https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Cattail+is+da+best&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T07:12:38ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1897:_Self_Driving&diff=1480491897: Self Driving2017-11-18T04:32:07Z<p>Cattail is da best: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1897<br />
| date = October 2, 2017<br />
| title = Self Driving<br />
| image = self_driving.png<br />
| titletext = "Crowdsourced steering" doesn't sound quite as appealing as "self driving."<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic references the approach of using {{w|CAPTCHA}}<nowiki>s</nowiki> input to solve problems, particularly those involving image classification, which are not solvable by computers.<br />
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Such an approach can serve to create the learning set as the basis for training an {{w|artificial intelligence}} (AI) to better recognize or respond to similar stimuli. This approach was used by Google to identify house numbers for Google Street View, and nowadays Google also uses CAPTCHAs to identify street signs and objects in pictures. This might be a reasonable way to help improve the performance of the AI in a self-driving car that responds to video input, by reviewing images it might encounter and flagging road signs, etc. that it should respond to.<br />
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However, the temptation might be to simply sidestep the hard problem of AI by having all instances 'solved' by "offloading [the] work onto random strangers" through CAPTCHAs. For example, this has been used to defeat CAPTCHAs themselves; people were asked to solve CAPTCHAs to unlock pornographic images in a computer game, while the solution for the CAPTCHA was relayed to a server belonging to cybercriminals. (See [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7067962.stm PC stripper helps spam to spread] and [https://doi.org/10.1016/S1353-4858(08)70036-9 Humans + porn = solved Captcha]).<br />
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Alarmingly, the developers of this '{{w|Self-driving car|self driving}}' car seem to have gone for the lazy approach. Instead of teaching an AI, the CAPTCHA answer is used in real time to check whether the "self-driving" car is about to arrive at an intersection with a stop sign. This information is pretty critical, as failing to mark the stop could cause an accident. The user is unlikely to respond to the CAPTCHA in time to avert disaster, not to mention that any interruption to the car's internet connection could prove fatal. [[:Category:Self-driving cars|Self driving cars]] has become a recurrent theme on xkcd.<br />
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The system depicted is a {{w|Wizard of Oz experiment}} (as is the "Mechanical Turk" which a popular crowdworking system is named after) whereas actual self-driving cars, to the extent that they can use (Re-) CAPTCHA-style human detection systems, would involve an asynchronous decision system. Other synchronous decision systems which actually exist are political voting and money as a token of the exchange value of trade. <br />
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The title text explains that this method could be called "crowdsourced steering", {{w|crowdsourcing}} meaning sending the data on the internet to let several users provide their ideas and input on a problem. People would naturally suspect that this is considerably less safe than a car which is actually capable of self-driving; if the internet can barely [[1333: First Date|collectively steer a videogame character]], what chance do they have steering an actual, physical vehicle?<br />
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This also suggests that [[Randall]] is a bit skeptical of the current stage of AI, as this doubts whether the AI technology really is working in the way that we expect. It also comments on how what we call 'progress' actually is putting our work onto other people.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Inside a frame there is the following text above an image:]<br />
:To complete your registration, please tell us whether or not this image contains a stop sign:<br />
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:[The square image is a drawing of a road leading up to a sign post with a hard to read word at the top part of the sign. The sign also has two smaller signs left and right with unreadable text. The image is of poor quality, but trees and other obstacles next to the road can be seen. Darkness around the edges of the image could indicate that it is night and the landscape is only lit up by a cars head lights.]<br />
:Sign: Stop<br />
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:[Beneath the image there are two large gray buttons with a word in each:]<br />
:No Yes<br />
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:[Beneath the buttons are the following text:]<br />
:Answer quickly – our self-driving car is almost at the intersection.<br />
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:[Caption beneath the frame:]<br />
:So much of "AI" is just figuring out way to offload work onto random strangers.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Self-driving cars]]<br />
[[Category:Artificial Intelligence]]</div>Cattail is da besthttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1904:_Research_Risks&diff=1480481904: Research Risks2017-11-18T04:29:47Z<p>Cattail is da best: /* Table */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1904<br />
| date = October 18, 2017<br />
| title = Research Risks<br />
| image = research_risks.png<br />
