561: Well - Revision history

Tsuchinoko: Fixed typo

2025-10-31T12:51:16Z

Fixed typo

FaviFake: Undo revision 389787 by Lettherebedarklight (talk) I've heard this story many times. Consider improving it rather than straight-up reverting.

2025-10-30T15:39:17Z

Undo revision 389787 by Lettherebedarklight (talk) I've heard this story many times. Consider improving it rather than straight-up reverting.

Lettherebedarklight: Undo revision 389774 by 82.132.244.138 (talk): i have a typewriter and the hammers for t and h are literally next to each other

2025-10-29T15:50:12Z

Undo revision 389774 by 82.132.244.138 (talk): i have a typewriter and the hammers for t and h are literally next to each other

82.132.244.138: Undo revision 389753 by Lettherebedarklight (talk) Modified revert. Keys side-by-side doesn't mean hammers side-by-side, which is what counted. But other things involved too.

2025-10-29T14:29:17Z

Undo revision 389753 by Lettherebedarklight (talk) Modified revert. Keys side-by-side doesn't mean hammers side-by-side, which is what counted. But other things involved too.

Lettherebedarklight: /* Explanation */ this is a myth. if it was true, why are t and h so close to each other?

2025-10-29T07:48:48Z

‎Explanation: this is a myth. if it was true, why are t and h so close to each other?

FaviFake: added Category:The Uncomfortable Truths Well using HotCat

2025-07-28T22:47:44Z

added Category:The Uncomfortable Truths Well using HotCat

FaviFake at 07:46, 19 April 2025

2025-04-19T07:46:34Z

FaviFake at 07:46, 19 April 2025

2025-04-19T07:46:17Z

FaviFake at 07:44, 19 April 2025

2025-04-19T07:44:10Z

FaviFake: /* Trivia */

2025-04-19T07:43:08Z

‎Trivia

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 In the Dvorak layout, {{w|August Dvorak}} placed the most frequently used keys at the most easily accessible places; Dvorak's advocates claim this reduces typing effort and repetitive strain (as mentioned in the title text) while increasing typing speed and accuracy. However, rigorous, unbiased studies have yet to clearly show significant superiority. (As the title text mentions, the most commonly cited study in Dvorak's favor was overseen by Dvorak himself during his US Navy service in World War II.) This was the second comic to refer to Dvorak after [[554: Not Enough Work]], and since then it has become a [[:Category:Dvorak|recurrent theme]] on xkcd.
-The third and fourth truths are connected: they involve the two people receiving them and (presumably) their relationship with each other. Every time [[Cueball]] said "I love you" he never really meant it; whereas [[Megan]] meant it every time she said "I love you". This is very uncomfortable for both! This could also be intentional, since in [[568: Well 2]], a person called Mike (who happens to be a friend of [[Megan]]), is actually hiding inside the well and tells these uncomfortable "truths", he would have intentionally broken Cueball and Megan up to be able to manipulate Megan in the next installment. In [[1608: Hoverboard]], there is also a well in the left part of the world. It has the same type of covered top and, at the bottom, there is a girl with a coin a coin, like the one thrown into a wishing well. Here are the [http://xkcd.com/1608/980:-1077+s.png top] and the [http://xkcd.com/1608/980:-1073+s.png bottom] of the well from [[1608: Hoverboard]].
+The third and fourth truths are connected: they involve the two people receiving them and (presumably) their relationship with each other. Every time [[Cueball]] said "I love you" he never really meant it; whereas [[Megan]] meant it every time she said "I love you". This is very uncomfortable for both! This could also be intentional, since in [[568: Well 2]], a person called Mike (who happens to be a friend of [[Megan]]), is actually hiding inside the well and tells these uncomfortable "truths", he would have intentionally broken Cueball and Megan up to be able to manipulate Megan in the next installment. In [[1608: Hoverboard]], there is also a well in the left part of the world. It has the same type of covered top and, at the bottom, there is a girl with a coin, like the one thrown into a wishing well. Here are the [http://xkcd.com/1608/980:-1077+s.png top] and the [http://xkcd.com/1608/980:-1073+s.png bottom] of the well from [[1608: Hoverboard]].
 The title text perpetuates the {{w|Editor war|Emacs vs. vi debate}}. Both {{w|Emacs}} and {{w|Vim (text editor)|Vim}} are text editors that are frequently used as general-language editors of source code. The issue is that, while Emacs is more user-friendly and customizable, vim is more lightweight while needing few keystrokes in text editing. Because of this balance, fans of Emacs and fans of vim end up fighting each other.

