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- 22:33, 19 February 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m 2896: Crossword Constructors
- 21:57, 9 February 2024 (diff | hist) . . (+410) . . Talk:2892: Banana Prices (Using log scale here is not a joke. It's perfectly legit. Constant inflation is actually an exponential relation. For example, if prices go 10% up every year, in two years they won't be 20% higher but 21% because 1.10*1.10=1.21. And such an exponential re)
- 11:52, 30 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+60) . . 2874: Iceland (→Explanation: providing Iceland with a milder and more liveable climate than would be otherwise expected for its latitude.)
- 20:49, 18 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+11) . . 2869: Puzzles (to be able to make)
- 20:12, 18 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . 2869: Puzzles (→Explanation: and she would be expected to make a better puzzle than the one shown in the comic.)
- 20:11, 18 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . 2869: Puzzles (→Explanation: Alice and Bob and other characters from the same set have been mentioned previously in xkcd, like in 177: Alice and Bob.)
- 20:10, 18 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+206) . . 2869: Puzzles (→Explanation: The title text references {{w|Alice and Bob|Alice}}, a fictional character commonly used in discussions about cryptography. In those discussions, Alice is often sending and receiving encrypted messages.)
- 20:09, 15 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+94) . . 2394: Contiguous 41 States (→Explanation: File:states missing from xkcd 2394.png|thumb|300px|The states missing from the comic map.])
- 20:08, 15 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+178) . . N File:states missing from xkcd 2394.png (States missing in the 41 states map of xkcd 2394. The map is made from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blank_map_of_states.png which has a CC0 1.0 public domain license.) (current)
- 18:08, 15 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+243) . . Talk:2868: Label the States (:Overlaying the maps goes beyond my skills with Paint, but I hope showing the real map and xkcd's one with extra states highlighted is clear enough.--~~~~)
- 18:01, 15 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+103) . . 2868: Label the States (→Explanation: The external shape of the United States has also been slightly modified to accommodate the new states.)
- 18:00, 15 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+170) . . 2868: Label the States (→Explanation: In summary, a whole row and a whole column of states have been added, and two new states have been added between Indiana and Ohio and between New Hampshire and Vermont.)
- 17:58, 15 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . 2868: Label the States (File:Blank map of states.png|thumb|300xp|A real map of the United States for comparison.]])
- 17:55, 15 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . 2868: Label the States (→Explanation: File:label the states 2x highlighted.png|thumb|300xp|The map with the extra states highlighted.]])
- 17:53, 15 December 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N File:label the states 2x highlighted.png (Derivative of File:label_the_states_2x.png with added states highlighted.)
- 19:46, 6 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+44) . . 2326: Five Word Jargon (→Generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity model: more links) (current)
- 19:44, 6 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . 2326: Five Word Jargon (→Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement: wikipedia links)
- 19:39, 6 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+345) . . Talk:2851: Messier Objects (:Yes, it's like Wikidata. Not sure if it's worth mentioning. Unfortunately, the numbers don't match those Wikidata for equivalent objects. :Furtermore, Wikimedia Commons ID use an M and a number. For example, https://commons.wikimedia.org/entity/M205.--~~)
- 17:43, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+37) . . 2849: Under the Stars (→Explanation: , like Los Angeles, Atlanta or Beirut.)
- 17:38, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+52) . . 2849: Under the Stars (→Explanation: File:parallel V404 Cygni.png|300px|thumb|If you live on the blue line, the black hole in V404 Cygni is directly over you once a day. Zoomable version [https://rpubs.com/perelopez/Parallel_33_52_02_N here].)
- 17:37, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+38) . . 2849: Under the Stars (→Explanation: File:parallel V404 Cygni.png|300px|thumb|Places passed over daily by V404 Cygny. Zoomable version [https://rpubs.com/perelopez/Parallel_33_52_02_N here].)
- 17:35, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+207) . . N File:parallel V404 Cygni.png (Places on Earth passed over by V404 Cygni, as mentioned on 2849:_Under_the_Stars. Made with R and Leaflet using OSM map as background. Zoomable version in https://rpubs.com/perelopez/Parallel_33_52_02_N) (current)
- 17:26, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+120) . . 2849: Under the Stars (→Explanation: The map [https://rpubs.com/perelopez/Parallel_33_52_02_N here] allows to explore which are the places on that latitude.)
