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[#] Wed Dec 25 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Sun Avoidance

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C'mon, ESA Solar Orbiter team, just give the Parker probe a LITTLE nudge at aphelion. Crash it into the sun. Fulfill the dream of Icarus. It is your destiny.

https://xkcd.com/3029/

[#] Fri Dec 27 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Lasering Incidents

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I still don't know how the police found my compound where I ran an illegal searchlight depot/covert blimp airfield/fireworks testing range.

https://xkcd.com/3030/

[#] Mon Dec 30 2024 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Time Capsule Instructions

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Inside is a third box, labeled DO NOT OPEN UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE TIME ZONE WHERE YOU OPENED BOTH PREVIOUS BOXES.

https://xkcd.com/3031/

[#] Wed Jan 01 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Skew-T Log-P

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The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.

https://xkcd.com/3032/

[#] Fri Jan 03 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Origami Black Hole

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You may notice the first half of these instructions are similar to the instructions for a working nuclear fusion device. After the first few dozen steps, be sure to press down firmly and fold quickly to overcome fusion pressure.

https://xkcd.com/3033/

[#] Mon Jan 06 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Features of Adulthood

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I don't dig pit traps and cover them with sticks and a thin layer of leaves nearly as much as I expected; I find a chance to do it barely once a month.

https://xkcd.com/3034/

[#] Wed Jan 08 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Trimix

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You don't want the nitrogen percentage to be too high or you run the risk of eutrophication.

https://xkcd.com/3035/

[#] Fri Jan 10 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Chess Zoo

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The zoo takes special care to keep kings separated from opposite-color pieces as part of their conservation program to prevent mating in captivity.

https://xkcd.com/3036/

[#] Mon Jan 13 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Radon

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A good ²³⁸Umbrella policy should cover it.

https://xkcd.com/3037/

[#] Wed Jan 15 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Uncanceled Units

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Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian

https://xkcd.com/3038/

[#] Fri Jan 17 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Human Altitude

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I wonder what surviving human held the record before balloons (excluding edge cases like jumping gaps on a mountain bridge). Probably it was someone falling from a cliff into snow or water, but maybe it involved something weird like a gunpowder explosion or volcano.

https://xkcd.com/3039/

[#] Mon Jan 20 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Chemical Formulas

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Can you pass the nackle?

https://xkcd.com/3040/

[#] Wed Jan 22 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Unit Circle

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They're continuing to search for a square with the same area as the circle, as efforts to construct one have run into difficulties.

https://xkcd.com/3041/

[#] Fri Jan 24 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: T. Rex Evolution

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Unfortunately, body size and bite force continue to increase.

https://xkcd.com/3042/

[#] Mon Jan 27 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Muons

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Update: I've been banned from the physics department for the way I pronounce "Doppler effect."

https://xkcd.com/3043/

[#] Wed Jan 29 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Humidifier Review

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They should add a little sticker that certifies that the humidifier supports water conservation, but in the sense of energy conservation or momentum conservation.

https://xkcd.com/3044/

[#] Fri Jan 31 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: AlphaMove

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It struggles a little with complex positions, like when there are an even number of moves and it has to round down, but when run against itself it's capable of finding some novelties. At one point I saw six knights on the board at once; Stockfish rarely exceeds four.

https://xkcd.com/3045/

[#] Mon Feb 03 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Stromatolites

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If only my ancestors had been fortunate enough to marry into the branch of the bacteria family that could photosynthesize, like all my little green cousins here.

https://xkcd.com/3046/

[#] Wed Feb 05 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Rotary Tool

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It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8.

https://xkcd.com/3047/

[#] Fri Feb 07 2025 05:00:00 UTC from rss <>

Subject: Suspension Bridge

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As a first step, they can put in a secondary deck, to help drivers try it out and find out how fun the jumps are. After a while no one will use the old flat deck and they can remove it.

https://xkcd.com/3048/

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