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Shouldn't Rankine say &amp;quot;0ºR is set to absolute zero&amp;quot;? {{unsigned ip|172.70.230.29|22:58, 21 October 2024 (UTC)}}&lt;br /&gt;
:Yep. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.253|162.158.186.253]] 04:38, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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yo,i thought comic 3000 was anticlimactic so randall would make this one COOL but sadly not&lt;br /&gt;
Same. Hope he does something cool for 3072.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.225|172.69.134.225]] 23:44, 21 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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really he didn't do anything special for this either? come ON randall if you don't do something cool for comic 3072 i will &amp;lt;b&amp;gt; come to your house personally and yell at you  [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 23:57, 21 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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What's random about Fahrenheit? (Answer: nothing.) 0F is the freezing point of brine, 100F (or 98.7) is the human body temperature. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.65|172.68.54.65]] 00:00, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:What concentration of brine? (And which specific salt... No, not NaCl, as you might presume but NH&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;4&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;Cl!)&lt;br /&gt;
:And body temperature varies a lot ('typically' 36.5–37.5°C or  97.7–99.5°F, though even this range is thought to be too small), across genders, individuals, time of day ''and'' which orifices/surfaces you try to measure it from. (Originally, it was set so that '''90°F''' was to be the 'best guess' of human body temperature. It gradually changed, including via various {{w|Human body temperature#Historical understanding|compounded misunderstandings}} so that the best you can say is that 100°F is arbitrarily ''slightly above'' most afebrile human body temperature measurements.)&lt;br /&gt;
:Celsius might be a bit off (arguments about triple-point or STP freezing, etc), but it still has far more physical logic to it. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.188|172.70.160.188]] 01:14, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Sorry, Randall, for my comfort, Fahrenheit is the least cursed. It's the best scale to use for my personal use, especially when hearing the weather report and deciding what to wear outdoors: temp in the 80's - no jacket. temp in 70's - maybe a windbreaker if it's breezy. 60's - sweater weather. 50's - medium weight coat. 40's - winter coat. 30'3 - winter coat with scarf and gloves. 20's - multiple layers. teens - stay indoors. None of the other scales provide such convenient distinctions for my daily life. Kelvin is great for astro physics or super conductivity, but useless for any common uses. Celsius is great for hanging out with the Euro crowd but still not so useful to scale my home thermostat. I judge Fahrenheit as 1.0 for cursedness. [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 14:19, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I conveniently use Celsius in tens, also. Negative °C: Cold; 0-10°C: Nippy; 10-20°C: Generally pleasant; 20-30°C: Too warm to exert oneself; 30°C+: ''Definitely'' too warm. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.205|172.70.86.205]] 15:24, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Personally, I'm most disappointed that {{w|Delisle scale}} was not represented... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.188|172.70.160.188]] 01:14, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: I was so hoping for a {{w|Planck temperature}} quip. Like: &amp;quot;Water freezing point: 0; Water boiling point: 0; Notes: 1 = highest possible temperature (1.4E32K) where thermal radiation creates black holes; Cursedness: 0/0&amp;quot; [[Special:Contributions/162.158.164.184|162.158.164.184]] 01:27, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:: Same here. Freezing is 0.000000000000000000000000000001928 and boiling is 0.0000000000000000000000000000026338. [[User:DanielLC|DanielLC]] ([[User talk:DanielLC|talk]]) 03:38, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::: Wow, those are even smaller than the IEEE floating point representations of 1-1.0/3*3! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.109|162.158.90.109]] 03:59, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I guess I was wrong in my comment on the last comic. sigh. -[[User:Psychoticpotato|P?sych??otic?pot??at???o ]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato|talk]]) 01:16, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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It's actually spelled {{w|Wedgwood scale}}, not Wedgewood. [[User:Wilh3lm|Wilh3lm]] ([[User talk:Wilh3lm|talk]]) 01:17, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I still call the modern version of the &amp;quot;Celsius&amp;quot; scale &amp;quot;centigrade&amp;quot;, but if people start nitpicking, I'm happy to switch to &amp;quot;Carolus&amp;quot; to avoid ambiguity. For some reason that tends to annoy people more though. