[1291] Shoot for the Moon

Title Text:Shoot for the Moon. If you miss, you’ll end up co-orbiting the Sun alongside Earth, living out your days alone in the void within sight of the lush, welcoming home you left behind.

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[1289] Simple Answers

Title Text:’Will [ ] allow us to better understand each other and thus make war undesirable?’ is one that pops up whenever we invent a new communication medium.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1289/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1289:_Simple_Answers https://app-xkcd-cn.appspot.com/ 这是兰德尔对一些毫无根据的怀疑论以及针对新技术的毫无根据的乐观主义的评论。相关:1215:洞察力和1227:现代生活的步伐。虽然在盲目潜入和采用尖端技术之… Read more

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[1288] Substitutions

Title Text:INSIDE ELON MUSK’S NEW ATOMIC CAT< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1288/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1288:_Substitutions https://app-xkcd-cn.appspot.com/ 这是“替代”系列中的第一部漫画,其中兰德尔建议的替换将使阅读新闻更加有趣。但是有几个漫画在这些之前和之后使用替换。 该系列截至2016年: 1288:替换 1625:替换2 1679年:替换3 兰德尔正在发挥这样一个事实:许多现代新闻报道的读者很快就厌倦了法律和政治术语。他认为,通过用某些词代替其他词可以使阅读文章更有趣,尽管不太准确。尽管由于兰德尔并不高度评价这一… Read more

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[1287] Puzzle

Title Text:Prediction for Carlsen v. Anand: …25. Qb8+ Nxb8 26. Rd8# f6 27. “…dude.” Qf5 28. “The game is over, dude.” Qxg5 29. Rxe8 0-1 30. “Dude, your move can’t be ‘0-1’. Don’t write that down.” [Black flips board]

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[1286] Encryptic

Title Text:It was bound to happen eventually. This data theft will enable almost limitless [xkcd.com/792]-style password reuse attacks in the coming weeks. There’s only one group that comes out of this looking smart: Everyone who pirated Photoshop.

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[1285] Third Way

Title Text:’The monospaced-typewriter-font story is a COMPLETE FABRICATION!  WAKE UP, SHEEPLE’ ‘It doesn’t matter! Studies support single spaces!’ ‘Those results weren’t statistically significant!’ ‘Fine, you win. I’m using double spaces right now!’ ‘Are not!  We can all hear your stupid…

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[1284] Improved Keyboard

Title Text:I’m always installing tons of weird experimental keyboards because it serves as a good reminder that nothing I was going to type was really worth the trouble.

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[1282] Monty Hall

Title Text:A few minutes later, the goat from behind door C drives away in the car.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1282/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1282:_Monty_Hall 蒙提·霍尔 https://www.douban.com/photos/photo/2161303716/ 这部漫画是对美国游戏节目Let’s Make a Deal的一个参考,更具体地说是Monty Hall问题,一个基于该节目的概率拼图,以其原始主持人Monty Hall的名字命名。该节目的前提是霍尔将向观众提供“优惠”,他们可以赢得现金和奖品。一些交易涉及参赛者必须执行的比… Read more

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