https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:509:_Induced_Current&feed=atom&action=historyTalk:509: Induced Current - Revision history2024-03-29T05:44:44ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:509:_Induced_Current&diff=305532&oldid=prev172.71.102.6: Corrected typo2023-01-30T16:50:19Z<p>Corrected typo</p>
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</table>108.162.216.166https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:509:_Induced_Current&diff=132525&oldid=prevLionside at 20:15, 14 December 20162016-12-14T20:15:45Z<p></p>
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</table>108.162.221.75https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:509:_Induced_Current&diff=84534&oldid=prev108.162.219.160: Two historical flares that had real consequence2015-02-16T01:16:16Z<p>Two historical flares that had real consequence</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I think the title text is also referring to the second half of the Mythbusters’ “replicate the circumstances, then duplicate the results” method. Basically, the Mythbusters would see what it ''would'' take to destroy the world (and, in the process, actually do so). Maybe they could get help from [http://qntm.org/destroy Sam Hughes] [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.87|199.27.128.87]] 08:14, 20 July 2014 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I think the title text is also referring to the second half of the Mythbusters’ “replicate the circumstances, then duplicate the results” method. Basically, the Mythbusters would see what it ''would'' take to destroy the world (and, in the process, actually do so). Maybe they could get help from [http://qntm.org/destroy Sam Hughes] [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.87|199.27.128.87]] 08:14, 20 July 2014 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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</table>108.162.219.160https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:509:_Induced_Current&diff=71996&oldid=prev199.27.128.87: Start discussion for possible meaning for title text.2014-07-20T08:14:25Z<p>Start discussion for possible meaning for title text.</p>
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