Category: xkcd

Title Text:Directions from CITY OF TROY to ITHACA / Total time: 10y 54d 14h 25m / Warning: Route crosses an international border / route includes capture by the goddess Calypso / route includes a ferry

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2547/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2547:_Siren

塞壬

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Title Text:The real challenge is how to file Boba Fett’s biography of Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2546/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2546:_Fiction_vs_Nonfiction

小说 vs 纪实文学

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2546

Cueball要求马尾辫和白帽将不同的星球大战书籍和电影归类为小说或非小说类。（也许他正在努力在图书馆或书店，或整理个人收藏。）星球大… Read more

Title Text:P((B|A)|(A|B)) represents the probability that you’ll mix up the order of the terms when using Bayesian notation.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2545/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2545:_Bayes%27_Theorem

贝叶斯定理

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2545

给定与事件相关的条件的知识，贝叶斯定理描述了事件的概率。它通常用于在给定结果的情况下更新起始条件发生的概率。当所涉及的概率非常小… Read more

Title Text:Was this your car? [looping ‘image loading’ animation]

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2544/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2544:_Heart-Stopping_Texts

令人心脏骤停的短信

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2544

在大多数国家，短信已成为一种无处不在的交流方式，并已成为许多人日常生活的基本组成部分。关于文本的对话经常直接跳到交流的目的，没有问候或前奏。一些文本，特别是在没有上下文的情况下传递时，可能会带来立即引起焦虑的暗示。

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Title Text:Even if you said you were an employee of the website, if you asked for my password, I’d tell you.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2543/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2543:_Never_Told_Anyone

绝对不要告诉任何人

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2543

这部漫画结合了人们通常不愿意分享的两个秘密的刻板印象：黑暗、个人秘密和密码。在漫画中，梅根似乎正要告诉Cueball前一个品种的秘密，但通过透露一次性代码（大概是为了对… Read more

Title Text:Could be worse. In some towns north of here, it’s already December, and the 21st will last for nearly a week.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2542/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2542:_Daylight_Calendar

白天日历

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2542

在发布此消息时，美国最近于 11 月 7 日结束了夏令时(DST)，并恢复到标准时间。夏令时是在温暖的月份将时钟提前 1 小时… Read more

Title Text:Oh no, Murphy just picked up the razor.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2541/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2541:_Occam

奥卡姆

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2541

这部漫画融合了三个哲学主题：奥卡姆剃刀、理发师悖论和墨菲定律。

奥卡姆剃刀原则是解释不应假设更多的实体。它通常被称为“最简单的解释是最好的”。“剃刀”这个词旨在唤起剃掉多余元素的形象。

理发师悖论假设镇上的理发师会为镇上所有不给自己刮胡子的人刮胡子，并询问理发师是否为自己刮胡子。悖论是，如果他这样做，那么他不应该，如果他不这样做，那么他应该。… Read more

Title Text:Tomorrow’s sessions will be entirely devoted to sewing machine rotary hooks.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2540/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2540:_TTSLTSWBD

虽反但效

http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2540

Cueball站在讲台上的讲台上，向一大群人讲话。他正在描述某个活… Read more

Title Text:Premed: “Does this count for a physics credit? Can we shorten the string so I can get it done faster? And can we do one where it hits me in the face? I gotta do a thing for first aid training right after.”

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2539/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2539:_Flinch

畏缩

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Title Text:Although grad students, suddenly reminded that food exists, tend to just grab and devour both without further discussion.

Origin:https://xkcd.com/2538/

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2538:_Snack

零食

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