[2658] Coffee Cup Holes

Title Text:Theoretical physicist: At the Planck length, uncountably many. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2658/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2658:_Coffee_Cup_Holes 咖啡杯的洞 理论物理学家:在普朗克长度这个量级,有数不清的洞。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2658 这部漫画描绘了不同研究领域的人回答“咖啡杯上有多少个孔?”的问题。并将其与正常人会说的话进行比较。 这个问题有不同的解释,完全取决于洞的定义。漫画中展示的这种咖啡杯是带把手的(像马克杯),但兰德尔称它为杯子,在咖啡杯的维基百科页面上也有带把手的杯子… Read more

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[2657] Complex Vowels

Title Text:Pronouncing [峁♂埂膵膵岣a福岷囜簢颧颧] is easy; you just say it like the ‘x’ in ‘fire’. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2657/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2657:_Complex_Vowels 复杂的元音 发出 [ṡṡċċḣḣẇẇȧȧ] 这个音挺简单的;你就像假设“fire”这个单词里有“x”那么念。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2657 这是 Randall 的另一个技巧,这次是语言学技巧。卷发的语言学家Gretchen McCulloch设法用复杂的元音发出一种诅咒的声音,像C… Read more

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[2656] Scientific Field Prefixes

Title Text:Massage: Theoretical (10), Quantum (6), High-energy (2), Computational (1), Marine (1), Astro- (None) Origin:https://xkcd.com/2656/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2656:_Scientific_Field_Prefixes 科研领域的前缀 按摩:理论(10), 量子 (6), 高能 (2), 计算 (1), 海洋 (1), 天体 (无) http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2656 Google Scholar是学术出版物的搜索引擎,Randall一直乐在其中。 Randall 搜索由一些常见的前缀和常见的后缀组成… Read more

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[2655] Asking Scientists Questions

Title Text:’Does the substance feel weird to the touch?’ is equally likely to get the answers ‘Don’t be ridiculous, you would never put your hand near a sample. We have safety protocols.’ and ‘Yeah, and it tastes AWFUL.’ Origin:https://xkcd.com/2655/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2655:_Asking_Scientists_Questions…

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[2654] Chemtrails

Title Text:Ants have reverse chemtrails–regular citizens spraying chemicals everywhere they go to control the government. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2654/ 螞蟻有的是逆向化學化學尾跡:一般市民到處噴灑化學尾跡來控制政府。 https://xkcd.tw/2654 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2654:_Chemtrails 昆虫学家研究昆虫。蚂蚁是在食物来源或其他事件中留下化学痕迹的昆虫。例如,这些化学痕迹可以引导蚁群中的其他蚂蚁返回食物。生物学家将这种信号化学物质称为信息素。这部漫画使用 chemtrail 这个词作… Read more

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[2653] Omnitaur

Title Text:”My parents were both omnitaurs, which is how I got interested in recombination,” said the normal human. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2653/ “我的父母都是多体兽,这也是我对多体兽再结合颇有兴趣的起因,”一名正常人这样说。 注释:标题“多体兽”参考“双体兽”的命名方式,omnitaur中组成成分多于两种,遂译为“多体兽”。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2653 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2653:_Omnitaur Omnitaur 是牛头怪的字谜,是一种半人半公的神… Read more

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[2652] Proxy Variable

Title Text:Our work has produced great answers. Now someone just needs to figure out which questions they go with. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2652/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2652:_Proxy_Variable 代理变量 我们的研究取得了不错的成果,现在只需要有个人来弄清楚这些成果回答了什么问题。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2652 在这部漫画中,Hairy正在与Cueball讨论代理变量的使用。在统计学中,代理变量被用作一个或多个难以测量的其他变量的替代。为了如此有用,代理变量必须与它们要表示… Read more

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[2651] Air Gap

Title Text:You can still do powerline networking, but the bitrate does drop a little depending on the lightbulb warmup and cooldown delay. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2651/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2651:_Air_Gap 物理隔离 你仍然可以接入电网,但由于灯泡的预热和冷却延迟,网速会略微降低。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2651 这是兰德尔的另一个 秘诀,这次是能量秘诀。 漫画将计算机网络安全和电力安全的概念混为一谈,产生了滑稽的效果,导致提出的解决方案非常不切实际和无效。在计算… Read more

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[2650] Deepfakes

Title Text:If so great a deductive mind as Arthur Conan Doyle can be fooled by the Cottingley Deepfakes, what chance do we mortals have? Soon our very reality will be dictated by the whims of Frances (9) and Elsie (16).…

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[2649] Physics Cost-Saving Tips

Title Text:I got banned from the county fair for handing out Helium-2 balloons. Apparently the instant massive plasma explosions violated some local ordinance or something. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2649/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2649:_Physics_Cost-Saving_Tips 物理学省钱小妙招 我由于分发氦2气球被禁止进入县展销会,很显然这种瞬间大范围等离子体爆炸违反了当地法规之类的。 注释: 1. “免费电子”原文为 free electrons,”free”… Read more

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