| titletext = The 1919 Great Boston Molasses Flood remained the deadliest confectionery containment accident until the Canadian Space Agency's 2031 orbital maple syrup delivery disaster.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete| First draft. Add percentages on the table, elaborate on the explanations. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This is a comparison of the possibility of the subjects of various sciences being a threat to humanity. It can either be an autonomous threat to the local population (i.e. by escape from a lab), or as part of a supervillain's scheme to rule the world. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBkT19uH2RQ]<br />
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There have so far been several similar comics with such [[:Category:Scatter plots|scatter plots]]. See for instance [[388: Fuck Grapefruit]], [[1242: Scary Names]], [[1468: Worrying]], [[1501: Mysteries]] and [[1701: Speed and Danger]].<br />
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The title text is related to the Molasses Storage entry at the bottom left of the chart, and references the {{w|Great Molasses Flood}}, also known as the Great Boston Molasses Flood. It occurred on January 15, 1919 in the North End neighborhood of {{w|Boston}}, {{w|Massachusetts}} (the state in which [[Randall]] lives). A large {{w|molasses}} storage tank burst and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150. The joke in the title text is that in 2031 (14 years after the release of this comic) the {{w|Canadian Space Agency}} has an even more serious disaster, which will be known as the orbital {{w|maple syrup}} delivery disaster. The title text claims that this disaster then became the deadliest {{w|confectionery}} containment accident, thus killing more than 21 people...<br />
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==Table==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Risk of Breaking Free !! Risk of Supervillain !! Research field !! Research Risks !! Comments<br />
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| data-sort-value="1" | very low || data-sort-value="6" | very high || Prosthetics || Cyborgs || A large number of villains in media have had augmentative and non-augmentative prosthetics for various reasons.<br />
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| data-sort-value="2" | low || data-sort-value="5" | high || Neuroscience || Mind Control || <br />
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| data-sort-value="1" | very low || data-sort-value="5" | high || Laser Optics || Something like {{w|Laser Weapon System}}. Or a powerful laser could be used to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoQwKe0lggw cut the hero in two] as in {{w|Goldfinger}}. || See {{w|Directed-energy weapon}}.<br />
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| data-sort-value="3" | medium low || data-sort-value="5" | high || Pharmacology || Poisons ||<br />
|-<br />
| data-sort-value="2" | low || data-sort-value="5" | high || Materials Science || New materials used for villainous purposes || Adamantium, Vibranium, Kyrptonite, etc. <br />
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| data-sort-value="2" | low || data-sort-value="4" | medium high || Sociology || Sociological research may help in becoming a tyrant and then lead nation to war. ||<br />
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| data-sort-value="1" | very low || data-sort-value="4" | medium high || History || Ministry of Truth, using methods of previous successful dictators and learning from the errors of unsuccessful attempted dictators || History is mere data and records, which does not "break free". A particular ''subject'' of history, however, can be of use to a supervillain.<br />
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| data-sort-value="3" | medium low || data-sort-value="4" | medium high || Psychology || Ministry of Truth, Hannibal Lecter ||<br />
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| data-sort-value="5" | high || data-sort-value="6" | very high || Robotics || Villains: Robot minions. Escape: robots gaining sentience and killing everything, or nanobots going rogue and devouring everything in their path. ||<br />
|-<br />
| data-sort-value="6" | very high || data-sort-value="6" | very high || Genetic Engineering || Villains: Modify troops to make super powered minions. Escape: Modified life could cause havoc || See {{w|Gene drive}}<br />
|-<br />
| data-sort-value="4" | medium high || data-sort-value="5" | high || Chemistry || Explosives, corrosives, fast oxidation ||<br />
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| data-sort-value="6" | very high || data-sort-value="5" | high || Microbiology || Lethal diseases || See for instance {{w|12 Monkeys}}<br />
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| data-sort-value="1" | very low || data-sort-value="3" | medium low || Geology || Golems, Earthquake machines || Study of rocks. Scores below average on the supervillain scale despite Lex Luthor's plan in the 1978 ''Superman'' movie hinging on setting off the San Andreas Fault.<br />
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| data-sort-value="1" | very low || data-sort-value="3" | medium low || Linguistics || 1984 Newspeak ||<br />
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| data-sort-value="2" | low || data-sort-value="2" | low || Paleontology || Reviving dinosaurs and other such prehistoric creatures. || Study of fossils<br />
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| data-sort-value="1" | very low || data-sort-value="1" | very low || Astronomy || Asteroid impact ||<br />
|-<br />
| data-sort-value="3" | medium low || data-sort-value="1" | very low || Molasses Storage || Breaking free chance is medium low as molasses did "escape" at least once in history. || See {{w|Great Molasses Flood}}, as referenced in the title text<br />
|-<br />
