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[#] Fri Feb 09 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Banana Prices

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It's a linear extrapolation, Michael. How big could the error be? 10%?

https://xkcd.com/2892/

[#] Mon Feb 12 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Sphere Tastiness

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Baseballs do present a challenge to this theory, but I'm convinced we just haven't found the right seasoning.

https://xkcd.com/2893/

[#] Wed Feb 14 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Research Account

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Focus of your research: EXTREME PETTINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO LET ANYTHING GO

https://xkcd.com/2894/

[#] Fri Feb 16 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Treasure Chests

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[earlier] "Your vintage-style handmade chest business is struggling. But I have a plan."

https://xkcd.com/2895/

[#] Mon Feb 19 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Crossword Constructors

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Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an 'eHit'.

https://xkcd.com/2896/

[#] Wed Feb 21 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Light Leap Years

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When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.

https://xkcd.com/2897/

[#] Fri Feb 23 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Orbital Argument

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"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

https://xkcd.com/2898/

[#] Mon Feb 26 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Goodhart's Law

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[later] I'm pleased to report we're now identifying and replacing hundreds of outdated metrics per hour.

https://xkcd.com/2899/

[#] Wed Feb 28 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Call My Cell

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'Hey, can you call my cell?' '...I'm trying, but it says this number is blocked?' 'Ok, thanks, just checking.'

https://xkcd.com/2900/

[#] Fri Mar 01 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Geographic Qualifiers

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'Thank you for the loveliest evening I've ever had...' [normal] '...east of the Mississippi.' [instant intrigue!]

https://xkcd.com/2901/

[#] Mon Mar 04 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Ice Core

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If you find an ash deposition layer from a year in which an eruption destroyed an island that had Camellia sinensis growing on it, you can make a Gone Island Ice_τ.

https://xkcd.com/2902/

[#] Wed Mar 06 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Earth/Venus Venn Diagram

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Actually, the fact that Mars is still orbiting safely over here means that it was technically an *Euler* apocalypse, not a Venn one.

https://xkcd.com/2903/

[#] Fri Mar 08 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Physics vs. Magic

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'At the stroke of midnight, your brother will be hurtling sideways at an altitude of 150 meters' is a regular physics prediction about your nonmagical trebuchet, whereas 'you are cursed to build a brother-launching trebuchet' falls out of the Lagrangian.

https://xkcd.com/2904/

[#] Mon Mar 11 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Supergroup

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I love their cover of 1,200 Balloons, Dalmatians, and Miles.

https://xkcd.com/2905/

[#] Wed Mar 13 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Earth

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Just think of all the countless petty squabbles and misunderstandings, of all the fervent hatreds, over so insignificant a thing as the direction and duration of a rocket engine firing.

https://xkcd.com/2906/

[#] Fri Mar 15 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Schwa

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Doug's cousin, the one from London, runs a Bumble love cult.

https://xkcd.com/2907/

[#] Mon Mar 18 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Moon Armor Index

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Astronomers are a little unsure of the applicability of this index, but NASA's Planetary Protection Officer is all in favor.

https://xkcd.com/2908/

[#] Wed Mar 20 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Moon Landing Mission Profiles

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If you pick a low enough orbit, it gives you a lot of freedom to use a lightweight launch vehicle such as a stepladder.

https://xkcd.com/2909/

[#] Fri Mar 22 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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You know that asteroid that almost destroyed Earth in the 90s? Turns out the whole thing was secretly created by Michael Bay, who then PAID Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to look heroic while blowing it up!

https://xkcd.com/2910/

[#] Mon Mar 25 2024 04:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Greenland Size

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The Mercator projection drastically distorts the size of almost every area of land except a small ring around the North and South Poles.

https://xkcd.com/2911/

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