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Firefox Wikipedia Page Contains Recursive Screenshot of Itself

by besnn00 on 10/6/21, 7:59 PM with 5 comments

• by Zecc on 10/6/21, 11:54 PM

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

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

• by _yoqn on 10/6/21, 8:14 PM

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

• by LocalH on 10/7/21, 1:08 PM

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

• by dt123 on 10/7/21, 2:41 PM

  slow news day?

• by mastrsushi on 10/7/21, 3:41 AM

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