[2575] What If? 2

Title Text:CLARIFICATION: By 9/13, I mean September 13th, not the 9th day of Jancember, the cursed 13th month that exists between December and January in the transdimensional temporal plane. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2575/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2575:_What_If%3F_2 What If? 2 澄清:在9/13之前,我是说9月13日,不是第13个月的第9天,不是那个在跨维时间飞船上夹在12月和1月之间那个该死的第13个月。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=c… Read more

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[2574] Autoresponder

  Title Text:I ADMIRE HOW YOU SET BOUNDARIES AND I HOPE YOUR COLLEAGUES RESPECT THEM! PLEASE SPARE MY LIFE! Origin:https://xkcd.com/2574/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2574:_Autoresponder 自动回复 我欣赏你在非工作时间与工作划清界限,也希望你的同事能尊重这些界限!但请你留我一命吧! http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2574 Cueball和White Hat要去参加某种演出(也许是电影或音乐会),Cueball 询问 White Hat 他是否准备好去,后者确认了这一点,但要求 Cueball 在他们去之前将… Read more

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[2573] Alien Mission

Title Text:Fine, we can go search the Himalayas for the Yeti ONE more time, but keep a safe altitude over the Pacific and PLEASE watch where you’re going. We can’t afford another Amelia Earhart incident. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2573/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2573:_Alien_Mission 外星任务 好吧,我们可以再去一次喜马拉雅山找雪怪,但要在太平洋上空保持安全高度并且一定注意行进路线。我们负担不起下一个阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特事故。 注释:阿梅莉亚·……

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[2572] Alien Observers

Title Text:ALERT: Human 910-25J-1Q38 has created a Youtube channel. Increase erratic jerkiness of flying by 30% until safely out of range. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2572/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2572:_Alien_Observers 外星观察员 警告:910-25J-1Q38号人类创建了油管频道,增加30%的飞行随机抖动直到离开拍摄范围。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2572 这条带子描绘了一群外星人观察地球,并讨论他们的“飞行限制区”,每次人类获得更强大的相机时,他们似乎… Read more

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[2571] Hydraulic Analogy

Title Text:Current (water) running through the water (wires) causes it to boil, increasing the pressure (voltage), but resisting (impeding) the flow of hydroelectricity (water currents). This is the basis for Ohm’s law. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2571/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2571:_Hydraulic_Analogy 水力学的类比 电流(水)流经水(电线)使其沸腾,由此水压(电压)增加,但液体电(水流)的流通受阻。这就是欧姆定律的基础。 ht… Read more

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[2570] Captain Picard Tea Order

Title Text:We can ask the Earl for his order once he’s fully extruded from the dispenser. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2570/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2570:_Captain_Picard_Tea_Order 皮卡德舰长点茶 一旦伯爵完全被水龙头吐出来,我们就能问问他想要哪种茶。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2570 让-吕克·皮卡德船长是科幻电视剧《星际迷航:下一代》中的主要角色,该剧以星际飞船的船员为重点。这艘船配备了复制器,它几乎可以制造任何需要的物体或材料,包括食物和饮料,并且可以响应口头命令。 在节… Read more

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[2569] Hypothesis Generation

Title Text:Frazzled scientists are requesting that everyone please stop generating hypotheses for a little bit while they work through the backlog. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2569/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2569:_Hypothesis_Generation 提出假说 筋疲力尽的科学家们请求人们暂停提出假说,以便他们处理完积压的工作。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2569 伦哈特小姐正在教一门科学课,她首先提出了这样一个事实,即要进行任何科学,您都需要产生一个假设来检验… Read more

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[2568] Spinthariscope

  Title Text:Other high scorers are melt-in-your-hand aluminum-destroying gallium and tritium-powered glowsticks. Lawn darts are toward the other end. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2568/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2568:_Spinthariscope 闪烁镜 其他高分者是会在你手里熔化、能破坏铝的镓和氚动力的荧光棒。草坪飞镖得分最低。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2568 这是另一部带有兰德尔 有趣事实的漫画。 正如漫画中所说,旋转镜是一种带有少量放射性物质(镅或 钍)和… Read more

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[2567] Language Development

Title Text:The worst is the Terrible Twos, when they’re always throwing things and shrieking, “forsooth, to bed thou shalt not take me, cur!” Origin:https://xkcd.com/2567/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2567:_Language_Development 儿童语言发展 他们两岁时才是最糟糕的,这个阶段的孩子总是边扔东西就边尖叫道,“诚然,汝不应胁吾入寝,禽兽也!” http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2567 梅根和Cueball正在就她孩子快速学习语言的… Read more

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[2566] Decorative Constants

Title Text:Arguably, the ‘1/2’ in the drag equation is purely decorative, since drag coefficients are already unitless and could just as easily be half as big. Some derivations give more justification for the extra 1/2 than others, but one textbook…

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