[2639] Periodic Table Changes

Title Text:It’s nice how the end of the periodic table is flush with the edge these days, so I think we should agree no one should find any new elements after #118 unless they discover a whole row at once.…

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[2638] Extended NFPA Hazard Diamond

Title Text:With most labs, the hushed horror stories are about something like dimethylmercury or prions, but occasionally you’ll get a weird lab where it’s about the soda machine or the drop ceiling. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2638/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2638:_Extended_NFPA_Hazard_Diamond NFPA危险品菱形标识的拓展了解 在大多数实验室,无声的恐怖故事是由于二甲基汞或朊病毒,但偶尔你也会看到一个关于关于汽水机或吊顶的… Read more

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[2637] Roman Numerals

Title Text:100he100k out th1s 1nno5at4e str1ng en100o501ng 15e been 500e5e50op1ng! 1t’s 6rtua100y perfe100t! …hang on, what’s a “virtuacy”? Origin:https://xkcd.com/2637/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2637:_Roman_Numerals 罗马数字 100he100k out th1s 1nno5at4e str1ng en100o501ng 15e been 500e5e50op1ng! 1t’s 6rtua100y perfe100t! …等等,… Read more

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[2636] What If? 2 Countdown

Title Text:If you don’t end the 99 Bottles of Beer recursion at N=0 it just becomes The Other Song That Never Ends. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2636/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2636:_What_If%3F_2_Countdown What If? 2 倒计时 如果你不在N=0时结束99 Bottles of Beer的递归,它就会变成”另一首永不结束的歌”。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2636 这部漫画将降临日历的想法发挥到了极致。它使用荒谬和晦涩的方式来衡量距离兰德尔的新书还有多少时间如果?2发布,… Read more

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[2635] Superintelligent AIs

Title Text:Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they should, they didn’t stop to think if they could. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2635/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2635:_Superintelligent_AIs 超智能AI 你们的科学家都太执着于他们是否应该创造超智能AI,而非他们是否能够造出来。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2635 人工智能(AI) 是xkcd 上反复出现的主题。 超级智能人工智能,例如在假设的“奇点”情况下出现的理论,被认为是一种新型的通用人工智能… Read more

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[2634] Red Line Through HTTPS

Title Text:Some organization has been paying to keep this up and it hasn’t been removed from search results. Seems like two votes of confidence to me. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2634/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2634:_Red_Line_Through_HTTPS 穿过HTTPS的红色删除线 有某个组织一直付费维护这个网站;并且这么久了它也没被移除出搜索结果。对我来说,这看起来就像是两张信任票。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2634 一些 Web 浏览器显示 https 并… Read more

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[2633] Astronomer Hotline

Title Text:Employment statistics have to correct for the fact that the Weird Bug Hotline hires a bunch of extra temporary staff every 17 years. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2633/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2633:_Astronomer_Hotline 天文学求助热线 怪虫热线每17年都会雇一堆临时员工,基于这一事实,就业统计数据必须被更正! http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2633 这部漫画是一个关于求助热线的笑话,以及为其配备的熟练人员的经验,他们经常不得不与对主题理解程度低得多的呼… Read more

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[2632] Greatest Scientist

Title Text:”Ow! One of the petri dishes I left on the tower railing fell and hit me on the head. Hey, that gives me an idea…” Origin:https://xkcd.com/2632/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2632:_Greatest_Scientist 最伟大的科学家 “啊!我放在比萨斜塔栏杆上的一个培养皿掉下来砸到了我的头!嘿,这给了我一个点子……” 注释: 伽利略落体实验:1590年,伽利略在比萨斜塔上做了“两个铁球同时落地”的实验,得出了重量不同的两个铁球同时下落的结论,从此推翻了亚里士多德“物体… Read more

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[2631] Exercise Progression

Title Text:They said after I got into a routine, I’d enjoy getting progressively stronger and stop whining so much about how hard exercise was. Well, they were half right! Origin:https://xkcd.com/2631/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2631:_Exercise_Progression 锻炼进程 他们说,一旦我养成习惯后,我会享受进步和变强的过程,而且会停止嘟囔锻炼有多难。好吧,他们对了一半! http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2631 图表上的箭头在“锻炼难度… Read more

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[2630] Shuttle Skeleton

Title Text:It’s believed to be related to the Stellar Sea Cow. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2630/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2630:_Shuttle_Skeleton 航天飞机的骨架 普遍认为与“恒星海牛”有关。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2630 航天飞机是美国宇航局在 1981 年至 2011 年间使用的可重复使用的航天器系统,之后退役。在这部漫画中,兰德尔认为航天飞机的性质一直存在疑问或被误解,直到解剖了一个完整的“标本”(其中有四个),或者可能是从事故中丢失的两个重新组装的遗骸。 它的形状(如小图所示)和尾鳍看起来有点像硬骨… Read more

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