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[#] Wed Nov 08 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Parameterball

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The ball's density also varies, but players don't learn the value until after choosing their raquets. The infamous 'bowling ball table tennis' region of the parameter space often leads to equipment damage.

https://xkcd.com/2852/

[#] Fri Nov 10 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Redshift

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So do you have any plans for z=-0.000000000000045?

https://xkcd.com/2853/

[#] Mon Nov 13 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Date Line

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They estimate the rocket should be free by approximately ... uh ... well, in about two hours.

https://xkcd.com/2854/

[#] Wed Nov 15 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Empiricism

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The problems started with my resolution next year to reject temporal causality.

https://xkcd.com/2855/

[#] Fri Nov 17 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Materials Scientists

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If a materials scientist gives you a present, always ask whether regifting will incur any requirements for Federal paperwork.

https://xkcd.com/2856/

[#] Mon Nov 20 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Rebuttals

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The mainstream dogma sparked a wave of dogmatic revisionism, and this revisionist mainstream dogmatism has now given way to a more rematic mainvisionist dogstream.

https://xkcd.com/2857/

[#] Wed Nov 22 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Thanksgiving Arguments

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An occasional source of mild Thanksgiving tension in my family is that my mother is a die-hard fan of The Core (2003), and various family members sometimes have differing levels of enthusiasm for her annual tradition of watching it.

https://xkcd.com/2858/

[#] Fri Nov 24 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Oceanography Gift

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Shipping times vary. Same-ocean delivery may only take a few years, but delivery from the Weddell Sea in Antarctica may take multiple decades, and molecules meant for inland seas like the Mediterranean may be returned as undeliverable by surface currents.

https://xkcd.com/2859/

[#] Mon Nov 27 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Decay Modes

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Unlike an Iron Age collapse, a Bronze Age collapse releases energy, since copper and tin are past the iron peak on the curve of binding energy.

https://xkcd.com/2860/

[#] Wed Nov 29 2023 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: X Value

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The value of n is still unknown, but new results constrain it to fall between 8 and 10^500, ruling out popular 'n=1' and 'n=2' theories.

https://xkcd.com/2861/

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