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Firefox Wikipedia Page Contains Recursive Screenshot of Itself (wikipedia.org)
74 points by besnn00 on Oct 6, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



It's called the Droste effect, for what it's worth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect


This is brilliant! This wasn't just an accident; a true easter egg. Good find.


Unfortunately, the screenshot is of an older revision of the page, so it's not perfect recursion. Still, worth a levity upvote lol


slow news day?


I swear HN makes up the majority of users who actually give a shit about that prehistoric Netscape fork.




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