✒️Only Serifs
If you ever want to get beaten up by a bunch of graphic designers, try removing the serifs from Times New Roman and adding them to Comic Sans.
https://xkcd.com/2736
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If you ever want to get beaten up by a bunch of graphic designers, try removing the serifs from Times New Roman and adding them to Comic Sans.
https://xkcd.com/2736
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✒️Weather Station
'Pour one out for precipitation data integrity,' I say, solemnly upending the glass into the rain gauge.
https://xkcd.com/2737
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'Pour one out for precipitation data integrity,' I say, solemnly upending the glass into the rain gauge.
https://xkcd.com/2737
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✒️Omniknot
The Gordian knot is an omniknot tied using every bend in the Ashley Book of Knots, and then for extra security the upper rope at every crossing is connected to the lower with a randomly-chosen hitch.
https://xkcd.com/2738
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The Gordian knot is an omniknot tied using every bend in the Ashley Book of Knots, and then for extra security the upper rope at every crossing is connected to the lower with a randomly-chosen hitch.
https://xkcd.com/2738
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✒️Data Quality
[exclamation about how cute your cat is] -> [last 4 digits of your cat's chip ID] -> [your cat's full chip ID] -> [a drawing of your cat] -> [photo of your cat] -> [clone of your cat] -> [your actual cat] -> [my better cat]
https://xkcd.com/2739
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[exclamation about how cute your cat is] -> [last 4 digits of your cat's chip ID] -> [your cat's full chip ID] -> [a drawing of your cat] -> [photo of your cat] -> [clone of your cat] -> [your actual cat] -> [my better cat]
https://xkcd.com/2739
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✒️Square Packing
I also managed to improve the solution for n=1 to s<0.97, and with some upgrades I think I can hit 0.96.
https://xkcd.com/2740
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I also managed to improve the solution for n=1 to s<0.97, and with some upgrades I think I can hit 0.96.
https://xkcd.com/2740
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✒️Wish Interpretation
"I wish for everything in the world. All the people, money, trees, etc." "Are you SURE you--" "And I want you to put it in my house."
https://xkcd.com/2741
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"I wish for everything in the world. All the people, money, trees, etc." "Are you SURE you--" "And I want you to put it in my house."
https://xkcd.com/2741
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✒️Island Storage
I always hate dragging around the larger archipelagos, but I appreciate how the Scandinavian peninsula flexes outward to create a snug pocket for Britain and Ireland.
https://xkcd.com/2742
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I always hate dragging around the larger archipelagos, but I appreciate how the Scandinavian peninsula flexes outward to create a snug pocket for Britain and Ireland.
https://xkcd.com/2742
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✒️Hand Dryers
I know hand dryers have their problems, but I think for fun we should keep egging Dyson on and see if we can get them to make one where the airflow breaks the speed of sound.
https://xkcd.com/2743
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I know hand dryers have their problems, but I think for fun we should keep egging Dyson on and see if we can get them to make one where the airflow breaks the speed of sound.
https://xkcd.com/2743
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✒️Fanservice
I was eventually kicked out of my architectural engineering program because I wouldn't stop referring to HVAC as "the fandom."
https://xkcd.com/2744
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I was eventually kicked out of my architectural engineering program because I wouldn't stop referring to HVAC as "the fandom."
https://xkcd.com/2744
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✒️Obituary Editor
As the editor has reportedly defeated Death in a series of games of skill, no further obituaries are expected.
https://xkcd.com/2745
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As the editor has reportedly defeated Death in a series of games of skill, no further obituaries are expected.
https://xkcd.com/2745
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✒️Launch Window
"Confirmed, we have to scrub." "Ugh, okay. I'll get the bucket and sponge."
https://xkcd.com/2746
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"Confirmed, we have to scrub." "Ugh, okay. I'll get the bucket and sponge."
https://xkcd.com/2746
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✒️Presents for Biologists
A lot of these are actually non-venomous, but I can see which species you mistook them for. If you pause the crane for a sec I can give you some ID pointers for next time!
https://xkcd.com/2747
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A lot of these are actually non-venomous, but I can see which species you mistook them for. If you pause the crane for a sec I can give you some ID pointers for next time!
https://xkcd.com/2747
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✒️Radians are Cursed
Phil Plait once pointed out that you can calculate the total angular area of the sky this way. If the sky is a sphere with radius 57.3 degrees, then its area is 4*pi*r^2=41,253 square degrees. This makes dimensional analysts SO mad, but you can't argue with results.
https://xkcd.com/2748
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Phil Plait once pointed out that you can calculate the total angular area of the sky this way. If the sky is a sphere with radius 57.3 degrees, then its area is 4*pi*r^2=41,253 square degrees. This makes dimensional analysts SO mad, but you can't argue with results.
https://xkcd.com/2748
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✒️Lymphocytes
It's very hard to detect, but recent studies have determined that when plasma B cells are producing antibodies, they go 'pew pew pew'
https://xkcd.com/2749
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It's very hard to detect, but recent studies have determined that when plasma B cells are producing antibodies, they go 'pew pew pew'
https://xkcd.com/2749
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✒️Flatten the Planets
We'll turn the asteroid belt into ball bearings to go between different rings orbiting at different speeds.
https://xkcd.com/2750
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We'll turn the asteroid belt into ball bearings to go between different rings orbiting at different speeds.
https://xkcd.com/2750
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✒️March Madness
My bracket has 76 trombones led by John Philip Sousa facing off against thousands of emperor penguins led by Morgan Freeman.
https://xkcd.com/2751
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My bracket has 76 trombones led by John Philip Sousa facing off against thousands of emperor penguins led by Morgan Freeman.
https://xkcd.com/2751
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✒️Salt Dome
The US uses hollowed-out salt domes to store the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and non-hollowed-out ones to store the Strategic Salt Reserve.
https://xkcd.com/2752
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The US uses hollowed-out salt domes to store the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and non-hollowed-out ones to store the Strategic Salt Reserve.
https://xkcd.com/2752
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✒️Air Handler
It maintains odor levels in a normal familiar range, so if you open the windows and the air gets too fresh, it filters it through some dirty laundry samples to compensate.
https://xkcd.com/2753
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It maintains odor levels in a normal familiar range, so if you open the windows and the air gets too fresh, it filters it through some dirty laundry samples to compensate.
https://xkcd.com/2753
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✒️Relative Terms
Small sewing machines are sewing machines that are smaller than a sewing machine. A sewing machine is larger than a small sewing machine, but quieter than a loud sewing machine.
https://xkcd.com/2754
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Small sewing machines are sewing machines that are smaller than a sewing machine. A sewing machine is larger than a small sewing machine, but quieter than a loud sewing machine.
https://xkcd.com/2754
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