[2785] Marble Run

Title Text:I have so many plans. It would incorporate a Galton board, a Ranque-Hilsch marble vortex tube, and a compartment lined with pinball bouncers with a camera-and-servo Maxwell’s Demon that separated the balls into fast and slow sides. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2785/ 我有好多的计划。要把一个高尔顿板、一个弹珠涡流管、一个装满弹珠反弹器的隔间跟一个麦克斯韦妖组装起来,这个用摄像头-伺服系统实现的麦克斯韦妖能把快慢弹珠分开。…

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[2784] Drainage Basins

Title Text:After a pail of water was thrown on the Wicked Witch of the West outside Salt Lake City, Utah’s Great Salt Lake was measured to be 7 parts per trillion witch by volume. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2784/ 自从一桶水被泼到盐湖城外的西国女巫身上,犹他大盐湖的巫女值被量出有7ppt。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2784 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2784:_Drainage_Basins 《亚历克斯·麦克的秘密世界》是一部尼克儿童频道节目,主人… Read…

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[2783] Ruling Out

Title Text:We were able to replicate and confirm prior authors’ detection of a moon orbiting the Earth with high confidence. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2783/ 我们能高度可信地复现并证实前人对存在一个月球绕地运行的探测研究。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2783 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2783:_Ruling_Out 大多数科学研究的目的是发现新知识。在天文学中,目标通常是在太空中寻找不同类型的物体,或者了解天体的形成和行为方式。但是通常通过研究存在的物体,我们也会了解到存在… Read more

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[2782] Wikipedia Article Titles

Title Text:I would never stoop to vandalism, but I‘m not above discreetly deleting the occasional ‘this article contains excessive amounts of detail’ tag. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2782/ 我没有坏到进行破坏行为,但我也没有好到不会偶尔悄悄删掉“本文包含过多细节”的标记。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2782 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2782:_Wikipedia_Article_Titles 这个漫画是一张图表,反映了各种维基百… Read more

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[2781] The Six Platonic Solids

Title Text:Plato made the solids, and five were gifted to the mathematicians. But in secret Plato forged a sixth solid to rule over all the others. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2781/ 柏拉图创造了这些立体,其中有五种都赠予给了数学家。但是他暗自创造了第六种立体:Jorb,来统御其他的五种。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2781 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2781:_The_Six_Platonic_Solids 这本漫画想象了一个替代现实,数学家们在三维空间中发现了一种超出已证实存… Read more

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[2780] Physical Quantities

Title Text:The Hubble length is about 1.9 meters lying down; Edwin Hubble was a tall guy. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2780/ 哈勃长度大约是1.9米;因为埃德温·哈勃个子挺高。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2780 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2780:_Physical_Quantities 本漫画是通过过于字面地理解各种已有物理定义的名字来制造笑料。每个物理定义都被当作科学家本人的身体尺寸来对待,而不是描述/估算在其研究领域中对应特征的含义。有趣的是,在所有以人名命名的单位中,只有一个单位实际上是以其名字的人物为度量… Read more

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[2779] Exoplanet High-5

Title Text:Tau Ceti is farther away, so it took me 36 years to start the war over updog. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2779/ 鲸头座距离更远,所以我花了36年的时间才开始打响和updog的战争。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2779 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2779:_Exoplanet_High-5 高高的,低低的,太慢了是高五的一个恶作剧变种。在连环画中,根据目前的知识,地球已与居住在半人马座比邻星b上的外星人建立了交流,而兰德尔教会了他们关于高五的事情。 高五不是通过亲自拍手来执行,而是通过传输消息来执行,就像握手(计… Read more

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[2778] Cuisine

Title Text:My connection to it goes way back, to my early days, when I was just a cloud of primordial hydrogen collapsing in the darkness of space. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2778/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2778:_Cuisine Cueball正在向白礼帽解释一个食谱,将其描述为融合菜肴,通常用于描述一种基于结合两种或更多文化的菜肴风格,比如法式和中国菜的组合,或者墨西哥和韩国菜的组合。不幸的是,他将这个概念与核聚变混淆了,将原子核组合在一起创造新种类的原子。 食谱被描述为在一千克(”四杯”… Read more

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[2777] Noise Filter

Title Text:Party Mode also enables the feature, but reverses the slider. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2777/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2777:_Noise_Filter 筛选噪音 派对模式也应提供此功能,不过滑动轴的分贝选项要反过来。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2777 这部漫画描绘了一个概括、极简主义版本的搜索引擎前端。该引擎能帮助用户找到符合其偏好的事物(在这种情况下是餐馆)。展示的偏好包括营业时间、评论评分均值、价格范围和当前噪音水平。除了”当前噪音水平”以外,其他都以灰色呈现,应用了各种典型选… Read more

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[2776] Crystal Ball

Title Text:They often use ball lenses to collect light at the ends of optical fibers, so when you look stuff up on the internet you’re actually scrying through a crystal ball. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2776/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2776:_Crystal_Ball 水晶球 巫师们经常使用球形透镜来收集光纤末端的光线,所以你上网的时候实际上是在通过水晶球占卜。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2776 在光学中,球面像差是由于光线在击中球面镜片边缘时的… Read more

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