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...if you ever find yourself raising log(anything)^e or taking the pi-th root of anything, set down the marker and back away from the whiteboard; something ...ns for numbers, most of them mathematical and physical constants, but some of them jokes and cultural references.

This comic begins with the beginning of the {{w|Apocalypse}}, hence the title. It is depicted, properly, with a ver ...ersal resurrection|resurrection of the dead}} is from the biblical version of the Apocalypse, the {{w|Last Judgment}}.

{{List of comics}} This is a list of comics from 1001 to 1500.

...the internet (and on early text messaging systems), meant to provide a bit of {{w|obfuscation}} to plain text both to make it harder to read and to show ...n five consecutive days (Monday to Friday) and not over the usual schedule of three comics a week. These are all the comics in [[:Category:1337|1337 seri

...a password is. It is calculated as ''log2(a^b)'' where ''a'' is the number of allowed symbols and ''b'' is its length. ...expressed with log2(65000*94*94), with 65000 representing a rough estimate of all dictionary words people are likely to choose. (For related info, see ht

The comic gives examples of four non-functional {{w|sorting algorithm}}s written in {{w|Pseudocode|pseu ...orting. In its current state, the sort would divide the list into elements of size one, then recombine them in their original unsorted order, but in nest

...ther types of pages here: [[1506: xkcloud/Pictures of other pages|Pictures of other pages]]. ...n the red button on the [[1506: xkcloud#Transcript|front page]] (only part of the transcript written on the main page for xkcd), you will see either:

{{TOC}}To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1608|original comic}}! ...active comics|interactive comic]] appeared on the same date as the release of [[Randall]]'s book, ''[[Thing Explainer]]''.

...i?name=CVE-2017-5754 CVE-2017-5754]. CVEs also contain a short description of the issue. ...: Worst-Case Scenario]] and [[1039: RuBisCO]]. Here are short descriptions of all the vulnerabilities mentioned in the comic:

{{TOC}}To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1975|original comic}}. ...omplete|Need to finish explaining [[#Link Spells|the spells]] (second half of the table).

...tell something about you. See the [[#Table of types|table below]] for each of the 10 different ways to express large numbers, plus the 11th mentioned in ...m the planet {{w|Earth}} to the planet {{w|Jupiter}} as of the release day of the comic on June 12th 2020, in {{w|inch|inches}} (1 inch = 2.54 cm).

...expressing the limiting behavior of the algorithm's runtime as its number of inputs grows larger and larger. ...-notation, but a single O-notation generally indicates the mean complexity of operation encountered for all inputs.

...the Notification Hydra… NOTIFICATION: Success! You have dismissed a head of the Notification Hydra!<br><br>''[[:Category:Multiple title texts|Different {{TOC}}To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|3074|original comic}}!

| titletext = The best case is O(n), and the worst case is that someone checks why. ...)" means it grows slightly faster than linear. Faster algorithms, like O(''n''), are generally preferred for large datasets. However, it is known that n

...ator character}} in his password when creating an account and now he can't log in. ...code that uses that string would assume this null character marks the end of the string, so the string would effectively be cut off.