jargon #HackerNews #ngated