- 16:47, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2849: Under the Stars (→Explanation)
- 16:46, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+120) . . 2849: Under the Stars ({{w|V404 Cygni}} is a binary system composed of a 9 solar masses black hole and a star smaller than the Sun. With a {{w|declination}} of +33° 52′ 02.0″, once a day it is overhead any point of Earth with that latitude North.)
- 16:43, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2849: Under the Stars (→Explanation)
- 16:42, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-11) . . m 2849: Under the Stars (→Explanation: {{w|V404 Cygni}})
- 16:41, 1 November 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . 2849: Under the Stars (→Explanation: w:V404 Cygni is a binary system composed of a 9 solar masses black hole and a star smaller than the sun.)
- 18:14, 30 October 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+175) . . 446: In Popular Culture (→Explanation: In fact at the date do this comic, the article {{w|wood}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wood&oldid=223504420 didn't have a "popular culture" or trivia section].)
- 23:42, 29 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+261) . . Talk:2835: Factorial Numbers (I wanted to add a link to a converter, but the one I found is https://www.dcode.fr/factorial-base which is quite ugly with lots of adds and a bit counter-intuitive.--~~~~)
- 23:35, 29 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+153) . . 2835: Factorial Numbers (→Explanation: This number system is similar (and likely inspired by) the {{w|factorial number system}}, but it omits the trailing zero always present in that system.)
- 23:29, 29 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+1,953) . . 2835: Factorial Numbers (→Explanation: Note the apparent gap at 24 (4!) and 120 (5!) - apparent for those of us who are used to decimal numbers.)
- 23:07, 29 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+305) . . 2835: Factorial Numbers (→Explanation: In the xkcd version of this number system, the rightmost digit has a value of 1!, the second one 2! and so on (that is, the i-th digit has a value i!). That can be compared with the usual decimal system where the i-th digit has value 10^)
- 11:54, 2 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . m Talk:2823: Fossil
- 11:54, 2 September 2023 (diff | hist) . . (+286) . . Talk:2823: Fossil (::I agree that "boop" needs an extra explanation for non native speakers of English. The link is useful (thanks to whoever added it) but the Wiktionary definition is too terse to get the pun.--~~~~)
- 09:47, 8 July 2023 (diff | hist) . . (-7) . . m 1589: Frankenstein (→Explanation: Frankenstein%27s_monster#Names)
- 18:44, 5 May 2023 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . 2771: College Knowledge ({{w|stinger}}s)
- 10:35, 6 December 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . m 2707: Astronomy Numbers (→Explanation)
- 12:45, 5 July 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+16) . . 2641: Mouse Turbines (→Explanation: {{w|Taraxacum|dandelions}})
- 16:08, 15 June 2022 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . 2633: Astronomer Hotline (→Explanation: 2004, not 1984 (athough it also appeared in 1987))
- 14:18, 27 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+626) . . Talk:2625: Field Topology (::I agree with that explanation - the net is the only thing that makes the soccer field not to have holes. It should be included in the comic explanation. ::The hole for the volleyball only makes sense taking in account that the bottom of the net doesn't)
- 18:00, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+52) . . User:Pere prlpz (Potentially useful link: User:CRLF/OneClickUndo.js)
- 17:34, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-20,997) . . 2216: Percent Milkfat (Undo revision 279187 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:34, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-18,151) . . 1028: Communication (Undo revision 279153 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:34, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-23,050) . . 1029: Drawing Stars (Undo revision 279154 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:33, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-20,876) . . 195: Map of the Internet (Undo revision 279273 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:31, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-20,265) . . 1137: RTL (Undo revision 279120 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:31, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-22,077) . . 1582: Picture a Grassy Field
- 17:31, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-18,501) . . 2033: Repair or Replace (Undo revision 279118 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:27, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-19,427) . . 2302: 2020 Google Trends (Undo revision 278802 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:24, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-24,440) . . User talk:Pere prlpz (Undo revision 278634 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:23, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-7,411) . . 1461: Payloads (Undo revision 278620 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:23, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-22,777) . . 546: Music DRM (Undo revision 278621 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:23, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-22,978) . . 507: Experimentation (Undo revision 278627 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:23, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-18,652) . . 435: Purity (Undo revision 278629 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:23, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-23,045) . . 171: String Theory (Undo revision 278631 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:23, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-15,762) . . 