One of the best things I saw this week: a paper uncovering alien signals in the Riemann Zeta function. April Fools always brings peak creativity. 
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> "... it is important to note that the compression algorithm used by lzip only discards the unimportant data. And if it was unimportant before, what makes it so important now? Huh? In fact, many users may find that compressing their entire file system and then restoring it will be a good way to learn what is truly important."
https://web.archive.org/web/20010608045914/http://lzip.sourceforge.net/faq.html
web.archive.orgLzip lossy compression
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in calmness Ah. A late #AprilFools, appreciated.
Love this April Fool's Joke!
"Museum of the American Proud Boy to Open in DC.
The initiative is part of President Trump’s push to restore “American greatness” at the Smithsonian."
https://hyperallergic.com/1000031/museum-of-the-american-proud-boys-to-open-in-dc/ #aprilfools #museums
People boosting April Fools' jokes on April 4th: You are my favorite #chaos
1976: The Curious Case of the UPSIDE-DOWN Library | BBC Archive
https://youtu.be/41i_CxDqoIA?si=6hus0L_5P8Mu9KlD #library #BBC #aprilfools
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@dukepaaron This has got to be an #AprilFools joke.
Aight, enough time has passed, I can show what this really was about.
It's a 3D platformer heavily inspired by the 3DS Tech Demo : 3D Hopper but disguised as a #gatoslip demo.
Yes this is still a #Sonic 1 #ROMhack
Give it a go!
https://sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showcase/tomypogo-afd-2025.2420/
GIF
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@iFixit #AprilFools #Joke aside, there are #VDE-certified #Hammers to i.e. hammer in components that are under voltage...
- They are yellow&red colour coded tho!
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On April 1, 1957, the BBC’s Panorama fooled 8 million viewers with a 3-minute prank about a ‘Swiss spaghetti harvest,’ narrated by Richard Dimbleby. Showing farmers picking spaghetti from bushes, it tricked many Britons unfamiliar with pasta—then an exotic dish—thanks to the BBC’s credibility and the era’s limited culinary exposure. #AprilFools #BBC
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Rates of infection with other pathogens after a positive COVID-19 test versus a negative test in US veterans (November, 2021, to December, 2023): a retrospective cohort study - The Lancet Infectious Diseases
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00831-4/abstract?rss=yes
April 1, 2025
#aprilFools not
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@NatureMC It feels like a belated #AprilFools but alas it is reality.
I do try to laugh at it. So when the tears go down my face you dont know if its because of the laughter or the legit crying. Maybe both.
On the brightside, #spring has come and me and the dog will play fetch in the park. Maybe I'll take my daughter with me. Depends on how tired she is.
Who at #OpenSuse thought that an #aprilfools article saying they have a seamless migration tool from Windows to OpenSuse #Linux was a good idea? Great marketing, guys, saying you have an amazing tool that people would love to have, that you don't have. You're only highlighting the issues with migrating - issues that you haven't solved, and making people disappointed.
Companies and organisations should learn that April fools jokes aren't jokes, but lies. Stop doing them.
https://news.opensuse.org/2025/04/01/seamless-migration-from-windows/
openSUSE NewsSeamless migration from WindowsWindows 10 End of Life is approaching and Linux distributions show creativity to attract Windows 10 users. openSUSE takes a step further by offering users a ...
Japan bento chain’s ‘no rice’ April Fool’s joke goes down the wrong way https://www.byteseu.com/889637/ #AprilFool'sDay #AprilFool'sPrank #AprilFools #bento #FoodAndDrinkManufacturers #HokkaHokkaTei #Japan #Philippines #rice #RicePrices #shortage #SocialMedia #TaragisTakoyaki #WageCosts
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@DavidGoldfield I hate, hate, hate #AprilFools
"Tracking Concorde & Emirates Takes On DHL: 2025's Best Airline April Fools" by Simple Flying (#FPNF Fediverse presence not found - if you know them, invite them) - Overview of some aviation-related #AprilFools gags. The big one was FlightRadar24's display of "live" tracking for two fictitious Concorde flights, which fooled a few despite the date. (Concordes have not flown in over 20 years. 18 of 20 airframes built are now in museums.) https://simpleflying.com/tracking-concorde-emirates-dhl-airline-april-fools/ #aviation #travel #avgeek #humor
Simple Flying · Tracking Concorde & Emirates Takes On DHL: 2025's Best Airline April FoolsThere have been several stories today that have left readers second-guessing themselves.
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For anyone who wasn't able to call in to Dark Force BBS yesterday to see Dark Lord's April Fools' Day prank, here's a video capture of my session.
Something simple, fun, and unexpected.
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/04/02/april-fools-day-prank-on-dark-force-bbs/
Break Into Chat · April Fools' Day prank on Dark Force BBS - Break Into ChatDark Lord, sysop of Dark Force BBS, tries hard to keep his users engaged. Yesterday for April Fools’ Day, he surprised them with a fun prank. He changed the board’s logon sequence to make it look like a powerful AI calling itself “The Wraith” had taken over the board. But that wasn’t all. The BBS […]
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T-Mobile: #AprilFools!!!!11