Title Text:The New Worlds Mission is already trying to get funding for this, but NASA sponsored their proposal, so it will be hard to catch the telescope people by surprise with it.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1730/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1730:_Starshade 掩星板 New Worlds 任務有在爭取掩星板的預算，不過因為 NASA 有贊助，所以很難用這招嚇到他們的望遠鏡操作人員。…
Title Text:”Hey guys! I have a great idea for a migration!” “Dammit, Kevin.”
Title Text:Take THAT, piece of 1980s-era infrastructure I’ve inexplicably maintained on my systems for 15 years despite never really learning how it works.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1728/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1728:_Cron_Mail Cron Mail 接招吧，我在系統上意外維護了十五年卻從來沒搞懂怎麼用的 1980 年代架構的鬼東西 https://xkcd.tw/1728 在类Unix系统上，cron是一个按计划运行任务的系统实用程序。这个程序自Unix早期就已存在并且没有太大… Read more
Title Text:They try to pad their numbers in the annual reports by counting Galileo’s redundant systems as multiple computers, but they’re falling behind badly either way.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1727/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1727:_Number_of_Computers 電腦數量 他們為了灌水，在年度報告中把伽利略上的備援系統算成好幾台電腦。但就算這樣他們的進度還是嚴重落後。 https://xkcd.tw/1727 这部漫画展示了一个带有两条红线的半对数图… Read more
Title Text:I’m excited about the proposal to add a “brontosaurus” emoji codepoint because it has the potential to bring together a half-dozen different groups of pedantic people into a single glorious internet argument.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1726/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1726:_Unicode Unicode 我對於申請雷龍的表情符號 codepoint 的提案感到非常期待，這東西有潛力把好幾群脫離現實的書呆子… Read…
Title Text:The 95% confidence interval suggests Rexthor’s dog could also be a cat, or possibly a teapot.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1725/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1725:_Linear_Regression 線性回歸 95%的信心區間暗示龍索的狗也可能是貓，或者是茶壺。 https://xkcd.tw/1725 线性回归是一种建模多个变量之间关系的方法。在最简单的情况下，它可以用于两个变量，其中模型通过数据集的散点图确定“最佳拟合”线，以及通常表示为r2或R2的确定系数。当回归中只包含两个变量时，R2仅仅是两个变量之间相关… Read more
Title Text:Next, let’s assume the decision of whether to take the Axiom of Choice is made by a deterministic process …
Title Text:Click for an actual flowchart for identifying a meteorite. My favorite part is how ‘Did someone see it fall? -> Yes’ points to ‘NOT A METEORITE.’ This is not a mistake.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1723/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1723:_Meteorite_Identification 隕石判斷 點圖可以看到真正的隕石判斷流程圖。我覺得最有趣的部分是「有人看到他掉下來嗎？ 有 -> 那不是隕石」，他沒寫錯。 https://x……
Title Text:When you Google an error message and it gets no results, you can be pretty sure you’ve found a clue to the location of Martin’s sword.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1722/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1722:_Debugging Debugging 如果你 google 不到你眼前的錯誤訊息，那你很可能發現了馬丁之劍的線索。 https://xkcd.tw/1722 Cueball告诉White Hat他的调试尝试，即找出给定计算机问题的错误的过程，这可能变得越来越困难和复杂。在这种情况下，C… Read more
Title Text:Then we move to phase two. Gas stations store fuel in underground tanks. Normally, these are inaccessible except via the pump. However, with hydraulic fracturing, we– Wait! Come back!