456: Cautionary (Undo revision 278633 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:23, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-24,440) . . User talk:Pere prlpz (Undo revision 278634 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:23, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-21,267) . . 1558: Vet (Undo revision 278632 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:21, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-21,267) . . 1558: Vet (Undo revision 278514 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:21, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-15,762) . . 456: Cautionary (Undo revision 278515 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:21, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-18,652) . . 435: Purity (Undo revision 278516 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:21, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-12,626) . . 2307: Alive Or Not (Undo revision 278517 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:21, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-7,411) . . 1461: Payloads (Undo revision 278518 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:20, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-23,533) . . 168: Reverse Euphemisms (Undo revision 278520 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:19, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-20,043) . . 2447: Hammer Incident (Undo revision 278522 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:18, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-22,192) . . 2244: Thumbtacks And String (Undo revision 278521 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 17:18, 26 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (-19,712) . . 1027: Pickup Artist (Undo revision 278524 by Donald Trump (talk))
- 09:47, 7 May 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+75) . . 2616: Deep End (Unfortunately,<sup>[[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''clarification needed'']]]</sup>)
- 12:34, 13 January 2022 (diff | hist) . . (+253) . . 2567: Language Development (→Explanation: Although in this comic language development recapitulates language phylogeny mostly for an humorous purpose, it should be noted that similar ideas were once seriously considered in biology: {{w|Recapitulation theory|ontogeny recapitulate)
- 14:58, 25 December 2021 (diff | hist) . . (-5) . . m 2559: December 25th Launch
- 09:35, 25 December 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+285) . . 2559: December 25th Launch (→Explanation: Furthermore, Santa already knows about the launch because some thousands of astronomy geeks have asked a new space telescope as a Christmas present in their letters to Santa, and the easiest way for Santa to deliver such a present is jus)
- 09:32, 25 December 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+382) . . 2559: December 25th Launch (→Explanation: Additionally, if Santa's sleigh were headed to the vicinity of Cape Canaveral, NASA would have been warned in advance by the {{w|North American Aerospace Defense Command}}, which {{w|NORAD Tracks Santa|tracks Santa}} to [https://www.nora)
- 14:05, 16 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . 2529: Unsolved Math Problems (→Explanation: {{w|millennium problems}} (although I'm unsure about whether it would be better to link to the Clay Institute page on the problems))
- 14:03, 16 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+30) . . 2529: Unsolved Math Problems (→Explanation: , although quite easy to state.)
- 18:06, 8 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m 2524: Comet Visitor
- 18:05, 8 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (-703) . . m 2524: Comet Visitor
- 18:03, 8 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+340) . . Talk:2526: TSP vs TBSP (A table with common or interesting volumes measured in teraspoons would be a good addition.--~~~~)
- 17:57, 8 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . 2526: TSP vs TBSP (→Explanation: If "spoon" is understood as teaspoon, then one teraspoon will be 5000 cubic meters and a binary teraspoon will be 5497,6 cubic meters. If the tablespoon is taken as base unit, a teraspoon will be 14800 cubic meters and a binary teraspoon)
- 17:55, 8 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . 2526: TSP vs TBSP (→Explanation: If "spoon" is understood as teaspoon, then one teraspoon will be 5000 cubic meters and a binary teraspoon will be 5497,6 cubic meters.)
- 09:17, 5 October 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+284) . . 2524: Comet Visitor (→Explanation: Furthermore, sweeping footprints in the Moon, that Cueball sees as a way of tidying up, would be seen as [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/nasa-looks-to-protect-historic-sites-on-the-moon-47186092/ destroying an invaluable a)
- 10:24, 5 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+220) . . Talk:2472: Fuzzy Blob (What's the joke about 4th avenue church? Google fins a 4th avenue church, but it doesn't seem to be related to any mistery.--~~~~)
- 08:12, 1 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . 2470: Next Slide Please (→Explanation: | {{w|Patrick Henry}}, at the {{w|Second Virginia Convention}})
- 08:11, 1 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+38) . . 2470: Next Slide Please (→Explanation: {{w|A Tale of Two Cities}}, novel by {{w|Charles Dickens}}.)
- 08:08, 1 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+5) . . 2470: Next Slide Please (→Explanation: {{w|Sonnet 18}}.)
- 08:06, 1 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+181) . . 2470: Next Slide Please (→Explanation: | 4 June 1940, after the disastrous first weeks of the {{w|battle of France}} Churchill had to acknowledge a military disaster but to convene confidence in victory and will to fight.)
- 07:57, 1 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+31) . . 2470: Next Slide Please (''{{w|We shall fight on the beaches}}'' speech.)
- 07:55, 1 June 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+44) . . 2470: Next Slide Please ({{w|Blood, toil, tears and sweat}} speech.)