| data-sort-value="1" | very low || data-sort-value="1" | very low || Dentistry || Torture/Interrogation (see for instance [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Man_(film) Marathon Man]) ||<br />
|-<br />
| data-sort-value="5" | high || data-sort-value="3" | medium low || Botany || Audrey II, Triffids || Plants are commonly used in horror films where they mutate and eat everything <br />
|-<br />
| data-sort-value="6" | very high || data-sort-value="3" | medium low || Entomology || Insects are small and can often escape through even small cracks, and are known for carrying diseases. They could also mutate into terrifying threats - see for example the movie {{w|Empire_of_the_Ants_(film)}}|| Study of insects<br />
|-<br />
| data-sort-value="4" | medium high || data-sort-value="2" | low || Mycology || Fungi cannot move, but their spores could easily spread, therefore, escape probability has been deemed medium high. However the risk of mycology being used for evil has raised strongly with the release of Star Trek Discovery.|| {{w|Mycology}} is the study of {{w|fungi}}.<br />
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| data-sort-value="6" | very high || data-sort-value="2" | low || Marine Biology || Sharknado, Jaws. || Villains may keep a tank of sharks in order to dispose of opposition; strangely, despite the popularity this is not considered useful for a villain to conquer the world (perhaps because the use of sharks over, say, lions or spikes is purely for semantic reasons).<br />
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| data-sort-value="5" | high || data-sort-value="1" | very low || Ornithology || Flying is a useful escape mechanism. Villains may sometimes keep a bird of prey as a pet. || Study of birds.<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[A chart with two crossing lines with double arrows. Each arrow is labeled:]<br />
:Y axis top: High<br />
:Y axis bottom: Low<br />
:X axis left: Low<br />
:X axis right: High<br />
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:[Near each of the "high" ends of the two axis there is a label written in gray, with a line pointing to the relevant axis:]<br />
:Y axis: Risk of your research being used by a supervillain for world domination<br />
:X axis: Risk of the thing you're studying breaking free from your facility and threatening the local population<br />
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:[The following points are on the charts upper left quadrant (in reading order):]<br />
:Prosthetics<br />
:Neuroscience<br />
:Laser Optics<br />
:Pharmacology<br />
:Materials Science<br />
:Sociology<br />
:History<br />
:Psychology<br />
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:[The following points are on the charts upper right quadrant (in reading order):]<br />
:Robotics<br />
:Genetic Engineering<br />
:Chemistry<br />
:Microbiology<br />
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:[The following points are on the charts lower left quadrant (in reading order):]<br />
:Geology<br />
:Linguistics<br />
:Paleontology<br />
:Astronomy<br />
:Molasses Storage<br />
:Dentistry<br />
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:[The following points are on the charts lower right quadrant (in reading order):]<br />
:Botany<br />
:Entomology<br />
:Mycology<br />
:Marine Biology<br />
:Ornithology<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* The comic initially had the erroneous spelling "Entymology" (possibly a mistaken mix-up between etymology and entomology, similar to [[1012: Wrong Superhero]]). This was later changed to the correct "Entomology".<br />
* The SSL-Certificate of xkcd expired while this comic was online, causing a non-reachability of the site. <br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Scatter plots]]<br />
[[Category:Rankings]]<br />
[[Category:Science]]<br />
[[Category:Astronomy]]<br />
[[Category:Chemistry]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]<br />
[[Category:Physics]]<br />
[[Category:Animals]]<br />
[[Category:Space]]</div>Cattail is da besthttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1903:_Bun_Trend&diff=148047Talk:1903: Bun Trend2017-11-18T04:24:44Z<p>Cattail is da best: </p>
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Outside of xkcd comics, who has actually heard the term "bun" used to describe rabbits? I have never heard it ouside of this comic and I do not like it. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.112|108.162.237.112]] 22:09, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I take it you've never been on [http://www.reddit.com/r/Zootopia /r/Zootopia] then.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.148|108.162.229.148]] 10:30, 18 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Bread product ≠ rabbit - Subject says it all. {{unsigned ip|141.101.107.168}}<br />
:Yes, as to the trivia, I find it ridiculous that they might *not* be rabbits, per the diagram and reference to a small one, etc. I would correct this insanity had I more time.<br />
:: Jacky720 forgot to sign this comment. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 19:00, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Other Bun comics include [[1682]] and [[1871]] - maybe we should start a category? --[[User:AnotherAnonymous|AnotherAnonymous]] ([[User talk:AnotherAnonymous|talk]]) 14:58, 16 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
:We can just link to the other "bun" comics for now—we can create a category when more pop up. [[User:RamenChef|RamenChef]] ([[User talk:RamenChef|talk]]) 18:21, 16 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
:: [[204]] already mixed politics and rabbits. [[User:Andcoz|Andcoz]] ([[User talk:Andcoz|talk]])<br />
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Sure sure, everyone thinks they're harmless, until one picks up a switchblade and an attitude. [[User:DevAudio|DevAudio]] ([[User talk:DevAudio|talk]]) 15:32, 16 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
