Talk:1658: Estimating Time - Revision history

FaviFake at 17:14, 9 May 2025

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ConscriptGlossary at 11:25, 18 July 2024

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172.70.134.12: trimming

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trimming

Davidy22 at 05:44, 26 May 2016

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162.158.146.244 at 04:46, 26 May 2016

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Kynde at 13:14, 22 March 2016

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Davidy22 at 10:28, 22 March 2016

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Davidy22 at 10:27, 22 March 2016

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Npsych: What Randall's been up to

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What Randall's been up to

162.158.31.205 at 08:24, 22 March 2016

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 [[1627: Woosh]] {{unsigned ip|108.162.218.101}}
 :Well, he's been up against a deadline for a while, I suspect: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-science-textbook.html He's written "The story of What's Inside Your Body" for high school students. "…stick figures and simplistic diagrams annotated with curiously nontechnical prose. A schematic of the human body, for instance, looks more like a subway map with various organs labeled as “air bag,” “blood pusher,” “thinking bag” and so on." [[User:Npsych|Npsych]] ([[User talk:Npsych|talk]]) 09:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
-::Thanks for that info! :-) Another possibility is that we are close to [[:Category:April fools' comics|April 1st]] and he usually does something rather big around that day --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:14, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
+::Thanks for that info! :-) Another possibility is that we are close to [[:Category:April Fools' Day comics|April 1st]] and he usually does something rather big around that day --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:14, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 The garden is the answer. {{unsigned ip|162.158.146.244}}

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	The way I read it, Danish isn't offering to help Ponytail estimate the amount of time needed, she's offering to help her panic: "Don't panic - there's a simple trick for that"; i.e. a simple trick for panicking. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.31.205}}		The way I read it, Danish isn't offering to help Ponytail estimate the amount of time needed, she's offering to help her panic: "Don't panic - there's a simple trick for that"; i.e. a simple trick for panicking. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.31.205}}
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		+	[http://mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=28365 This] post was probably inspired. [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 11:25, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

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 [[1627: Woosh]] {{unsigned ip|108.162.218.101}}
-:Well, he's been up against a deadline for a while, I suspect: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-science-textbook.html?hpw&rref=science&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well He's written "The story of What's Inside Your Body" for high school students. "…stick figures and simplistic diagrams annotated with curiously nontechnical prose. A schematic of the human body, for instance, looks more like a subway map with various organs labeled as “air bag,” “blood pusher,” “thinking bag” and so on." [[User:Npsych|Npsych]] ([[User talk:Npsych|talk]]) 09:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
+:Well, he's been up against a deadline for a while, I suspect: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-science-textbook.html He's written "The story of What's Inside Your Body" for high school students. "…stick figures and simplistic diagrams annotated with curiously nontechnical prose. A schematic of the human body, for instance, looks more like a subway map with various organs labeled as “air bag,” “blood pusher,” “thinking bag” and so on." [[User:Npsych|Npsych]] ([[User talk:Npsych|talk]]) 09:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 ::Thanks for that info! :-) Another possibility is that we are close to [[:Category:April fools' comics|April 1st]] and he usually does something rather big around that day --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:14, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

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 ANSWER ME
 [[1627: Woosh]] {{unsigned ip|108.162.218.101}}
 :Well, he's been up against a deadline for a while, I suspect: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-science-textbook.html?hpw&rref=science&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well He's written "The story of What's Inside Your Body" for high school students. "…stick figures and simplistic diagrams annotated with curiously nontechnical prose. A schematic of the human body, for instance, looks more like a subway map with various organs labeled as “air bag,” “blood pusher,” “thinking bag” and so on." [[User:Npsych|Npsych]] ([[User talk:Npsych|talk]]) 09:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 ::Thanks for that info! :-) Another possibility is that we are close to [[:Category:April fools' comics|April 1st]] and he usually does something rather big around that day --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:14, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 Why is this talking about adding doubling imaginary numbers? Time estimates are usually non-negative real numbers. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.165|162.158.91.165]] 15:01, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

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	[http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1658:_Estimating_Time&diff=next&oldid=115357 This] is absurd. We shouldn't link [[Ponytail]] and [[Danish]] every time their names appear. I deleted 11 links. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.103.219\|141.101.103.219]] 00:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)		[http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1658:_Estimating_Time&diff=next&oldid=115357 This] is absurd. We shouldn't link [[Ponytail]] and [[Danish]] every time their names appear. I deleted 11 links. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.103.219\|141.101.103.219]] 00:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

−	The way I read it, Danish isn't offering to help Ponytail estimate the amount of time needed, she's offering to help her panic: "Don't panic - there's a simple trick for that"; i.e. a simple trick for panicking.	+	The way I read it, Danish isn't offering to help Ponytail estimate the amount of time needed, she's offering to help her panic: "Don't panic - there's a simple trick for that"; i.e. a simple trick for panicking. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.31.205}}

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		+	Well, he's been up against a deadline for a while, I suspect: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-science-textbook.html?hpw&rref=science&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well He's written "The story of What's Inside Your Body" for high school students. "…stick figures and simplistic diagrams annotated with curiously nontechnical prose. A schematic of the human body, for instance, looks more like a subway map with various organs labeled as “air bag,” “blood pusher,” “thinking bag” and so on." [[User:Npsych\|Npsych]] ([[User talk:Npsych\|talk]]) 09:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

	Why is this talking about adding doubling imaginary numbers? Time estimates are usually non-negative real numbers. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.165\|162.158.91.165]] 15:01, 21 March 2016 (UTC)		Why is this talking about adding doubling imaginary numbers? Time estimates are usually non-negative real numbers. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.165\|162.158.91.165]] 15:01, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

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	[http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1658:_Estimating_Time&diff=next&oldid=115357 This] is absurd. We shouldn't link [[Ponytail]] and [[Danish]] every time their names appear. I deleted 11 links. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.103.219\|141.101.103.219]] 00:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)		[http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1658:_Estimating_Time&diff=next&oldid=115357 This] is absurd. We shouldn't link [[Ponytail]] and [[Danish]] every time their names appear. I deleted 11 links. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.103.219\|141.101.103.219]] 00:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
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		+	The way I read it, Danish isn't offering to help Ponytail estimate the amount of time needed, she's offering to help her panic: "Don't panic - there's a simple trick for that"; i.e. a simple trick for panicking.