xkcd #3298: Aerospace Flowchart
xkcd #3298: Aerospace Flowchart
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Someday, we will find the problem that goes with this solution.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3298/
xkcd #3297: OH Scale
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To access distant parts of the project, I ended up building a regular-scale passenger train inside each rail.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3297/
xkcd #3296: Fault Taunting
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One of the first things they teach you is to NEVER play with the geology toy over a mantle hotspot.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3296/
xkcd #3295: Semaphore
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The speed of light in air is 50% faster than in fiber, but it's a challenge to get the arms to move fast enough to realize the latency advantage.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3295/
xkcd #3294: Asteroid Mission
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Lander, this is Houston. There's been a request that you turn clipping back on and instead set the mass to 1kg. The theorists believe that will be pretty funny.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3294/
xkcd #3293: Handedness
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A 'left-handed specialist' is a physicist who studies the weak interaction.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3293/
xkcd #3292: Geology Class
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The rise of AI review bombing tools threatens to take away a crucial source of experience for geology undergraduates.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3292/
xkcd #3291: Launchpad
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It does come at the cost of some launchpad expansions and increased fuel requirements, but that all comes out of the facility's budget.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3291/
xkcd #3290: Trade
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"You legs may have a comparative advantage at running, but we arms have a competitive advantage at swinging hammers, so unless you accept that we're the dominant limbs and stop hogging the oxygen, that running advantage won't be around for long."
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3290/
xkcd #3289: Highway Signs
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Highway engineers like Planck units because, like the speed of light, the energy capacity of a typical car's gas tank is 1.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3289/
xkcd #3288: Archery Feat
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Update: I would not have embarked on this powerscaling venture if I'd known how thoroughly Mark Twain was going to roast me.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3288/
xkcd #3287: Perseids
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Recently I've been watching the Daytime Perseids. I haven't seen a meteor from them yet, but the clouds are pretty and the snacks are good.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3287/
xkcd #3286: Particle Physics Equipment
xkcd #3286: Particle Physics Equipment
Title text:
The one that sounds like the oracle at the center of the galaxy where the hero travels to hear a prophecy is probably Brookhaven National Laboratory's now-dismantled COSMOTRON.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3286/
xkcd #3285: Accretionary Arc
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The late Triassic rifting was caused by a dinosaur trying to use the control panel to escape a predator, but it was eaten before the continent could fully separate.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3285/
xkcd #3284: Geology Building
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The administration thinks it's weird, but the geologists say it looks normal.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3284/