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 This comic would later be followed by [[568: Well 2]]. Uncomfortable truths are truths that exist, but no one wants to have to think about them. The first is about ''{{w|Firefly (TV Series)|Firefly}}'', the TV series created by {{w|Joss Whedon}} and canceled by {{w|FOX}}, due to poor ratings performance, after {{tvtropes|OutOfOrder|airing the first 13 episodes out-of-order}}. In ''Firefly'', the main languages spoken are English and Chinese (supposedly in equal measure), because China was the only other world power besides America to go to space (Joss Whedon's own explanation on the DVDs). However, there are {{tvtropes|HumansAreWhite|very few actual Asians}} on-screen.
-The second is about two different keyboard layouts, QWERTY and Dvorak. The {{w|QWERTY}} layout, named after the first six letters on its keys, is ths most common keyboard layout and can be found on almost every modern keyboard. A few people created alternative layouts, such as {{w|Blickensderfer typewriter|Blickensderfer's DHIATENSOR layout}} in 1892, or the {{w|Dvorak Simplified Keyboard}} in 1932. Such layouts never really caught on; by then, typists were all very used to the QWERTY layout, and were unwilling to take the time and effort to learn a new one.
+The second is about two different keyboard layouts, QWERTY and Dvorak. One interpretation is that early {{w|typewriter}}s used to jam easily if two keys with mechanically adjacent 'hammers' were struck at about the same time. To work around this, the {{w|QWERTY}} layout, named after the first six letters on its keys, scattered common letter combinations around the keyboard to mitigate this, thus greatly avoiding the problem. The true history is {{w|QWERTY#History|more complicated}}, though jamming was likely amongst the various considerations that led to its final form. Later typewriter mechanisms were less prone to jamming, which prompted a few people to try to create alternative layouts to solve perceived problems with QWERTY's various assumptions, such as {{w|Blickensderfer typewriter|Blickensderfer's DHIATENSOR layout}} in 1892, or the {{w|Dvorak Simplified Keyboard}} in 1932. Such layouts never really caught on; by then, established typists were all very used to the QWERTY layout, and were unwilling to take the time and effort to learn a new one.
 In the Dvorak layout, {{w|August Dvorak}} placed the most frequently used keys at the most easily accessible places; Dvorak's advocates claim this reduces typing effort and repetitive strain (as mentioned in the title text) while increasing typing speed and accuracy. However, rigorous, unbiased studies have yet to clearly show significant superiority. (As the title text mentions, the most commonly cited study in Dvorak's favor was overseen by Dvorak himself during his US Navy service in World War II.) This was the second comic to refer to Dvorak after [[554: Not Enough Work]], and since then it has become a [[:Category:Dvorak|recurrent theme]] on xkcd.

