Title Text:”I [suspect] that we are throwing more and more of our resources, including the cream of our youth, into financial activities remote from the production of goods and services, into activities that generate high private rewards disproportionate to their…
Title Text:J.J. Thompson won a Nobel Prize for his work in electricity in gases, but was unfairly passed over for his “An atom is plum pudding, and plum pudding is MADE of atoms! Duuuuude.” theory. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2100/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2100:_Models_of_the_Atom J.J.汤姆逊以气体导电的研究获得诺贝尔奖，但他的原子葡萄干布丁模型理论好像更有名。 https://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2… Read…
Title Text:Welcome to Wyoming, motto “We’d like to clarify that Cheyenne Mountain is in Colorado.” Origin:https://xkcd.com/2099/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2099:_Missal_of_Silos 欢迎来到怀俄明州，我们的座右铭是“其实夏延山²在科罗拉多州。” 脚注： ［1］西洛斯弥撒书：《西洛斯弥撒书》，在英文中为Missal of Silos，与导弹筒仓（Missile of silos)同音异义。 ［2］夏延山：夏延山军事基地是世界上防备最森严的洞穴军事基地，位于美国科罗拉多州。同时同名地名夏延又是美国怀俄明州… Read more
Title Text:People keep trying to come up with reasons that we should worry about the magnetic field collapsing or reversing, but honestly I think it’s fine. Whatever minor problems it causes will be made up for by the mid-latitude auroras.…
Title Text:CORRECTION: After careful evaluation, we have determined that the axis label on this chart was printed backward. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2097/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2097:_Thor_Tools 雷神的武器 更正:经过仔细评估后，我们确定此图表上的轴标确实是向后的。 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tqox5xPejqqhs9tP2_Rn0A 在北欧神话中，雷神是一个雷电之神的名字。他的标志性武器是一把叫做Mj枚lnir的魔锤。在流行文化中，托尔可能因其在漫威漫画和电影中的角色而闻名，他… Read more
Title Text:After reading that “The War To Sell You A Mattress Is An Internet Nightmare” article, I’ve decided it’s safer and less complicated to just sleep on the floor. DISCLOSURE: THE AUTHOR OF THIS MOUSEOVER TEXT RECEIVED FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FROM…
Title Text:It has so many advantages–it preserves Martian life, requires fewer interplanetary launches, and makes it much easier to field-test Mars rovers.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/2095/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2095:_Marsiforming 火星化 好處很多，這樣可以保存火星生物，不用發射這麼多星際太空船，實地測試火星漫遊車也變得很簡單。 https://xkcd.tw/2095 Terraforming是（迄今为止唯一建议的）改变行星的过程，通常是为了让它更适合人类或其他地… Read more
Title Text:”I’m selling all my analogies at auction tomorrow, and that witch over there will give you 20 beans if you promise on pain of death to win them for her.” “What if SEVERAL people promised witches they’d win, creating…
Title Text:The good news is that if the number of work and friend relationships you have exceeds your willingness to do the bare minimum to keep up with everyone’s life events and stuff, one way or another that problem eventually…
Title Text:The biggest jump is at 11:00am EST (4:00pm UTC) when midnight reaches the UTC+8 time zone. That time zone, which includes China, is home to a quarter of the world’s population. India and Sri Lanka (UTC+5:30) put us over…