- 13:53, 15 April 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+293) . . 2450: Post Vaccine Social Scheduling (The third person being sheduled for a movie before being fully vaccinated may be a reference to 2441: IMDb Vaccines, discusing the number of people that needs to be vaccinated to record a particular scene. However, if this comic is about going to the)
- 08:57, 18 February 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . Talk:2426: Animal Songs (Is it known whether Dr. Fauci owns a cat?--~~~~)
- 18:07, 29 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . 2418: Metacarcinization (→Explanation: {{w|Carcinization}})
- 19:04, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+151) . . 2412: 1/100,000th Scale World (→Table: However, at about 2-3 km thickness in real world, 1/100,000 scaled ice caps have a 2-3 cm thickness, which is a very convenient size to put in drinks.)
- 18:57, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+204) . . 2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (→Table: The {{w|Golden Gate Bridge}} is a suspension bridge in San Francisco, supported by two 93 cm wide cables. Scaled down, they would be 0.93 mm wide wires and it would be tempting to use them as a thigtrope.)
- 18:48, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (-10) . . 2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (→Table: not elemental hydrogen, but just plain current molecular hydrogen)
- 18:46, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+735) . . 2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (→Table: In the US, small parts are defined by [https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/Business-Guidance/Small-Parts-for-Toys-and-Childrens-Products 16 C.F.R. Part 1501.2] as fitting in a cylindrical test fixture of 1.25 inches)
- 18:31, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . 2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (→Table: {{w|Hindenburg disaster|Hindenburg exploded}})
- 18:30, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+11) . . m Talk:2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (<pre>)
- 18:29, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+386) . . Talk:2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (Just for reference: the maths to scale down the Niagara Falls flow an convert from cubic feet to cubic centimeters: > 1e5*(.3048)^3*1000^2/(1e3)^3 [1] 2.831685 > 1e5*(.3048)^3*1000^2/(1e3)^3/2 [1] 1.415842 American editors may want to adapt the formulas)
- 18:27, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . 2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (→Explanation: Once scaled to 1/1000, that flow would be 2.83 or 1.41 cm3 per second, enough to fill a glass in about one minute.)
- 18:20, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+196) . . 2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (→Table: According to https://what-if.xkcd.com/147/, the Niagara Falls flow is regulated to 100.000 cubic feet per second on the tourist season and to 50.000 cubic feet per second off season and at night.)
- 18:17, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . 2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (→Table: | The {{w|Gateway Arch}} is a monument in Saint Louis, Misouri. Being a 192 m high arch, once scaled it would be 19.2 cm high, ideal for tripping.)
- 18:00, 27 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+71) . . 2417: 1/1,000th Scale World (→Explanation: and 2412: 1/100,000th Scale World)
- 19:21, 15 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+268) . . Talk:2412: 1/100,000th Scale World
- 19:19, 15 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+351) . . 2412: 1/100,000th Scale World (→Explanation: The tittle text states that the floor should be slightly curved. In fact, given that the model in the comic is about 10 meters long, it represents about 1000 km of Earth, that spans about 9 degrees of a great circle. Therefore, if the mo)
- 09:31, 12 January 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+181) . . 2410: Apple Growers (→Explanation: {{w|Cosmic Crisp}}, mentioned in title text, is a variety of apples developed in the Washington State University that has been on sale since 2019, amid a large marketing campaign.)
- 16:04, 27 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . 2391: Life Before the Pandemic (→Grilling in the Library: Grilling is not safe in doors or indoors, but I think the strip means the later.)
- 16:03, 27 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+17) . . 2391: Life Before the Pandemic (→Arcade Claw Machines: {{w|Claw crane|Arcade claw machines}})
- 16:01, 27 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Talk:2391: Life Before the Pandemic (organizing threads)
- 16:01, 27 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+434) . . Talk:2391: Life Before the Pandemic (Non native speaker, here. Should the mouse-over text be understood as riding a horse in a shopping mall? That would make sense as it is as absurd as the other activities mentioned in the strip. "Mall" can have also other meanings, but riding through the N)
- 15:49, 18 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+55) . . 2386: Ten Years (→Explanation: with Randall being depicted as Clueball and his wife as Megan.)
- 09:44, 17 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . 2386: Ten Years (→Explanation: which according to 881: Probability wasn't unlikely but couldn't either be taken for granted (77% probability).)