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 This comic would later be followed by [[568: Well 2]]. Uncomfortable truths are truths that exist, but no one wants to have to think about them. The first is about ''{{w|Firefly (TV Series)|Firefly}}'', the TV series created by {{w|Joss Whedon}} and canceled by {{w|FOX}}, due to poor ratings performance, after {{tvtropes|OutOfOrder|airing the first 13 episodes out-of-order}}. In ''Firefly'', the main languages spoken are English and Chinese (supposedly in equal measure), because China was the only other world power besides America to go to space (Joss Whedon's own explanation on the DVDs). However, there are {{tvtropes|HumansAreWhite|very few actual Asians}} on-screen.
-The second is about two different keyboard layouts, QWERTY and Dvorak. One interpretation is that early {{w|typewriter}}s used to jam easily if two keys with mechanically adjacent 'hammers' were struck at about the same time. To work around this, the {{w|QWERTY}} layout, named after the first six letters on its keys, scattered common letter combinations around the keyboard to mitigate this, thus greatly avoiding the problem. The true history is {{w|QWERTY#History|more complicated}}, though jamming was likely amongst the various considerations that led to its final form. Later typewriter mechanisms were less prone to jamming, which prompted a few people to try to create alternative layouts to solve perceived problems with QWERTY's various assumptions, such as {{w|Blickensderfer typewriter|Blickensderfer's DHIATENSOR layout}} in 1892, or the {{w|Dvorak Simplified Keyboard}} in 1932. Such layouts never really caught on; by then, established typists were all very used to the QWERTY layout, and were unwilling to take the time and effort to learn a new one.
+The second is about two different keyboard layouts, QWERTY and Dvorak. The {{w|QWERTY}} layout, named after the first six letters on its keys, is ths most common keyboard layout and can be found on almost every modern keyboard. A few people created alternative layouts, such as {{w|Blickensderfer typewriter|Blickensderfer's DHIATENSOR layout}} in 1892, or the {{w|Dvorak Simplified Keyboard}} in 1932. Such layouts never really caught on; by then, typists were all very used to the QWERTY layout, and were unwilling to take the time and effort to learn a new one.
 In the Dvorak layout, {{w|August Dvorak}} placed the most frequently used keys at the most easily accessible places; Dvorak's advocates claim this reduces typing effort and repetitive strain (as mentioned in the title text) while increasing typing speed and accuracy. However, rigorous, unbiased studies have yet to clearly show significant superiority. (As the title text mentions, the most commonly cited study in Dvorak's favor was overseen by Dvorak himself during his US Navy service in World War II.) This was the second comic to refer to Dvorak after [[554: Not Enough Work]], and since then it has become a [[:Category:Dvorak|recurrent theme]] on xkcd.

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 This comic would later be followed by [[568: Well 2]]. Uncomfortable truths are truths that exist, but no one wants to have to think about them. The first is about ''{{w|Firefly (TV Series)|Firefly}}'', the TV series created by {{w|Joss Whedon}} and canceled by {{w|FOX}}, due to poor ratings performance, after {{tvtropes|OutOfOrder|airing the first 13 episodes out-of-order}}. In ''Firefly'', the main languages spoken are English and Chinese (supposedly in equal measure), because China was the only other world power besides America to go to space (Joss Whedon's own explanation on the DVDs). However, there are {{tvtropes|HumansAreWhite|very few actual Asians}} on-screen.
-The second is about two different keyboard layouts, QWERTY and Dvorak. The {{w|QWERTY}} layout, named after the first six letters on its keys, is ths most common keyboard layout and can be found on almost every modern keyboard. A few people created alternative layouts, such as {{w|Blickensderfer typewriter|Blickensderfer's DHIATENSOR layout}} in 1892, or the {{w|Dvorak Simplified Keyboard}} in 1932. Such layouts never really caught on; by then, typists were all very used to the QWERTY layout, and were unwilling to take the time and effort to learn a new one.
+The second is about two different keyboard layouts, QWERTY and Dvorak. One interpretation is that early {{w|typewriter}}s used to jam easily if two keys with mechanically adjacent 'hammers' were struck at about the same time. To work around this, the {{w|QWERTY}} layout, named after the first six letters on its keys, scattered common letter combinations around the keyboard to mitigate this, thus greatly avoiding the problem. The true history is {{w|QWERTY#History|more complicated}}, though jamming was likely amongst the various considerations that led to its final form. Later typewriter mechanisms were less prone to jamming, which prompted a few people to try to create alternative layouts to solve perceived problems with QWERTY's various assumptions, such as {{w|Blickensderfer typewriter|Blickensderfer's DHIATENSOR layout}} in 1892, or the {{w|Dvorak Simplified Keyboard}} in 1932. Such layouts never really caught on; by then, established typists were all very used to the QWERTY layout, and were unwilling to take the time and effort to learn a new one.
 In the Dvorak layout, {{w|August Dvorak}} placed the most frequently used keys at the most easily accessible places; Dvorak's advocates claim this reduces typing effort and repetitive strain (as mentioned in the title text) while increasing typing speed and accuracy. However, rigorous, unbiased studies have yet to clearly show significant superiority. (As the title text mentions, the most commonly cited study in Dvorak's favor was overseen by Dvorak himself during his US Navy service in World War II.) This was the second comic to refer to Dvorak after [[554: Not Enough Work]], and since then it has become a [[:Category:Dvorak|recurrent theme]] on xkcd.

