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xkcd: 1 to 10
xkcd: 1 to 10
If you get an 11/100 on a CS test, but you claim it should be counted as a 'C', they'll probably decide you deserve the upgrade.
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xkcd: 1 to 10
xkcd: Chin-Up Bar
xkcd: Chin-Up Bar
Those few who escaped found the emergency cutoff box disabled. The stampede lasted two hours and reached the bottom three times.
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xkcd: Chin-Up Bar
xkcd: Neutrinos
xkcd: Neutrinos
I can't speak to the paper's scientific merits, but it's really cool how on page 10 you can see that their reference GPS beacon is sensitive enough to pick up continential drift under the detector (interrupted halfway through by an earthquake).
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xkcd: Neutrinos
xkcd: 3D Printer
xkcd: 3D Printer
I just can't wait for the Better Homes and Gardens list of helpful tips for household reuse of sixteen-inch acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene phalluses.
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xkcd: 3D Printer
xkcd: Password Strength
xkcd: Password Strength
To anyone who understands information theory and security and is in an infuriating argument with someone who does not (possibly involving mixed case), I sincerely apologize.
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xkcd: Password Strength
xkcd: Religions
xkcd: Religions
But to us there is but one God, plus or minus one. --1 Corinthians 8:6卤2.
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xkcd: Religions
xkcd: Extended Mind
xkcd: Extended Mind
Wikipedia trivia: if you take any article, click on the first link in the article text not in parentheses or italics, and then repeat, you will eventually end up at "Philosophy".
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xkcd: Extended Mind
xkcd: SUV
xkcd: SUV
Electric skateboards, by cost, get the equivalent of about 300 miles per gallon. Lithium batteries just need to get cheaper.
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xkcd: SUV
xkcd: Sunrise
xkcd: Sunrise
Sometimes, I sit on top of parking decks and watch the sun rise. I feel like I should have a guitar or something.
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xkcd: Sunrise
xkcd: Etymology
xkcd: Etymology
For some reason, my childhood suspension of disbelief had no problem with the fact that this ancient galaxy is full of humans, but was derailed by language. There's no Asia OR Europe there, so where'd they get all the Indo-European roots?
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xkcd: Etymology
xkcd: Movie Ages
xkcd: Movie Ages
If you're 15 or younger, then just remember that it's nevertheless probably too late to be a child prodigy.
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xkcd: Movie Ages
xkcd: Progeny
xkcd: Progeny
I tell my children 'it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.' I'm trying to take the edge off their competitive drive to ensure that I can always beat them.
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xkcd: Progeny
xkcd: Children's Fantasy
xkcd: Children's Fantasy
I was going to be a scientist, but that seems silly now. Magical worlds exist. I've learned a huge truth about our place in the universe. I'm supposed to care about college? I mean, FUCK.
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xkcd: Children's Fantasy
xkcd: Admin Mourning
xkcd: Admin Mourning
And every day it gets harder to fight the urge to su to the user and freak people out.
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xkcd: Admin Mourning
xkcd: Showdown
xkcd: Showdown
The tumbleweed then tried to roll off into the sunset, but due to the Old West's placement north of the subtropical ridge, the prevailing winds were in the wrong direction.
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xkcd: Showdown
xkcd: Craigslist Apartments
xkcd: Craigslist Apartments
$1600 / 1386153BR 3BATH, MODERN SLIDING DOORS, GUEST ROOMS, GARBAGE DISPOSAL. FREE MANDATORY PARKING (ENFORCED). CONVENIENT TO ALDERAAN.
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xkcd: Craigslist Apartments
Pain Rating
Pain Rating
If it were a two or above I wouldn't be able to answer because it would mean a pause in the screaming.
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Pain Rating