Talk:2840: Earth Layers

2024-07-05T08:18:44Z

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Why are the seeds outside of the pith? Is there a fruit that is organized this way? [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 18:01, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
:If there's one that's this way that contains pith, i can't find it, but raspberries, cashew apples, and blackberries all have their seeds on the outside [[User:SomeoneIGuess|SomeoneIGuess]] ([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk]]) 20:09, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
:The pith is the innermost part of a tree trunk. The part of a fruit is the ''pit'', which is basically the same thing as a seed.--[[Special:Contributions/172.64.236.13|172.64.236.13]] 20:19, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
::Ummm...the white, fibrous stuff within fruits that wraps around the seeds (like in oranges, for example) is called "pith", whether trees contain something by that name or not.[[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 21:43, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
:Strawberries are an (albeit rare) example of a fruit with the seeds on the outside of the pith (and skin, for that matter) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.116|162.158.159.116]] 15:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
::Actually, the white specks on strawberries that we commonly call seeds are achenes, which are actually individual, smaller fruits. It's the seeds within these achenes that are the actual strawberry seeds. [[User:SomeoneIGuess|SomeoneIGuess]] ([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk]]) 20:43, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
:Clear tootsie roll tootsie pop joke miss (awwaiid) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.39.49|172.70.39.49]] 01:40, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Something that seemed to be excessive to edit into the Explanation, but noting here in passing, the additional issue of magnets (in a Kinder context) is the problems of ingesting them. In addition to other issues, they can attract each other/separate bits of metal across folds of the digestive system and cause problems beyond merely their passage through the system (which they might not now be able to do). I don't even know if Kinder has ever included magnets, but I think they'd be extremely limited even outwith the US. (Though, as counter-example, there are {{w|Hardware disease#Prevention|Cow Magnets}}, designed for ingestion but not further digestion. And not for humans, nor the size of either a standard Kinder-yoke or a planetary one.) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.69|172.71.242.69]] 08:50, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

When I saw guacamole in the comic, I assumed it was a reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Guacamole Apache Guacamole], as might be seen in a diagram of the different layers involved accessing some complicated computer system. [[User:Sandor|Sandor]] ([[User talk:Sandor|talk]]) 17:49, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Some parts of the explanation, particularly the last paragraph, seem to assume that the diagram is supposed to be to scale. I don't think it is, since all the layers except the kinder toy capsule at the center are about the same size. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 16:32, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
:I've gone in and altered the last paragraph (it looks like the author of that wasn't too concerned about the near-similar thicknesses of the sliced-through strata, but I presume that it was a basic measurement and calculation of the relative radii of innermost and outermost spheres that came to the 900km conclusion). A very quick glance didn't suggest anything about the similar thicknesses in the list (may have missed it, it was a ''very very'' quick read-through!), but note that there ''is'' obvious variation, belying it being a "just line 'em up regularly" diagram but maybe just happens to be semi-accurately representing a semi-similar set of thicknesses. Because sometimes the things just turn out to be semi-regular like that, maybe? (Ok, so it's in a fiction/imagination, already, but if we're not allowed to be meta in xkcd then where else can one?) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.164|141.101.99.164]] 20:36, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

> In the context of "inner core, outer core, secret core" may also be a riff on Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, a la 2583: Chorded Keyboard. < ...How does this relate to the inner and outer core? Surely this should just say '"Secret core" may also be a riff on Leonard Cohen's hallelujah.'?[[Special:Contributions/172.70.42.59|172.70.42.59]] 16:41, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

I believe the "Mechanical/HVAC layer“ refers to the virtual layer in a CAD program or a layer shown in a set of blueprints for a building. Often different utilities are seperated out into separate layers or drawings to avoid confusion of different piping or electrical utilities such as water, gas, sewage, electrical, hvac, etc. See https://blog.draftsperson.net/iso-13567-cad-layer-standard/ for reference. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.29|108.162.245.29]] 16:49, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Layer 4 (FILLER) is actually an inside-joke for COBOL programmers. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.5|172.70.110.5]] 08:18, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

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