[1699] Local News

Title Text:Will there ever be a physics term greater than ‘tachyonic antitelephone?’ According to this message from the future, the answer is ‘no.'< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1699/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1699:_Local_News https://app-xkcd-cn.appspot.com/ 典型的新闻广播分为本地,国家和全球新闻片段。新闻主播布隆迪(Blondie)在这部漫画中播出的广播已被分解为真实的地方(关于市议会选举)以及新闻播报员称之为“非地方性… Read more

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[1698] Theft Quadrants

Title Text:TinyURL was the most popular link shortener for long enough that it made it into a lot of printed publications. I wonder what year the domain will finally lapse and get picked up by a porn site.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1698/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1698:_Theft_Quadrants…

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[1693] Oxidation

Title Text:Calm down–there were lots of arthropods living on your skin already. These ones are just bigger.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1693/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1693:_Oxidation 氧化 冷靜一點,你的皮膚上本來就住著一大堆節肢動物,那幾隻只是大一點而已。 https://xkcd.tw/1693 在这个漫画中,马尾辫将梅根的车开火,可能是撞毁了它。 氧化是指一整类化学反应。任何涉及电子损失的化学反应都称为“氧化”(因为其中很多都涉及氧气)。一种氧化反应是生锈,汽车钢中的铁原子与氧气和水分反应生成氧化铁水合物… Read more

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[1673] Timeline of Bicycle Design

Title Text:I’ll be honest–the 1950s were a rough time for cycling.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1673/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1673:_Timeline_of_Bicycle_Design 自行车进化史 http://xkcd.com.cn 兰德尔创造了自称有200年历史的自行车,有13个设计,从1810年到2016年。然而,粗略地看一眼每一个都表明它们几乎都是虚构的,严重缺陷,而且大多数甚至都不符合“自行车”。漫画的主要内容是展示这些愚蠢的笑话设计。 唯一看起来像真正的模型并且适合当年的模型是1875型号,类似于Penny-farthi… Read more

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[1671] Arcane Bullshit

Title Text:Learning arcane bullshit from the 80s can break your computer, but if you’re willing to wade through arcane bullshit from programmers in the 90s and 2000s, you can break everyone else’s computers, too.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1671/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1671:_Arcane_Bullshit https://app-xkcd-cn.appspot.com/ 在修复/改进现有计算机程序时,程序员有时需要阅读,理解和改进… Read more

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[1670] Laws of Physics

Title Text:The laws of physics are fun to try to understand, but as an organism with incredibly delicate eyes who evolved in a world full of sharp objects, I have an awful lot of trust in biology’s calibration of my…

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[1669] Planespotting

Title Text:No, a hydroplane doesn’t land on water–that’s an aquaplane. A hydroplane is a plane that gets electric power from an onboard water reservoir with a tiny dam and turbines.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1669/ 不,水力飛機不是降落在水上的飛機,那是水上飛機。水力飛機是透過機上的小水庫推動渦輪發電作為動力的飛機。 https://xkcd.tw/1669 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1669:_Planespotting Cueball和一个戴着帽子… Read more

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[1667] Algorithms

Title Text:There was a schism in 2007, when a sect advocating OpenOffice created a fork of Sunday.xlsx and maintained it independently for several months. The efforts to reconcile the conflicting schedules led to the reinvention, within the cells of the…

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[1660] Captain Speaking

Title Text:Oh dang, you have to pay? Hey, has anyone else paid already? If so, can I borrow your phone for a sec?< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1660/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1660:_Captain_Speaking 機長廣播 啊靠,你有付錢嗎?嘿,有人有付錢嗎?有的話能讓我借一下你的電話嗎? https://xkcd.tw/1660 在商业航班上定期,飞机机长将向乘客发送有关航班的信息。通常这将以“这是你的船长说话……”开始,然后继续描述航班的进度,预计到达时间和有关航班的其他信息,例如是否或何时将茶点带给乘客。 这… Read more

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[1659] Tire Swing

Title Text:If we find one of those tire dumps, the next time he tries to get his truck back we can just retreat and let him have it.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1659/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1659:_Tire_Swing 輪胎鞦韆 如果我們能找到其中一個輪胎掩埋場,那下次他來搶他的卡車的時候我們就能抽身讓他把車拿回去。 https://xkcd.tw/1659 在这部漫画中,“科学女孩”和另一个女孩刚刚完成了轮胎摆动:通过从一段绳索上悬挂汽车轮胎来创建一个常见的临时摆动,通常像漫画中那样绑在树枝上。另一个女孩起初可能看起来像她的… Read more

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