: Only Monty Python understood their potential danger. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 18:55, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Is it true that Bun trends are increasing? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.223|162.158.69.223]]<br />
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The long-awaited game Overgrowth was officially released on Steam today. It has been most succinctly described as a "Bunny Brawler". Coincidence? I think not!<br />
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Is the {beep} a reference to the bun alert (which beret guy has installed)? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.226|162.158.63.226]] 23:35, 16 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I guess that {beep} is definitely a reference to the bun alert, and that the "recent acceleration in numbers" is only an observed trend due to more users reporting buns over the app, not an actual increase in numbers. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.34|108.162.216.34]] 00:05, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Good morning, Governor. Our tracking systems show a rapid increase in the number of buns featured on xkcd. <br />
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There's been a long-term upward trend, but it has accelerated recently. <br />
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So if you want to see comics about buns, there are lots of them there! <br />
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Ooh! <br />
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There's a new one right now! <br />
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It's been an honor to comment.<br />
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[[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 01:57, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:''Our tracking systems show a <s>rapid</s> rabbit increase in the number of buns featured on xkcd.''<br />
:FTFY [[User:Ruffy314|Ruffy314]] ([[User talk:Ruffy314|talk]]) 19:45, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Current incomplete explanation is "Created by Randall Munroe". Seriously? Is this accurate or is somebody goofing around? If true I'd say that makes the explanation automatically complete, LOL! Except I wouldn't want to be the one to remove this special occurance. From the looks of the comments, looks like in previous versions of the explanation someone AGAIN confused this terminology with a bread roll. If only there were previous comics which referred to rabbits as "buns"... :) Or if there was a rabbit IN the comic. Or if someone, like this governor for example, made the connection between rabbits and the term "buns". LOL! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 03:35, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Maybe Randall finally found out about the site and somehow contributed... who knows? --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD''' ]]<sup>[[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]]</sup> 12:34, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
:: As far as I gather, Randall has been aware of this site for ages, but doesn't actually say anything or declare himself anyway. He might enjoy watching people discussing and arguing about what he might mean. :) I've seen people declare with certainty that they know he knows, I give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they've seen evidence of this and aren't merely assuming themselves. Of course, now the explanation says it's by a Velociraptor. I equally believe this means A) Someone IS goofing around, and "Randall Monroe" is one of the goofs, or B) It's actually Randall, and HE'S goofing around (we all know his like for random velociraptors, and I could totally see him amusing himself this way), perhaps he changed it because I called attention to it. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 18:47, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Speaking as an Aussie, an increase in rabbits can cause a major environmental disaster. Be careful of a bun-megadon! Remember that they're not a good thing in environments they didn't evolve in. I think over here in Oz, we actually do get rabbit increase reports. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.53|108.162.250.53]] 12:35, 17 October 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Someone say how is this incomplete? The velociraptor thing is NOT amusing[[User:Cattail is da best|Cattail is da best]] ([[User talk:Cattail is da best|talk]]) 04:24, 18 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Sightings observed ==<br />
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The concept of a service for spotting buns is not ''that'' unlikely. When I went to secondary school, a kid from my class was an ornithology buff. He received text messages when certain birds were spotted, including location and information on whether the bird(s) was only passing. This was in the pre-app era. Today a quick google search show that there are a few worldwide spotting apps, where ornithologists can log and share sightings of birds. Eg. [http://www.birdseyebirding.com/ BirdsEye]<br />
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--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.100|162.158.134.100]] 08:52, 18 October 2017 (UTC)</div>Cattail is da besthttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1533:_Antique_Factory&diff=1480461533: Antique Factory2017-11-18T04:17:20Z<p>Cattail is da best: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1533<br />
| date = June 3, 2015<br />
| title = Antique Factory<br />
| image = antique_factory.png<br />
| titletext = WARNING: This item was aged by the same inexorable passage of time that also processes nuts.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