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.22.191|172.68.22.191]] 01:32, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Every temperature scale is equally &amp;quot;random&amp;quot; as every other scale. People always say that Celsius is so much better because it's defined by the phase changes of water. Okay, cool...why should THAT of all things be what we use as the base for a system of temperature measurement? And, who cares? I'm a ''Homo sapiens'', not a water molecule. If anything we should use the freezing and melting points of humans as our two reference points for temperature (which, I must say, Fahrenheit approximates better than Celsius, assuming 0 and 100 are your points &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;B&amp;quot;). [[User:Pie Guy|Pie Guy]] ([[User talk:Pie Guy|talk]]) 03:42, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Every temperature scale is arbitrary, but since boiling and freezing water is a thing humans have a lot of experience with it makes sense to use that as the reference point. At least it makes more sense than whatever the coldest recorded temperature in Fahrenheit's home town was, because he didn't like negative numbers [[Special:Contributions/172.70.250.23|172.70.250.23]] 03:56, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Planck temperature (as above) is probably the least arbitrary, and some would say it is to some extent free from arbitrariness. However, it's completely impractical for everyday use (as above.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.138|172.69.34.138]] 04:31, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Do the physics of black holes or neutron stars involve Planck temperatures greater than 0.0000001? [[User:Liv2splain|Liv2splain]] ([[User talk:Liv2splain|talk]]) 07:23, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Chat Gippity told me:&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::Black holes and neutron stars do not typically involve temperatures reaching the Planck scale. While both objects exhibit extreme physical conditions, their temperatures are far below the Planck temperature, even though they can be incredibly high compared to everyday phenomena.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::: - **Neutron stars** have surface temperatures in the range of millions of Kelvin, and the core can reach even higher, possibly up to a few billion Kelvin. These temperatures are still vastly lower than the Planck temperature.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::: - **Black holes**, especially the smaller ones, can emit Hawking radiation, with temperatures inversely proportional to their mass. However, the temperature of even a very small black hole is still far below the Planck temperature. Hawking radiation is not expected to reach temperatures close to the Planck scale under normal circumstances.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::: The Planck temperature (TP=1) represents an energy scale so extreme that no known physical models, including those describing black holes and neutron stars, operate near or above this threshold. Temperatures reaching **0.0000001 TP** (or 1.416 × 10^26 K) would still be beyond current observational and theoretical frameworks related to these cosmic objects. A quantum theory of gravity would be required to describe physics at or near the Planck temperature, which remains speculative and is far beyond the conditions found in black holes or neutron stars.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the °X scale is based on the temperatures of Earth from all time (for some definition of &amp;quot;Earth&amp;quot;), then the scale is very hard to define and highly impractical. The earth appears to have gotten to more than 2,300 Kelvin (hot enough to melt steel and platinum and to boil lead) and while I can't find any sources for the lowest temperature, I imagine it is lower than -100°C. The recorded minimum, maximum and average temperatures appear to be around -89.2 °C, 56.7 °C and 15 °C respectively. This would make the scale somewhat useful, but this would make typical values between 41 °X (cold winter's day) and 68 °X (hot summers day) which I think is pretty cursed. I recommend the clearly superior °Y, based around average temp at 0 °Y, low at -100 °Y and high at 100 °Y. These would be measured by the yearly high, low and mean temperatures averaged per person. Then saying &amp;quot;It's 2 times colder than yesterday&amp;quot; would have some reasonable meaning. --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.236.147|198.41.236.147]] 04:01, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;quot;''Record'' ... surface temperature&amp;quot; implies it was recorded. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.22.9|172.68.22.9]] 04:08, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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How do you all feel about adding an additional column for room temperature 22C/72F?&lt;br /&gt;
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| Fahrenheit || 72&lt;br /&gt;
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Or 0.00000000000000000000000000000208 °Planck, lol. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.211|108.162.245.211]] 05:36, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:I feel like decigalens would be the most practical unit. Who's with me? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.5|162.158.186.5]] 06:20, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::It's interesting; calculating the equilibrium temperature (with 2.05 and 4.24 being used for the heat capacities of ice and boiling water) gives 67... If I use water that's about to freeze and steam, I get 31. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.0.178|172.69.0.178]] 07:59, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Would you please explain in more detail? [[User:Liv2splain|Liv2splain]] ([[User talk:Liv2splain|talk]]) 09:03, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::: The equilibrium temperature of a mixture (?) of equal quantities of ice at 0 C and water at 100 C (with the heat capacities 2.05 and 4.24) is 67 C; if I use the data for water at 0 C and steam, I get 31 C. Additionally, if I use equal volumes, I get 68 (which isn't much different.