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[2562] Formatting Meeting

Published on December 31, 2021March 11, 2022 by xkcd

Title Text:Neither group uses iso 8601 because the big-endian enthusiasts were all at the meeting 20 years ago.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2562/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2562:_Formatting_Meeting

格式化会议

两个组都不用ISO 8601，因为这些大端方式的狂热爱好者20年前就开过会了。
注释：
在美国常常以月/日/年形式书写日期，在欧洲通常是日/月/年。国际标准ISO 8601则是年-月-日格式。

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2562

在美国，通常以月/日/年的格式以数字形式书写日期—… Read more

[2561] Moonfall

Published on December 29, 2021March 11, 2022 by xkcd

Title Text:Novel ideas and cool explosions are both good, but what I really want from a movie is novel ideas ABOUT cool explosions.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2561/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2561:_Moonfall

月球陨落

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梅根问Cueball他是否对电影Moonfall的发行感到兴奋。

Moonfall于 2022 年 2 月发行，也就是这部漫画的几个月后。它的导演Roland E… Read more

[2560] Confounding Variables

Published on December 27, 2021March 11, 2022 by xkcd

Title Text:You can find a perfect correlation if you just control for the residual.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2560/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2560:_Confounding_Variables

干扰变量

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2560

伦哈特小姐正在教授一门课程，该课程显然至少涵盖了统计学的概述。

在统计学中，混杂变量是与自变量相关的第三个变量，也与因变量有因果关系。一个例子是你看到晒伤率和冰淇淋消费之间存在相关性；混杂变量是温度：高温会导致人们在阳光下晒得更… Read more

[2559] December 25th Launch

Published on December 24, 2021March 11, 2022 by xkcd

Title Text:Update: Santa has been destroyed by the range safety officer.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2559/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2559:_December_25th_Launch

12月25日发射

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詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜（JWST）是美国宇航局、欧洲航天局和加拿大航天局联合开发的太空望远镜。它在开发期间遭遇了很多很多延迟（如之前在2014 年引用的：JWST 延迟），但它最终在 2021 年 12 月 25 日圣诞节推出。

这是这部漫画出现后大约7个小时。这部漫画… Read more

[2558] Rapid Test Results

Published on December 22, 2021March 11, 2022 by xkcd

Title Text:A solid red area with two white lines means that you have been infected with the anti-coronavirus, COVID+19, which will cure anyone you have close contact with.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2558/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2558:_Rapid_Test_Results

快速检测的结果

如果是红底两条白线，就说明你感染了抗新冠病毒的病毒，名为COVID+19，和你密切接触的患者都会痊愈。

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这部漫画是与COVID-19 … Read more

[2557] Immunity

Published on December 20, 2021December 29, 2021 by xkcd

Title Text:This plan may sound appealing to people who know a little about the immune system, but the drawbacks are clear to people who know a lot about the immune system and also to people who don’t know anything about it.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2557/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2557:_Immunity

免疫力

对那些只是稍微了解免疫系统的人来说，这个计划可能很有吸引力；但对那些非常了解免疫系统或者对其一无所知的人来说，它的缺点很明显。

http://xk… Read more

[2556] Turing Complete

Published on December 17, 2021December 29, 2021 by xkcd

Title Text:Thanks to the ForcedEntry exploit, your company’s entire tech stack can now be hosted out of a PDF you texted to someone.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2556/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2556:_Turing_Complete

图灵完备性

[2555] Notifications

Published on December 15, 2021December 29, 2021 by xkcd

Title Text:It’s 10:34 PM for this user. They really need to get going, they have a thing early tomorrow. Are you sure you want to notify?

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2555/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2555:_Notifications

消息通知

这个用户所在地的时间已经是晚上十点三十四分了。他们明天一大早有重要的事。你确定要通知他们嘛？

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2555

许多设备会在发生可能感兴趣的事情时通知用户（例如，接到新的电话，洗完衣服）。有些，例如即时通讯软件Slac… Read more

[2554] Gift Exchange

Published on December 13, 2021December 29, 2021 by xkcd

Title Text:In addition to having all their budgets in a spreadsheet with consistent formatting, they just love expressing preferences on a well-calibrated numerical scale.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2554/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2554:_Gift_Exchange