[2859] Oceanography Gift

Title Text:Shipping times vary. Same-ocean delivery may only take a few years, but delivery from the Weddell Sea in Antarctica may take multiple decades, and molecules meant for inland seas like the Mediterranean may be returned as undeliverable by surface…

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[2858] Thanksgiving Arguments

Title Text:An occasional source of mild Thanksgiving tension in my family is that my mother is a die-hard fan of The Core (2003), and various family members sometimes have differing levels of enthusiasm for her annual tradition of watching it.…

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[2857] Rebuttals

Title Text:The mainstream dogma sparked a wave of dogmatic revisionism, and this revisionist mainstream dogmatism has now given way to a more rematic mainvisionist dogstream. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2857/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2857:_Rebuttals 反驳 主流 的 教条 导致了一波 修正 主义浪潮,而对 修正 主义的 教条 式坚持者的 主流,又引发了一股更加 修条…

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[2856] Materials Scientists

Title Text:If a materials scientist gives you a present, always ask whether regifting will incur any requirements for Federal paperwork. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2856/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2856:_Materials_Scientists 材料科学家 如果一位材料科学家送你礼物,一定要问一下转送是否需要联邦政府的文件允许。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2856 材料科学本质上是对材料的研究,比如钢铁,以及一些非常奇特的材料,如Vantablack和三碘化物。在这里,马尾… Read more

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[2855] Empiricism

Title Text:The problems started with my resolution next year to reject temporal causality. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2855/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2855:_Empiricism 经验主义 这个问题开始于我明年的新年计划:抵制因果关系。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2855 Cueball 和 Megan 正在讨论新年决议。Cueball 说他今年的决议是拒绝经验主义。Megan 问他这怎么样,Cueball 不屑地回答。 经验主义是基于直接观察和测试来验证假设的实践。笑话在于,由于 Cueball 成功地拒绝了经验主义,他… Read more

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[2854] Date Line

Title Text:They estimate the rocket should be free by approximately … uh … well, in about two hours. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2854/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2854:_Date_Line 日期变更线 他们估计应该在大约……嗯……差不多两小时内就能把火箭解救出来。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2854 国际日期变更线是地球上靠近反经线(180度)的一个名义线,表示相邻地区的完整日历日期差异(加上或减去“正常”时间的调整)。 它会导致您可能面临的三种情况之一,通常是当您(在您的时区)从晚上… Read more

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[2853] Redshift

Title Text:So do you have any plans for z=-0.000000000000045? Origin:https://xkcd.com/2853/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2853:_Redshift 红移 那到z=-0.000000000000045时,你准备做些什么? https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2853 在这部漫画中,马尾辫使用宇宙学术语回答她第一次对早期宇宙宇宙学感兴趣是在 5.4 年前,接着 Cueball 在标题文本中问她是否有计划在五个半小时后。一个解读是他们是两个同事出去吃午饭,Cueball 非常喜欢她的宅男答案,因此想在下班后邀请她共进晚餐。 红移指示我们现在观察到的遥远天… Read more

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[2852] Parameterball

Title Text:The ball’s density also varies, but players don’t learn the value until after choosing their raquets. The infamous ‘bowling ball table tennis’ region of the parameter space often leads to equipment damage. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2852/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2852:_Parameterball 参数球 球的密度也会发生变化,但玩家只有在选择球拍之后才能得知球的密度值。在一些特定的组合下,像臭名昭著… Read more

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[2851] Messier Objects

Title Text:The debate over the correct Messier number for the Ship of Theseus is ongoing. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2851/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2851:_Messier_Objects 梅西叶天体 对于“忒修斯之船”的梅西叶编号的辩论仍在进行。 注释:梅西叶天体是指法国天文学家查尔斯·梅西叶编制的《星云星团表》中列出的那些看起来容易与彗星混淆的非彗星天体。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2851 这部漫画戏弄了梅西耶目录,这是18世纪法国天文学家查尔斯·梅西耶编制的一个著名天文物体列表,列出了“不是彗星”的天文物… Read more

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[2850] Doctor’s Office

Title Text:”The police told me I can’t be a doctor, but whenever they show up I just go into the Google Maps settings page I found and change the house to ‘Police Headquarters’ and then they have to do what…

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