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.0.178|172.69.0.178]] 17:15, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::: One can obtain 0 = 22 C by setting the heat capacity of ice to be 39 and that of water to be 11. For any particular &amp;quot;normal temperature&amp;quot; ''R'' °C (that is, the temperature at 0 is ''R'',), I find that ''x'' °C = 50''R''(''x''+4)/(''x''(''R''-50)+200). In particular, for ''R'' = 22, we get (1100+275''x'')/(50-7''x''). [[Special:Contributions/198.41.236.163|198.41.236.163]] 05:58, 23 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Question regarding the X scale - when it‘s defined by *three* (somewhat, implying average is real and not just calculated by (max-min)/2)) independent points, how will linearity be achieved? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.76|162.158.155.76]] 05:43, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Explanation length.png|right|thumb|Or click &amp;quot;[Expand]&amp;quot; in the bottom right table cell Derivation.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:Please see [[2701: Change in Slope]]. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.206.179|172.70.206.179]] 05:50, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Sure, &amp;quot;a linear scale between each point&amp;quot;:&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:XvsC.png|thumb|left|Here you go. [[User:Liv2splain|Liv2splain]] ([[User talk:Liv2splain|talk]]) 06:33, 22 October 2024 (UTC)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The reference for the average surface temperature, https://www.space.com/17816-earth-temperature.html, suggests it has increased above 15°C. What value should we use in late 2024? [[User:Liv2splain|Liv2splain]] ([[User talk:Liv2splain|talk]]) 07:30, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:The [https://wmo.int/media/news/earth-experiences-warmest-day-recent-history World Meteorological Organization], [https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-2024-now-very-likely-to-be-warmest-year-on-record/ Carbon Brief], and [https://climate.copernicus.eu/new-record-daily-global-average-temperature-reached-july-2024 Copernicus Climate Change Service] suggest 17.16°C. [[User:Liv2splain|Liv2splain]] ([[User talk:Liv2splain|talk]]) 07:42, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Updated water temperatures, Derivation, and graph. So we've already had more than the +2°C warming we were trying to avoid in 2019? [[User:Liv2splain|Liv2splain]] ([[User talk:Liv2splain|talk]]) 08:05, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Regarding [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3001%3A_Temperature_Scales&amp;amp;type=revision&amp;amp;diff=353635&amp;amp;oldid=353632], are the average surface temperatures from the sources supposed to be yearly or overall averages? [[User:Liv2splain|Liv2splain]] ([[User talk:Liv2splain|talk]]) 09:06, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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where is the interactive epic 3000 comic we should've gotten? This one's cool but 1000 seemed to have more effort in it and 2000 was at least tangetially related. Does Randall just not like making these anymore and is only making more comics as a business? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.185|108.162.238.185]] 12:14, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:The comic is free on the website and it doesn't have ads; although the comic is part of his &amp;quot;brand&amp;quot; there are many more profitable things he could be doing with his time, and yet he continues to update it every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  I just don't like the idea of claiming that a creative person &amp;quot;should&amp;quot; produce any particular thing to satisfy their fans.  He's a busy guy!  Maybe he's working on a book, or a Scientific American article, or a TV show.  He's under no obligation to give us anything, and maybe one day he'll stop making xkcd altogether; that's his choice.  Sorry to single you out; I know a lot of people feel the same way as you do, but to me it doesn't make sense.  He's not a content machine--he's a guy who started posting sketches on the internet. [[User:Dextrous Fred|Dextrous Fred]] ([[User talk:Dextrous Fred|talk]]) 15:23, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Sorry if I sounded overly brash, I wasn't trying to imply &amp;quot;wahhh no special entry wahhh&amp;quot;, I was just wondering if Randall still likes to make these or if he doesn't, mainly because he just didn't do anything special, which feels like he just didn't care. I wasn't trying to imply Randall should just do it for the fans[[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.80|108.162.238.80]] 17:52, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Is this the first list-style comic where every single entry is real? (Usually he has several joke entries.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.182|172.70.114.182]] 14:26, 22 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Where would [[1923: Felsius|Felsius]] go on this list?&lt;br /&gt;
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One can find a smooth function for °X, namely, (477879''x''-17634840)/(3341''x''+197700), which takes °X and returns °C. The inverse is (-197700''x''-17634840)/(3341''x''-477879). Should this be included in the wiki article? Or maybe another way of fitting it (like exponential) should be used.  [[Special:Contributions/172.69.0.165|172.69.0.165]] 06:27, 23 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Should it be noted that in the first _What If?_ book, there's a reference to units and how much Randall loathes rankine? Someone can go take the book and cite it; it's in one of the early pages [[Special:Contributions/172.64.236.10|172.64.236.10]] 08:45, 23 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I remember it being drummed into us in school physics (admittedly over 50 years ago) that 0 Celsius is defined as the melting point of ice, not the freezing point of water (presumably because of supercooling). [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.189|172.70.160.189]] 08:49, 23 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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It seems he wrote &amp;quot;Earths'&amp;quot; (plural possessive) instead of &amp;quot;Earth's&amp;quot;. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.151|141.101.98.151]] 08:58, 23 October 2024 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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Is there significance to the fact that the axes aren't labeled in the warning? Can I plot y = 0.75x today or not?[[User:Brossa|Brossa]] ([[User talk:Brossa|talk]]) 15:05, 8 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: you cannot because it intersects the given square as shown in this desmos thing i whipped up in 2 seconds: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/zb9nbrl6s5 [[Special:Contributions/172.70.43.29|172.70.43.29]] 15:38, 8 February 2023 (UTC)Bumpf&lt;br /&gt;
