[1368] One Of The

Title Text:’The world’s greatest [whatever]’ is subjective, but ‘One of the world’s greatest [whatever]s’ is clearly objective. Anyway, that’s why I got you this ‘one of the world’s greatest moms’ mug!< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1368/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1368:_One_Of_The https://app-xkcd-cn.appspot… Read more

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[1367] Installing

Title Text:But still, my scheme for creating and saving user config files and data locally to preserve them across reinstalls might be useful for–wait, that’s cookies.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1367/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1367:_Installing https://app-xkcd-cn.appspot.com/ 这部漫画指的是从智能手机(掌上电脑)用户的角度看似新的“发明”,但已经在台式机或笔记本电脑/笔记本电脑上存在了很长时间。 Cueball有一个聪明… Read more

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[what if]第95期:重力势能

原作:http://what-if.xkcd.com/95 译者:猪的米 What if 系列:https://songshuhui.net/archives/tag/what-if 提问: 吉萨金字塔和阿波罗计划相比哪个消耗的能量更多?如果能把建造金字塔所耗费的能量转化成火箭的能量,那么火箭能不能把飞船送抵月球并飞回来? —— Michael Marmol 回答: 不能 (要是这东西头朝下的话你可就惨了) “土星5号”火箭里储存的燃料所包含的能量足够把约20座金字塔从地面举起来并一个个叠起来。 这个简单的回答很有物理学家的风范,所要做的只是计算一下举起理想砖块所需要的能量。[1]但实际上金字塔的建造过程并没有这么简单,由于摩擦力的存在,埃及人用于在地面上拖动大石块所耗费的能量很有可能要超过举起这些石块所需要的能量—… Read more

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[1364] Like I’m Five

Title Text:’Am I taking care of you? I have a thesis to write!’ ‘My parents are at their house; you visited last–‘ ‘No, no, explain like you’re five.'< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1364/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1364:_Like_I%27m_Five 把我当作5岁小孩 https://www.douban.com/photos/photo/2181983288/ Cueball想要一个简单的解释,所以他要求Megan“解释它就像… Read more

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[1363] xkcd Phone

Title Text:Presented in partnership with Qualcomm, Craigslist, Whirlpool, Hostess, LifeStyles, and the US Chamber of Commerce. Manufactured on equipment which also processes peanuts. Price includes 2-year Knicks contract. Phone may extinguish nearby birthday candles. If phone ships with Siri, return…

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