[2108] Carbonated Beverage Language Map

Title Text:There’s one person in Missouri who says “carbo bev” who the entire rest of the country HATES. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2108/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2108:_Carbonated_Beverage_Language_Map 在密苏里州有一个人说“ carbo bev” ,全国其他人都讨厌他。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2108 在美国,全国各地的人们都用不同的名称来称呼碳酸饮料,如“oda”。鈥减运算鈥?鈥渃OKE鈥?和别的。一般来说,西海岸和东北地区都… Read more

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[2107] Launch Risk

Title Text:Don’t worry–you’re less likely to die from a space launch than from a shark attack. The survival rate is pretty high for both! Origin:https://xkcd.com/2107/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2107:_Launch_Risk 火箭发射 别担心——你死于太空发射的可能性要小于死于鲨鱼袭击的可能性。两者的存活率都很高! https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/cxesNyGfMNBt6i1UtBcVgQ 这部漫画涉及基于大量人口(如所有美国人)的一般统计数据错误应用于具有截然… Read more

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[2106] Sharing Options

Title Text:How about posts that are public, but every time a company accesses a bunch of them, the API makes their CEO鈥檚 account click ‘like鈥?on one of them at random so you get a notification. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2106/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2106:_Sharing_Options 这样如何?公开动态,但每当一个公司访问这样的动态时,应用程序会让公司CEO的账号随机给其中一个动态点“赞”,然后你就会得到相应通知。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=c… Read…

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[2105] Modern OSI Model

Title Text:In retrospect, I shouldn’t have used each layer of the OSI model as one of my horcruxes. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2105/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2105:_Modern_OSI_Model 回想起来,我不应该把OSI模型的每一层作为我的魂器²之一。 脚注: [1]OSI模型:开放式系统互联模型是一种概念模型,由国际标准化组织提出,一个试图使各种计算机在世界范围内互连为网络的标准框架。 [2]魂器:魂器是在《哈利·波特》系列小说中出现的名词,指藏有一个人的部分灵魂的物体。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&#… Read more

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[2104] Biff Tannen

Title Text:I can’t help myself; now I want to read a bunch of thinkpieces from newspapers in Biff’s 1985 arguing over whether the growth of the region into a corporate dystopia was inevitable. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2104/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2104:_Biff_Tannen 我不能自已地想读大量有关1985年贝夫那个时空的报纸时评,看看这个地区发展成为敌托邦是否是历史的必然。 脚注: [1]贝夫·坦能:《回到未来》里的恶霸。 [2]马蒂·麦克弗莱:《回到未… Read…

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[2103] Midcontinent Rift System

Title Text:The best wedge issue is an actual wedge. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2103/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2103:_Midcontinent_Rift_System 最好的楔子议题是一个真正的楔子。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2103 最近,美国政治引起了公众的两极分化。[1]据说在两个阵营(自由派和保守派)中都是“渟”。在这里,黑帽试图通过承诺他实际上将美国分成两部分而当选。他的演讲使用巨型撬棍说明了中大陆裂谷的完工,这是一个大约11亿年前开始形成的大裂缝,但未能完全切断大陆。 目前还不清楚为什么有人会投票支持这样的事情,但直接… Read more

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[2102] Internet Archive

Title Text:The fact that things like the npm left-pad incident are so rare is oddly reassuring. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2102/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2102:_Internet_Archive 互联网档案 令人奇怪的是,像npm左翼联盟这样的事件如此罕见,却令人安心。 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kWQaWoaa_QNaGjCh9B8G-A 互联网档案馆是一个对互联网研究非常宝贵的项目。它是一个公共档案库,包括公共领域书籍和音乐。它还运行Wayback Machine,这是一个在不同时间通过Web网页备份的存档,可用于查看… Read more

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[2101] Technical Analysis

Title Text:”I [suspect] that we are throwing more and more of our resources, including the cream of our youth, into financial activities remote from the production of goods and services, into activities that generate high private rewards disproportionate to their…

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[2100] Models of the Atom

Title Text:J.J. Thompson won a Nobel Prize for his work in electricity in gases, but was unfairly passed over for his “An atom is plum pudding, and plum pudding is MADE of atoms! Duuuuude.” theory. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2100/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2100:_Models_of_the_Atom J.J.汤姆逊以气体导电的研究获得诺贝尔奖,但他的原子葡萄干布丁模型理论好像更有名。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2… Read…

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[2099] Missal of Silos

Title Text:Welcome to Wyoming, motto “We’d like to clarify that Cheyenne Mountain is in Colorado.” Origin:https://xkcd.com/2099/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2099:_Missal_of_Silos 欢迎来到怀俄明州,我们的座右铭是“其实夏延山²在科罗拉多州。” 脚注: [1]西洛斯弥撒书:《西洛斯弥撒书》,在英文中为Missal of Silos,与导弹筒仓(Missile of silos)同音异义。 [2]夏延山:夏延山军事基地是世界上防备最森严的洞穴军事基地,位于美国科罗拉多州。同时同名地名夏延又是美国怀俄明州… Read more

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