After the platypus, evolution started looking into input validation.
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Tyfud@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Evolution was all like: Ok, so which mutations would you like to advance? The venomous thing? The aquatic thing? The electrocuting enemies thing? The no stomach hack? The “Fun at parties” hack?
Platypus: Yes.
fraksken@infosec.pub 2 months ago
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 2 months ago
An excellent example of spending your points all over the place and somehow ending up with an actually pretty broken build.
stangel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Platypus have been around for over 110 million years. Nothing broken about that build!
computergeek125@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“broken build” here likely refers to the phrase as defined by gamers to function as synonymous to “overpowered”.
As in, “the build is so broken you can’t/it is difficult to play against it”. This phraseology could be used by either an ally or an enemy, but it contextually changes connotation from positive for allies to negative for enemies.
Build is often used as a shorthand for a character’s combination of items, skills, and levels (as the various games define it).
stangel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thanks, I (mis-?) interpreted it as a gamers build that doesn’t work because they spread abilities rather than min-maxing.
Guilherme@lemm.ee 2 months ago
So they were created about the same time as dinosaurs and flowers? Evolution was feeling really creative at that part of Cretaceous.
Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
It’s like a Swiss army knife of biological features