::I can if the forbidden coordinates are 1 ≤ x ≤1.5 and 1.5 ≤ y ≤2[[Special:Contributions/172.70.131.66|172.70.131.66]] 15:56, 8 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::: In the absence of other information, assuming horizontal ''x'' and vertical ''y'' would be conventional. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.145|141.101.98.145]] 19:15, 8 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Hole&amp;quot; is also sometimes used to mean a particular coordinate on a function which is discontinous at some point but could have a value (for example sinx/x with a hole at (0,1)). [[Special:Contributions/172.70.206.92|172.70.206.92]] 19:18, 8 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Randall listed 2 points, yet the cordoned off area is a square. 2 points define a line, not a square, he really should have thought of that. How is someone to know the invalid points without the diagram? Even with the diagram, we don't know whether points on the boundary are included! Is the line y=1 a valid line to draw? THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED RANDALL BE MATHEMATICALLY RIGOROUS NEXT TIME.&lt;br /&gt;
:Right! A hole pops up in rational functions when there's a term that appears in the numerator AND the denominator. However, it does not mean the graph is broken; just that there is no defined y-value at the x-value of the hole. ----[[User:Theunlucky|Theunlucky]] ([[User talk:Theunlucky|talk]]) 16:55, 9 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: One reason could simply be the alignment between the coordinates and time. Reading out the numbers without paying attention to the mathematical punctuation you can form the sentence &amp;quot;the coordinate plane will be closed Thursday between 1:51 and 2:15 to repair a hole&amp;quot;, following the typical structure of such a notice to not just provide a day but a time.&lt;br /&gt;
Ironically, the notice makes it sound like using y=1 is fine, and the affected region is only strictly greater than y=1. That would make the region that's closed an open set, and the region that's open a closed set. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.230|172.70.110.230]] 22:46, 8 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Right! A hole pops up in rational functions when there's a term that appears in the numerator AND the denominator. However, it does not mean the graph is broken; just that there is no defined y-value at the x-value of the hole.&lt;br /&gt;
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🚧 DETOUR 🠕 KEEP WITHIN [[2646: Minkowski Space|MINKOWSKI CONES]] ⛔ DO NOT ENTER Y &amp;lt; |X| 🚧 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.38|162.158.90.38]] 23:37, 8 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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So the joke is that the coordinate plane is closed when there's damage that causes it not to be closed? [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 23:44, 8 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Aw man, I was really looking... ''forward''... to doing math today. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.222.76|172.71.222.76]] 11:58, 9 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I thought the title text was referring to the danger of lines on a 2d graph &amp;quot;falling through&amp;quot; the hole and inadvertently gaining a third dimension, which might collide with graphs at z=-1 etc. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.75|162.158.34.75]] 16:14, 9 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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My RSS reader picked this comic up at exactly midnight UTC on Feb 8, which stood out to me because usually they seem to be posted later in the day. [[User:Danielp82|Danielp82]] ([[User talk:Danielp82|talk]]) 04:02, 10 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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This comic reminded me of Complex Analysis, where we integrate in circles around singularities of complex functions (aka holes). See [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy%27s_integral_formula Cauchy integral formula]. Maybe we should mention that in the explanation. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.154.39|172.71.154.39]] 07:29, 10 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:The beauty of the Wiki is that you can add it yourself, if you think you can word it relevently. Or anyone who now wants to. (Whoever does, note that &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{w|Cauchy's integral formula}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, or an altered text version like your &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{w|Cauchy's integral formula|Cauchy integral formula}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, would be the prefered wikilink format to use.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.151|141.101.98.151]] 08:08, 10 February 2023 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1762:_Moving_Boxes&amp;diff=131311</id>
		<title>Talk:1762: Moving Boxes</title>
