Title Text:[Six months later] “Well, our ‘worst ladder’ subscription series was a surprisingly lucrative success, but was completely canceled out by the losses from the disastrous Home Depot merchandising tie-in.” Origin:https://xkcd.com/2375/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2375:_Worst_Ladder 最糟的梯子 [六个月后]“额，我们的‘最遭的梯子’付费系列取得了惊人的商业成功，然而被灾难性的家得宝¹捆绑… Read more
Title Text:I’m proud to announce that as of this year I’ve become a world-class expert at chewing. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2374/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2374:_10,000_Hours 10000小时定律 我很荣幸地宣布，今年我将成为世界级咀嚼专家。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2374 这部漫画引用了一种普遍的观点，即人们必须做一万小时才能成为专家。 链接的文章指出： 练习很重要，是的。但同时，不可能弥合自然巨星和普通球员之间的差距。 这是固定心态的经典表达; 他们没有付出努力，获得… Read more
Title Text:Chemists actually find it simpler to define a general odor of rotten eggs as a baseline, and the LACK of rotten eggs as a distinct smell. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2373/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2373:_Chemist_Eggs 化学家鸡蛋 化学家实际上发现这样更简单：将烂鸡蛋的整体气味定义为基准气味，而将缺少烂鸡蛋气味的气味定义为特殊的气味。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2373 在这部漫画中，马尾辫向库伯（Cueball）解释说，如果他闻到硫化物的气味，那么他们所… Read more
Title Text:Do you make a distinction between shallots, scallops, and scallions? If you use all three words, do they all have different meanings, all the same, or are two the same and one different? Origin:https://xkcd.com/2372/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2372:_Dialect_Quiz 方言问卷 你能分得清葱(shallots)，扇贝(scallops)和青葱(scallions)吗？你在使用这三个词的时候，它们会代表3个意思，2个意思还是1个意思？ http://xkcd.in… Read…
Title Text:Feels like I picked a bad year to try to start having a healthy relationship with political news. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2371/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2371:_Election_Screen_Time 选举期屏幕使用时间 从今年开始关注政治新闻着实是个糟糕的选择。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2371 Cueball的手机上有一个应用程序，可告知他将其用于各种目的所花费的时间。这些通常用于监视自己（或可能是十几岁的孩子）（过度）使用游戏，社交媒体应用程序，通用浏览器等，并突出显示任何令人… Read more
Title Text:You’d think it’d be easy to just bet money against these people, but you have to consider the probability of them paying up. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2370/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2370:_Prediction 预测 你认为跟这群人赌钱挺容易的，但你得想想他们付钱的概率。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2370 这本漫画是关于误解的概率。有时人们会错误地认为，如果一个事件比另一个事件更可能发生，那么该事件就会发生；或者，如果一个事件列出两个或多个结果，… Read more
Title Text:Changes with this update: If you use the combined scan-shred function, it now performs them in that order instead of the reverse, saving a HUGE amount of CPU time. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2369/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2369:_All-in-One 一体机 此次更新的变化：如果你同时使用扫描与碎纸功能，其将会先扫描再碎纸，而非反向执行，省下大把CPU时间。 脚注： 撕边：针式打印纸的带孔边缘。 混凝纸：一种加进胶水或糨糊经过浆状处理的纸。 蝶古巴特：将印有花纹的纸粘在盒子或家具上，并在表面… Read more
Title Text:Your point that the world contains multiple problems is a real slam-dunk argument against fixing any of them. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2368/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2368:_Bigger_Problem 更大的问题 你认为这个世界存在许多问题，这么说相比解决任何问题都万无一失。 脚注： 逃避问题总比解决问题容易，而指出我们有更值得关心的问题，往往是逃避问题的一种隐晦形式。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2368 Cueball要求White Hat帮助解决世界上一个未指明的问题。据推测… Read more
Title Text:Haunted Halloween masks from a mysterious costume shop that turn you evil and grow into your skin score a surprisingly high 80% filtration efficiency in R. L. Stine-sponsored NIOSH tests. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2367/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2367:_Masks 面罩 一家神秘服装店中，能够使你变得邪恶并且在你的皮肤上生根的万圣节闹鬼面具，在R.L.Stine赞助的NIOSH的测试中，获得了惊人的80%过滤效率的高分。 译者［DWT］注： 佐罗：义侠形象，最早出现… Read more
Title Text:I told her I’d take her address off the packaging if she’d stop submitting anonymous food safety complaints about my bakery to the health department, but she sent me a note that said NO DEAL along with an extra…
