Title Text:Magnetohydrodynamics combines the intuitive nature of Maxwell’s equations with the easy solvability of the Navier-Stokes equations. It’s so straightforward physicists add “relativistic” or “quantum” just to keep it from getting boring.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1851/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1851:_Magnetohydrodynam… Read more
Title Text:I had fun visiting the museum at Dover Air Force Base, unless they don’t have a museum, in which case I’ve never been to Delaware in my life.
Title Text:In the 90s, our variety radio station used the tagline “the best music of the 70s, 80s, and 90s.” After 2000, they switched to “the best music of the 80s, 90s, and today.” I figured they’d change again in…
Title Text:”This will take a while, which sucks, because I’m already so busy chiseling out igneous intrusions from rock formations and watching Youtube loops of the Superman fault-sealing scene over and over.”
Title Text:Sounds fine. I looked up the Academy, and it says on their MySpace page that their journal is peer-viewed and downloaded biannually.
Title Text:On the other hand, as far as they know, my system is working perfectly.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1846/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1846:_Drone_Problems 無人機問題 另一個角度來說，他們會覺得我的系統無懈可擊。 https://xkcd.tw/1846 梅根感到很沮丧，因为人们驾驶的无人机离她太近，所以她建立了一个系统来击落他们。她向Cueball展示了这一点，Cueball显然对这个想法感到兴奋并帮助发现无人机。然而，每架无人驾驶飞机都被自己的飞行员意外摧毁，因为在梅根可以自己摧毁无人机之前无法驾驶无人机。 经过三个小时的无人… Read more
Title Text:The top search for every state is PORN, except Florida, where it’s SEX PORN.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1845/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1845:_State_Word_Map 各州文字地圖 每個州的第一名搜尋字彙都是 PORN。佛羅里達例外，是 SEX PORN。 https://xkcd.tw/1845 这是许多漫画中的另一个，兰德尔用他的美国地图开玩笑（见下面的例子）。 类似于1138：热图，这个漫画在许多地图上嘲笑，这些地图试图利用数据来辨别各个子区域的独特特征，在这种情况下是美国各州。这张地图的灵感可能源于漫画发布前一天谷歌趋… Read more
Title Text:Kenneth Arrow hated me because the ordering of my preferences changes based on which voting systems have what level of support. But it tells me a lot about the people I’m going to be voting with!
Title Text:Using a classic Timothy Zahn EU/Legends novel is bad enough, but at least the style and setting aren’t too far off. If you really want to mess with people, try using Splinter of the Mind’s Eye.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1843/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1843:_Opening_Crawl 開場字幕…
Title Text:It’s cool, it’s totally ethical–they’re all programmed to hunt whichever bird of prey is most numerous at the moment, so they leave the endangered ones alone until near the end.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1842/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1842:_Anti-Drone_Eagles 老鷹獵無人機 這超酷的而且沒有道德問題，它只會獵捕數量最多的猛禽，直到大家都死光光。 https://xkcd.tw/1842 执法和安全机构经… Read more
