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exhaze 6 hours ago

Claude Code’s feature cardinality is breathtaking. At this rate, the next pope will be from Anthropic

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oinoom 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

given their recent speech, I’m sure theyre trying

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isoprophlex 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

sorry to post a shallow comment but this is a really excellent joke holy shit. well done.

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stingraycharles 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I am sorry for my ignorance, but I don’t understand the joke. What does the pope have to do with this?

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huhkerrf 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The Pope is selected by the College of Cardinals. The joke is a play on "cardinality."

	▲	swyx 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		also colah was invited by the literal pope to his encyclical https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-olah-pope-leo-encyclica...

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new_account_101 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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cheschire 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't believe you deserve the downvotes you're getting. Sometimes a good joke is so good that it appears shallow at first glance, but only upon reflection does the true humor show through. A shallow callout such as yours is sometimes necessary to call the reader back to it for that further reflection.

	▲	smt88 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		A few thoughts on this: - it’s against HN guidelines to comment on downvotes - comments are supposed to be substantive, further the discussion, and inspire curiosity (and I think the joke failed at all of those) - it’s not a great joke, just a shallow pun I’m guilty of often downvoting jokes on HN that are just jokes with no substance, partly because they end up causing confusion and noise, and they make the discussion less interesting. Reddit is a great place for those.