...and look terribly uncomfortable. At frat parties I do the same thing, but the other way around.|Randall Munroe|[https://xkcd.com/about About xkcd]}}
...eator, writer, and artist of ''[[xkcd]]''. He has a degree in physics from the {{w|Christopher Newport University}} and, prior to his career as a professi
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...puter writer I made for him], and [http://blog.xkcd.com/2015/09/22/a-thing-explainer-word-checker/ here is something he wrote to tell his readers about it]. It'
...//blog.xkcd.com/2015/09/22/a-thing-explainer-word-checker/ blog post about the "simple writer"] James made for him:
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...g to calculate the time adjustment function that minimizes the gap between the most-used and least-used digit (for a representative sample of common cook
...cook something for that number of minutes. Cueball, however, feels bad for the under-used number '9,' so he microwaves his food for one minute fifty-nine
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{{TOC}}To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1110|original comic}}.
{{incomplete|Click to jump to the sections that are incomplete and to learn more:
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...ou're flying up to space and the parts start to fall off your space car in the wrong order. If that happens, it means you won't go to space today, or mayb
...alled a {{w|trans-lunar injection}} which put them on course for the moon. The first burn took 2 minutes 45 seconds, which put them in orbit 185 kilometer
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...influential woman scientist, and would wish people would get over her "as the only important female scientist". She then mentions two other important wom
...adioactive material and ionizing radiation can be done safely if one takes the right precautions β a view that Curie shared, but unfortunately for her,
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...it by pressing more buttons, but following her advice doesn't seem to have the desired effect.
...s happier than me," implies that "pressing buttons to make the pattern [of the 'metal rectangle full of lights'] change," makes a person less happy. Randa
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...clichΓ©s like "candle-lit dinners" and may, in fact, simply indicate that the person enjoys romantic gestures and activities in general. It is likely tha
In this comic, [[Randall]] lists "long walks on the beach" as an interest on a dating profile. However, while a romantic walk m
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...tletext = Actually, I think if all higher math professors had to write for the Simple English Wikipedia for a year, we'd be in much better shape academica
...d responds in a much simpler manner. He uses simple phrases such as "smash the right tiny things together" and "that would be very bad".
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| titletext = According to River, "adequate" vacuuming systems drain the human body at about half a liter per second.
...ius, you'd be quite comfortable outside dressed for the beach) but some of the benchmarks are humorous and/or completely useless as can be seen below.
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...their meal instead of eating it, because there's nothing I love more than the sound of other people chewing.
[[White Hat]] is upset at the sight of people photographing a richly colored sunset. His argument is that
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...ot a bunch of news/info on a bunch of topics, and will answer questions in the comments, so here we go...|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://blog.xkcd.com/2006/1
...2023, most new posts were meant to promote Randall's books or book tours. The most recent post unrelated to Randall's books was [https://blog.xkcd.com/20
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| titletext = Or that I'm at least following the curve of the Earth around to land ...
...longer and 'lighter' until at last he is gliding just above the surface of the Earth. He has apparently had such a dream before, with just such a flight m
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...olded upwards. Also, water entrained in the subducting plate may rise into the second plate and provoke {{w|volcanism}}, often resulting in a {{w|volcanic
...frame in the final panel, while Beret Guy is already halfway down beneath the floor. This would not be possible in real life.{{cn}}
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...[[xkcd]]. Like most characters in xkcd, she does not necessarily represent the same person from comic to comic. She is distinguished by her hair, set up i
...]]Hairbun is a minor character in xkcd. She appeared two weeks in a row in the spring of 2015 ([[1504: Opportunity]] and [[1507: Metaball]]) and was recog
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...to determine which words would go on his list, a list that is revealed in the book. (It can also be found [https://www.xkcd.com/simplewriter/words.js her
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| titletext = I'M SORRY, FROM YOUR YEARS OF CONDESCENDING TOWARD THE 'SQUISHY SCIENCES', I ASSUMED YOU'D BE A LITTLE HARDER.
...tle "Degree-Off" is a portmanteau of "{{w|Academic degree|degree}}", as in the recognized completion of studies at a school or university, and "{{w|face-o
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...has grown far more than anyone could have suspected just 20 years ago; to the point that companies like {{w|Google}} or {{w|Facebook}} get almost unimagi
...eir medical history. However some leaks have proven quite the opposite. In the [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/weekend-web/aol-search-log.php AOL leak] r
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| title = XKCD Marks the Spot
...= web.archive.org/web/20241130121757/https://www.gatesnotes.com/XKCD-Marks-the-Spot#
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...rea, taking all the coins there first, it may feel normal to move right in the reading direction at first.
*This means into the '''Star Wars area''' to the right.
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