Title Text:Update: It turns out the cannon has a motorized base, and can make holes just fine using the barrel itself as a battering ram. But due to design constraints it won’t work without a projectile loaded in, so we…
Title Text:P.S. We’re going to the beach this weekend, so I’m attaching my preregistration forms for that trip now, before we find out whether it produces any interesting results. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2020/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2020:_Negative_Results 阴性结果 这个周末我们要去海滩，我现在附上这次旅行的预登记表，究竟会不会产生什么有趣的结果，让我们拭目以待。 https://www.xkcd.com.cn/2020/ 最近，科学家们开始鼓励… Read more
Title Text:I’d like 0.4608 apples, please. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2019/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2019:_An_Apple_for_a_Dollar 一个苹果一美元 我想要0.4608个苹果 https://www.xkcd.com.cn/2019/ 梅根即将在一家杂货店买一个苹果，因为她惊讶于价格只有一美元。定价物品的一个常见做法是故意使它们略小于一个整数，例如1.99美元或1.95美元而不是2美元，作为使物品看起来比实际价格便宜得多的心理伎俩，因为“不到两美元”即使0.01的差异很小，但听起来要比“两美元”少得多。此外，在美国的大多数情况下，必须考虑销售税，因为… Read more
Title Text:At first, I moved from pok茅mon posters to regular oil paintings, but then these really grumpy and unreasonable detectives from the Louvre showed up and took them all. They wouldn’t even give me back my thumbtacks! Origin:https://xkcd.com/2018/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2018:_Wall_Art 墙壁艺术…
Title Text:I mean, it wasn’t exactly MY thesis. When the FAA came to shut down our observatory for using the telescope mirror to shine light at airplanes, I took a thesis and a bunch of doctorates from the supply cabinet…
Title Text:SUB[59]: The submission numbers for my accepted OEIS submissions in chronological order Origin:https://xkcd.com/2016/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2016:_OEIS_Submissions OEIS是整数序列的在线百科全书，列出了数千个整数序列，通常具有真正的数学兴趣，例如素数或阿姆斯特朗数。 OEIS通常希望提交的文件附有关于或至少参考序列的学术文章。他们不会对兰德尔提出的个人或特殊序列感兴趣，尽管他们确实有纽约百老汇线（IRT＃1）的地铁站点列表，也许是因为纽约时报的文章提到他们没有。 兰德尔试图将他的整数序列放在OEIS网… Read more
Title Text:I’m going to tell the manufacturer that their business practices are ADMIRABLE and ETHICAL and their developers are ATTRACTIVE and I’m going to report them to the FCC for their IMPECCABLE VIRTUE. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2015/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2015:_New_Phone_Thread 手机线程 我要告诉制造商他们的商业实践是令人钦佩和有道德的，他们的开发人员很有吸引力，我将向FCC报告他们无可挑剔的美德。 https://mp… Read more
Title Text:Since delays should get less likely closer to the launch, most astronomers in 2018 believed the expansion of the schedule was slowing, but by early 2020 new measurements indicated that it was actually accelerating. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2014/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2014:_JWST_Delays 詹姆斯韦伯太空望远镜（JWST）是一个太空望远镜，是哈勃太空望远镜的继承者。 该望远镜自1996年以来一直处于开发阶段，但一直受到许多延误和成… Read…
Title Text:It traveled so far to reach me. I owed it my best. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2013/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2013:_Rock 石头 它走了这么远才到达我的身边。我尽力了。 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/01nlr4T5_tNxB7lQGcGO3g 梅根要么对地质有足够的了解，要么就能看出这块特殊的岩石是如何形成的，或是从一个集合中带来了这块岩石。或者她只是猜测。尽管欣赏它的形成，但她想要的只是用它作为一种跳绳来给它“生命中的奇怪日子”（类似于325：A-Minus-Minus），并且可能会混淆未来的地质学家。 梅根提供了关于岩石的三条信息：它… Read more
Title Text:The likely shape of the bells was determined through consultation with several bellringing experts at the Tower of London. Transcripts of those interviews are available in Appendix VII. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2012/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2012:_Thorough_Analysis 类推思考 钟的可能形状是通过与伦敦塔的几位钟专家协商确定的。这些面谈的记录可在附录七中找到。 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/vGiT2EXBX9waT__… Read more