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 This comic would later be followed by [[568: Well 2]]. Uncomfortable truths are truths that exist, but no one wants to have to think about them. The first is about ''{{w|Firefly (TV Series)|Firefly}}'', the TV series created by {{w|Joss Whedon}} and canceled by {{w|FOX}}, due to poor ratings performance, after {{tvtropes|OutOfOrder|airing the first 13 episodes out-of-order}}. In ''Firefly'', the main languages spoken are English and Chinese (supposedly in equal measure), because China was the only other world power besides America to go to space (Joss Whedon's own explanation on the DVDs). However, there are {{tvtropes|HumansAreWhite|very few actual Asians}} on-screen.
-The second is about two different keyboard layouts, QWERTY and Dvorak. Early {{w|typewriter}}s used to jam easily if two nearby keys were struck at about the same time. To work around this, the {{w|QWERTY}} layout, named after the first six letters on its keys, scattered common letter combinations around the keyboard, thus greatly avoiding the problem. Later typewriter mechanisms were less prone to jamming, which prompted a few people to try to create alternative layouts, such as {{w|Blickensderfer typewriter|Blickensderfer's DHIATENSOR layout}} in 1892, or the {{w|Dvorak Simplified Keyboard}} in 1932. Such layouts never really caught on; by then, typists were all very used to the QWERTY layout, and were unwilling to take the time and effort to learn a new one.
+The second is about two different keyboard layouts, QWERTY and Dvorak. The {{w|QWERTY}} layout, named after the first six letters on its keys, is ths most common keyboard layout and can be found on almost every modern keyboard. A few people created alternative layouts, such as {{w|Blickensderfer typewriter|Blickensderfer's DHIATENSOR layout}} in 1892, or the {{w|Dvorak Simplified Keyboard}} in 1932. Such layouts never really caught on; by then, typists were all very used to the QWERTY layout, and were unwilling to take the time and effort to learn a new one.
 In the Dvorak layout, {{w|August Dvorak}} placed the most frequently used keys at the most easily accessible places; Dvorak's advocates claim this reduces typing effort and repetitive strain (as mentioned in the title text) while increasing typing speed and accuracy. However, rigorous, unbiased studies have yet to clearly show significant superiority. (As the title text mentions, the most commonly cited study in Dvorak's favor was overseen by Dvorak himself during his US Navy service in World War II.) This was the second comic to refer to Dvorak after [[554: Not Enough Work]], and since then it has become a [[:Category:Dvorak|recurrent theme]] on xkcd.

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 ==Trivia==
-*In the comic game [[1608: Hoverboard]] there is also a well in the left part of the world. This well has the same type of covered top and at the bottom (it is very deep) there is a girl and above her a coin, like the one thrown into a wishing well. On these links, to images on {{xkcd}}; used in the game, the [http://xkcd.com/1608/980:-1077+s.png top] and the [http://xkcd.com/1608/980:-1073+s.png bottom] of the well can be seen.
+In [[1608: Hoverboard]], there is also a well in the left part of the world. It has the same type of covered top and, at the bottom, there is a girl with a coin a coin, like the one thrown into a wishing well. Here are the [http://xkcd.com/1608/980:-1077+s.png top] and the [http://xkcd.com/1608/980:-1073+s.png bottom] of the well from [[1608: Hoverboard]].
 {{comic discussion}}