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by bitwize 771 days ago
Rick: OK, Morty, this program runs by spawning a new universe for each parallel subtask, destroying the universes that throw an exception instead of returning a value, and then aggregating the remaining results. Are you ready to experience quantum hyperspatial optimization, Morty? This'll strap a warp drive to the ass of your gamer shit for sure.

Morty: Aw, geez, Rick, I don't think we ought to--

Rick: Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Morty. Let's goooooooooooo!

[He clicks the mouse, and Solitaire comes up]

Rick: Haha, nice. [He starts playing.]

[We are shown a 16x16 grid of the same moment happening in 256 alternate universes.]

Ricks: Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Morty. Let's goooooooooooo!

[They click the mouse.]

Rick 183: Oh, sh--

Rick 39: Jesus Chr--

Rick 201: NO! We've gone too fa--

[237 of the alternate universes disappear in a white-hot light, their squares replaced by static.]