[2757] Towed Message

Title Text:”Hi, what you do is fly over a designated zone and detach the–” “WE’RE SORRY, THE MOBILE CUSTOMER YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH IS OUT OF SERVICE” Origin:https://xkcd.com/2757/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2757:_Towed_Message 拖曳信息 “喂,你要做的是飞过一个指定的区域,然后分离出–” “对不起,您拨打的电话暂时无法接通” http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2757 在这个漫画中,一… Read more

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[2756] Qualifications

Title Text:’So how DID you go from working at the employment records office to becoming president of MIT and CEO of IBM?’ ‘I guess I just have an eye for opportunities.’ Origin:https://xkcd.com/2756/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2756:_Qualifications 资质 “那你又是如何在离开工作记录办事处后成为麻省理工校长和IBM首席执行官的呢?” “我想,我只是善于发现机遇而已。” http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=275… Read more

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[2755] Effect Size

Title Text:Subgroup analysis is ongoing. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2755/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2755:_Effect_Size 效应值 子群分析正在进行中。 注: 元分析在统计学中,是指将多个研究结果整合在一起的统计方法。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2755 这个漫画概述了一项荟萃分析,更贴切地说是荟萃分析,因为它的纳入标准仅仅是所有研究。 荟萃分析,如其名,是对统计分析的统计分析,通常是那些试图回答一个单一问题的研究。荟萃分析旨在考虑每个研究中可能存在的个体误差,总结所有研究的一般结果,以便可能得出有用的结论。为了进行荟萃分析,必须在包含的… Read more

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[2754] Relative Terms

Title Text:Small sewing machines are sewing machines that are smaller than a sewing machine. A sewing machine is larger than a small sewing machine, but quieter than a loud sewing machine. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2754/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2754:_Relative_Terms 相对性词语 小型缝纫机是一种比缝纫机小的缝纫机。缝纫机比小型缝纫机要大,并且比吵闹的缝纫机安静。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2754 术语“小”和“大”用来表示尺寸… Read more

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[2753] Air Handler

Title Text:It maintains odor levels in a normal familiar range, so if you open the windows and the air gets too fresh, it filters it through some dirty laundry samples to compensate. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2753/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2753:_Air_Handler 空气净化器 它将气味水平保持在熟悉的正常范围内,所以如果你打开窗户导致空气过于新鲜,它就会通过使用脏衣服样品过滤空气来补偿。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2753 黑帽正在展示一个空调装… Read more

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[2752] Salt Dome

Title Text:The US uses hollowed-out salt domes to store the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and non-hollowed-out ones to store the Strategic Salt Reserve. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2752/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2752:_Salt_Dome 盐穹 美国用挖空的盐穹做战略石油储备,没挖空的做战略食盐储备。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2752 这个漫画是指世界某个地区的向下压力可以引起另一地区的向上压力,从而使地质结构,如盐穹,上升。 在漫画中,Beret Guy和Ponyt… Read more

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[2751] March Madness

Title Text:My bracket has 76 trombones led by John Philip Sousa facing off against thousands of emperor penguins led by Morgan Freeman. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2751/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2751:_March_Madness 疯狂March争霸赛 我们这半区决出了由约翰·菲力浦·苏萨带队的76支长号,对阵对面摩根·弗里曼率领的数千帝企鹅大军。 注: 1 疯狂三月,NCAA男篮赛的俗称,因大部分比赛安排在三月。 2 三月兔,指非常兴奋、行为难以被预料的人。也是《爱丽丝漫游仙境》中的角色。 3 米德尔马契,middlemarch,… Read more

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[2750] Flatten the Planets

Title Text:We’ll turn the asteroid belt into ball bearings to go between different rings orbiting at different speeds. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2750/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2750:_Flatten_the_Planets 扁平化的行星 我们可以把小行星带变成滚珠轴承,在不同的环形轨道之间以不同的速度运行。 注:”是英寸的符号。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2750 这本漫画描绘了一个情景,太阳系的行星被压扁以围绕太阳形成一个环系统。这可能受到了奥尔德森盘的启发,奥尔… Read more

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[2749] Lymphocytes

Title Text:It’s very hard to detect, but recent studies have determined that when plasma B cells are producing antibodies, they go ‘pew pew pew’ Origin:https://xkcd.com/2749/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2749:_Lymphocytes 淋巴细胞 虽说很难测定,但最新研究表明当血浆B细胞产生抗体的时候,它们会发出“biu biu biu”的声音。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2749 人体中含有许多不同类型的免疫细胞。这本漫画是淋巴细胞的列表,它是… Read more

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[2748] Radians Are Cursed

Title Text:Phil Plait once pointed out that you can calculate the total angular area of the sky this way. If the sky is a sphere with radius 57.3 degrees, then its area is 4*pi*r^2=41,253 square degrees. This makes dimensional analysts…

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