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&lt;div&gt;Protip: Label boxes you don't want the movers to know about with &amp;quot;Party Favors.&amp;quot; [[Special:Contributions/172.68.79.83|172.68.79.83]] 16:22, 21 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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I think I've got some Dark Matter in a box left in my basement. Anyone knows how long you can keep this stuff until it expires? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.22.72|162.158.22.72]] 13:36, 21 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Mine is about 13.8 billion years old and still OK. But shouldn't about 3/4 of the boxes be filled with dark matter? --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.172|162.158.91.172]] 14:21, 21 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
: Hah! Mine's 13.8'''1''' years old.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Thejohnfan|Thejohnfan]] ([[User talk:Thejohnfan|talk]]) 14:28, 21 November 2016 (UTC)Thejohnfan&lt;br /&gt;
::Yeah - you've really gotta be careful about labelling that stuff - since it neither absorbs nor emits electromagnetic radiation, you're going to have to use gravitational lensing techniques to figure out which box it's in - and we all know how much of a pain THAT can be on moving day! [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 14:59, 21 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:When I last moved house, I methodically labelled every single box with it's exact contents.  Several meticulously itemized boxes contained (amongst other things) stuff like &amp;quot;Acrylic art paint&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Rodent poison&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Adhesives&amp;quot; - and the movers saw this and refused to move about a dozen boxes because they contained things that are liquids or hazardous materials.  This was more than I could fit in my car - so this became a huge deal.  So next time, I'm going with &amp;quot;Normal House Stuff&amp;quot;.   Seriously - just label them with the room you want them dumped in at your new home and a number...write the actual contents in a MySQL database...preferably with a photo of the box before you taped it up.  [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 14:59, 21 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::Label the boxes with &amp;quot;Normal house stuff'); DROP TABLE Boxes; --&amp;quot; if you're doing that. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.137|162.158.34.137]] 15:16, 21 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:::How do you access the MySQL database when your computer is still packed away in a box?  [[User:B jonas|B jonas]] ([[User talk:B jonas|talk]]) 16:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Note that there is a similar use of &amp;quot;Normal&amp;quot; in [https://xkcd.com/1530/ https://xkcd.com/1530/] [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.151|141.101.98.151]] 16:54, 21 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1529:_Bracket&amp;diff=94014</id>
		<title>1529: Bracket</title>
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| number    = 1529&lt;br /&gt;
| date      = May 25, 2015&lt;br /&gt;
| title     = Bracket&lt;br /&gt;
| image     = bracket.png&lt;br /&gt;
| titletext = I'm staring at the &amp;quot;doctor&amp;quot; section, and I can't help but feel like I've forgotten someone.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Explanation==&lt;br /&gt;
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A {{w|Bracket (tournament)|Tournament bracket}} shows the planned series of games in a tournament. In this comic Randall has shown a plan for a tournament between a wide range of cultural icons, both real and fictional, based mostly on similarities in their names. Various internet groups have speculated on who would win in a fight between characters from different films. It may be relevant that the film {{w|Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice}} is soon to be released.&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[title text]] is likely a reference to {{w|Dr. Dre}}, particularly as a reference to his 2001 song &amp;quot;{{w|Forgot About Dre}}&amp;quot;.  Additionally, the title text could be talking about Mr. Spock's friend {{w|Leonard McCoy}} or simply be a reference to the large number of pop culture references that include the word &amp;quot;Doctor&amp;quot; to include {{w|Julius Erving|Dr. J}}, {{w|Dr. Pepper}}, and {{w|Doctor Doom}}, among others. Another possibility is that the [[title text]] is supposed to make the readers ask themselves &amp;quot;{{w|Doctor who}}?&amp;quot; then realize that {{w|The Doctor} is already listed, still making them feel they forgot someone.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Transcript==&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Louis Armstrong}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Neil Armstrong}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Lance Armstrong}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Stretch Armstrong}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Jeff Gordan}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Jeff Bridges}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Jeff Daniels}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Jack Daniels}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Orson Welles}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|H.G. Wells}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Geroge Orwell}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Wells Fargo}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Kurt Russell}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Russell Brand}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Russell Crowe}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Russell Simmons}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Richard Simmons}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Gene Simmons}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Gene