[2371] Election Screen Time

Title Text:Feels like I picked a bad year to try to start having a healthy relationship with political news. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2371/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2371:_Election_Screen_Time 选举期屏幕使用时间 从今年开始关注政治新闻着实是个糟糕的选择。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2371 Cueball的手机上有一个应用程序,可告知他将其用于各种目的所花费的时间。这些通常用于监视自己(或可能是十几岁的孩子)(过度)使用游戏,社交媒体应用程序,通用浏览器等,并突出显示任何令人… Read more

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[2370] Prediction

Title Text:You’d think it’d be easy to just bet money against these people, but you have to consider the probability of them paying up. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2370/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2370:_Prediction 预测 你认为跟这群人赌钱挺容易的,但你得想想他们付钱的概率。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2370 这本漫画是关于误解的概率。有时人们会错误地认为,如果一个事件比另一个事件更可能发生,那么该事件就会发生;或者,如果一个事件列出两个或多个结果,… Read more

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[2369] All-in-One

Title Text:Changes with this update: If you use the combined scan-shred function, it now performs them in that order instead of the reverse, saving a HUGE amount of CPU time. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2369/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2369:_All-in-One 一体机 此次更新的变化:如果你同时使用扫描与碎纸功能,其将会先扫描再碎纸,而非反向执行,省下大把CPU时间。 脚注: 撕边:针式打印纸的带孔边缘。 混凝纸:一种加进胶水或糨糊经过浆状处理的纸。 蝶古巴特:将印有花纹的纸粘在盒子或家具上,并在表面… Read more

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[2368] Bigger Problem

Title Text:Your point that the world contains multiple problems is a real slam-dunk argument against fixing any of them. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2368/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2368:_Bigger_Problem 更大的问题 你认为这个世界存在许多问题,这么说相比解决任何问题都万无一失。 脚注: 逃避问题总比解决问题容易,而指出我们有更值得关心的问题,往往是逃避问题的一种隐晦形式。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2368 Cueball要求White Hat帮助解决世界上一个未指明的问题。据推测… Read more

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[2367] Masks

Title Text:Haunted Halloween masks from a mysterious costume shop that turn you evil and grow into your skin score a surprisingly high 80% filtration efficiency in R. L. Stine-sponsored NIOSH tests. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2367/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2367:_Masks 面罩 一家神秘服装店中,能够使你变得邪恶并且在你的皮肤上生根的万圣节闹鬼面具,在R.L.Stine赞助的NIOSH的测试中,获得了惊人的80%过滤效率的高分。 译者[DWT]注: 佐罗:义侠形象,最早出现… Read more

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[2366] Amelia’s Farm Fresh Cookies

Title Text:I told her I’d take her address off the packaging if she’d stop submitting anonymous food safety complaints about my bakery to the health department, but she sent me a note that said NO DEAL along with an extra…

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[2365] Messaging Systems

Title Text:SMS is just the worst, but I’m having trouble convincing people to adopt my preferred system, TLS IRC with a local server and a patched DOSBox gateway running in my mobile browser. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2365/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2365:_Messaging_Systems 聊天系统 短信就是最糟的,然而我却无法说服人们接受我偏爱的系统——带有本地服务器的TLS IRC和一个在我手机浏览器中运行的打了补丁的DOSBox通路。 译者[DWT]注: 端到端加密:只……

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[2364] Parity Conservation

Title Text:Bloody Mary is made of antimatter. It explains so much. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2364/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2364:_Parity_Conservation 宇称守恒 血腥玛丽由反物质构成,它解释了很多。 脚注: [1]宇称守恒:宇称守恒,是指物理学关于对称性探索的一个重要进展是建立诺特定理,定理指出,如果运动定律在某一变换下具有不变性,必相应地存在一条守恒定律。 趣闻:1962年起,李政道与杨振宁都说自己是提出“弱相互作用中宇称不守恒原理”的第一人,并为此长期辩论。 [2]血腥玛丽:传说召唤出血腥玛丽可以预见未来,据说在镜子前面呼唤三次她的名字就会出现。… Read more

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[2363] Message Boards

Title Text:(c) You can have a scooter when you pay for it yourself, and (d) if you can’t learn to start a new thread rather than responding to an old one, you’ll be banned. [thread locked by moderator] Origin:https://xkcd.com/2363/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2363:_Message_Boards…

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[2362] Volcano Dinosaur

Title Text:Phylogeneticists are working on identifying and notifying its next of kin. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2362/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2362:_Volcano_Dinosaur 系统发育学家正试图找到并通知这只恐龙的直系亲属。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2362 这部漫画是对这次被火山喷发掩埋并杀死的恐龙化石发现的参考。 梅根问恐龙是否还好。由于活体通常无法在火山残骸中化石[ 需要引用 ],因此该问题的答案显然是“否”,但库鲍尔回答他不确定。即使恐龙以某种方式在最初的葬礼中幸存下来,也很难被埋葬1.2… Read more

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