[[Beret Guy]] has a new job with a paradoxical premise. When asked where he works, he says "{{w|Antique}} factory!" which is an [[wiktionary:oxymoron|oxymoron]] since one cannot build an antique object directly in a factory: Only when the item is old enough to be worth more than its original price (and will often have to have been in use during this time period), can it be called an antique.<br />
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At the "factory", Beret Guy walks up to a chair, a table, and a small cabinet, then simply sits down in the chair and does nothing else. Of course, one does not simply make or manufacture antiques - instead, one must wait. Beret Guy appears to be doing exactly this. The implication is that the "antique factory" is simply a place where furniture is stored until it becomes old enough to be considered "antique", and that Beret Guy doesn't perform any useful function (except perhaps using the items to make them look old and worn, or keeping an eye on the inventory so it won't be stolen).<br />
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The title text refers to allergy warning labels saying ''May contain nuts''. More specifically, they may say "Manufactured in a facility which also processes nuts", "Manufactured on equipment that also processes nuts", or similar. These warnings indicate that bits of powder and oil from nuts may have been mixed into the product, creating a hazard to people with nut allergies. Sometimes these warnings are used for allergens besides nuts, but nuts are likely the most common.<br />
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The joke here is that of course the time that has passed for a specific item to become an antique will be the same time that has also passed while elsewhere nuts have grown.{{Citation needed}} Thus the time that has [[wiktionary:inexorable#Adjective|inexorably]] passed to make a specific item antique will also have processed nuts.<br />
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Beret Guy has previously "traveled" into the future in [[209: Kayak]].<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Beret Guy is leaving with a briefcase in hand.]<br />
:Beret Guy: Gotta go - I'm late for work.<br />
:Off-screen voice: Oh, where are you working now?<br />
:Beret Guy: Antique factory!<br />
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:[Beret Guy arrives in a room with a chair, a table, and a small cabinet. He pulls out the chair.]<br />
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:[Beret Guy sits in the chair. He has placed the briefcase behind the chair.]<br />
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:[Beat panel.]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]]<br />
[[Category:Beret Guy's Business]]</div>Cattail is da besthttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1917:_How_to_Make_Friends&diff=1480141917: How to Make Friends2017-11-17T06:10:56Z<p>Cattail is da best: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1917<br />
| date = November 17, 2017<br />
| title = How to Make Friends<br />
| image = how_to_make_friends.png<br />
| titletext = No, wait, come back! I want to be friends at you!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a user who also doesn't know how to make freinds - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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This comic shows [[Cueball]] in the place of [[Randall]] and [[Hairy]] having a conversation. It starts out with a common way of making friends or interacting with friends, hanging out over a meal. However, Cueball then says that he also doesn't need to eat to talk, which is also true but is a weird response. The comic then takes a truly fictional step, with Cueball saying he doesn't need to eat, but then saying he does but does not want to and saying they can eat later. This is very poor social skills. {{Citation needed}} This is obviously a situation that Randall has encountered before.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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A panel with the words :<br />
Presenting: How to make friends.<br />
The next panel with Cueball and Hairy talking<br />
Cueball:Want to eat food together?<br />
Cueball: We could also sit together without talking. I don't need to eat. I mean, I do need to eat. But if you don;t want to eat then we can just talk. I can eat later.<br />
Next panel with words<br />
:okay, It turns out I still haven't figured how how to do this.sorry.</div>Cattail is da besthttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1917:_How_to_Make_Friends&diff=1480131917: How to Make Friends2017-11-17T06:07:11Z<p>Cattail is da best: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1917<br />
| date = November 17, 2017<br />
| title = How to Make Friends<br />
| image = how_to_make_friends.png<br />
| titletext = No, wait, come back! I want to be friends at you!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a user who also doesn't know how to make freinds - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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This comic shows [[Cueball]] in the place of [[Randall]] and [[Hairy]] having a conversation. It starts out with a common way of making friends or interacting with friends, hanging out over a meal. However, Cueball then says that he also doesn't need to eat to talk, which is also true but is a weird response. The comic then takes a truly fictional step, with Cueball saying he doesn't need to eat, but then saying he does but does not want to and saying they can eat later. This is very poor social skills. {{Citation needed}} This is obviously a situation that Randall has encountered before.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Cattail is da best