Hackman}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Hugh Jackman}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Alan Rickman}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Alan Parsons}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Alan Partridge}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Jenny McCarthy}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Joseph McCarthy}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Eugene McCarthy}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Eugene V. Debs}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Gene Wilder}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Olivia Wilde}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Oscar Wilde}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Oscar De La Renta}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Oscar De La Hoya}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Jack Nicklaus}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Jack Nicholson}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Phil Mickelson}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Nicholas Nickelby}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Ryan Adams}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Bryan Adams}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Chubby Checker}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Fats Domino}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Colin Firth}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Colin Farrell}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Will Ferrell}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|The Farrelly Brothers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Joseph Gordon-Levitt}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Jennifer Love Hewitt}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Danny Glover}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Donald Glover}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Donnie Wahlberg}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Mark Wahlberg}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Mark Ruffalo}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Mark Shuttleworth}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Philip Pullman}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Bill Pullman}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Bill Paxton}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Bill Murray}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Dan Aykroyd}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Ginger Rogers}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Mister/Fred Astaire/Rogers}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Mister Spock}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Doctor Spock}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Doctor Octopus}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Doctor Manhatten}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Doctor Strangelove}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Doctor Strange}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Dr. No}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|The Doctor}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Cory Doctorow}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Jerry Lee Lewis}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Jerry Lewis}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Jenny Lewis}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Xeni Jardin}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Chris Evans}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Chris Hemsworth}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Chris Pine}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Chris Pratt}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Shallots}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Scallops}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Scallions}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Siouxie Sioux}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Suzanne Vega}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Tom Arnold}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Arnold Palmer}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Amanda Palmer}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Wes Craven}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Wes Anderson}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Paul Thomas Anderson}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Poul Anderson}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Sir Walter Scott}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Sir Walter Raleigh}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Sir Francis Drake}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Frank Drake}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Van Halen}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Van Morrison}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Van Wilder}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Robert Van Winkle}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Rip Van Winkle}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Rip Torn}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Natalie Imbruglia}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|The Body Shop}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Bath and Body Works}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Bed Bath and Beyond}}&lt;br /&gt;
:{{w|Beyond Thunderdome}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{w|Beyoncé}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{comic discussion}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Charts]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Comics featuring real people]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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