- 09:38, 10 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . 2383: Electoral Precedent 2020 (→Explanation: By 1996 that had changed and both the incumbent [http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/websites/cg96/ Bill Clinton campaign] and the challenger [http://www.dolekemp96.org/main.htm Bob Dole campaing] had websites that look very simple by tod)
- 09:33, 10 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+237) . . 2383: Electoral Precedent 2020 (→Explanation: and Randall assumes the 1992 Clinton campaign not to have a website - in 1996 that had changed, although the [http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/websites/cg96/ 1996 Clinton - Gore campaign website] seems very simple by today's standards.)
- 13:12, 6 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+333) . . Talk:2381: The True Name of the Bear (I wonder if the fact that the brown bear (aka grizzly) has been disappearing from most of North-America as the Germanic languages expanded there, could be cited as (weak) evidence that the euphemism actually prevents bears from appearing.--~~~~)
- 22:02, 5 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+80) . . 2314: Carcinization ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameplay_of_Pok%C3%A9mon#Pok%C3%A9mon_evolution of Pokémon])
- 21:59, 5 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+102) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (and it is also [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IKnowYourTrueName a common trope] elsewhere. Some say a true name contains clear meaning of who someone or something really is.)
- 13:10, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (-18) . . m 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation)
- 13:09, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation)
- 13:08, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+19) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear ({{w|Sound change|sound shifting}})
- 13:06, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+310) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation: Interestingly enough, the hypothesized word Arth is the same as the Welsh for the word bear. Welsh belongs to the Celtic language family, which is one of the Indoeuropean branches that still uses a word derived from *rkto-, as the Italic)
- 12:25, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation: fairly wise)
- 12:23, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation: but pronouncing it seems to actually summon an ours, showing that abandoning that word was a quite wise move for the forefathers of German language speakers.)
- 12:22, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+283) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation: The Indoeuropean root for bears is *rkto-, which has been inferred from languages that use words derived for it. In the comic, Gretchen McCulloch applies sound shifting laws to it to guess how would have it evolved into English, but pron)
- 12:15, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation: and it were replaced by an euphemisms in those branches. In the Germanic branch, the euphemism may have been like "the brown one" and words for bear derive from words for "brown".)
- 12:13, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+65) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation: about [https://www.charlierussellbears.com/LinguisticArchaeology.html the theory])
- 12:12, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+24) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (The Canadian Internet linguist {{w|Gretchen McCulloch}})
- 12:10, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation: - notably the Germanic one - and it were replaced by an euphemism like "the brown one" that lead to the English word "bear".)
- 12:08, 4 November 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+208) . . 2381: The True Name of the Bear (→Explanation: The linguist Gretchen McCulloch [https://twitter.com/gretchenamcc/status/1113195661275611137?lang=ca tweeted] about the theory that the word for bear became taboo in some branches of Indoeuropean languages.)
- 09:48, 25 October 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+173) . . 2376: Curbside (→Explanation: This same kind of recursivity of tracking tracers has been previously explored to find finders and incinerate incinerators.)
- 23:44, 10 December 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . 2239: Data Error (→Explanation: On the other hand, algae and cyanobacteria still {{w|Harmful algal bloom|can be locally harmful}}.)
- 00:21, 10 December 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+402) . . 2239: Data Error (→Explanation: In fact, destroying the evidence, hiding the error and publishing the wrong results as if they were right is what a dishonest scientist would do. This is what a lot of readers would expect a dishonest character as Blackhat to suggest in)
- 18:56, 9 December 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+119) . . 2239: Data Error (→Explanation: That suggests that algae may be somehow dangerous - although {{w|Cyanobacteria}} are no longer considered {{w|algae}}.)
- 18:54, 9 December 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+222) . . 2239: Data Error (→Explanation: Mouse-over text is about the {{w|Great Oxidation Event}} when prokaryotic photosynthetic organisms built up oxygen in Earth atmosphere for the first time and most organisms, which weren't adapted to oxygen, went extinct.)
- 22:12, 2 December 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+549) . . 2236: Is it Christmas? (→Explanation: In fact, in most settings where a single outcome is a lot more common than any other one, predicting always that most common outcome would yield very high accuracy without any usefulness. It isn't hard to find examples even more accurate)
- 22:01, 2 December 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (line break to avoid a large white gap (as seen in Chrome))
- 21:55, 2 December 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+215) . . 2236: Is it Christmas? (→Explanation: A reasonably useful prediction, however, should be likely to say "No" when it is not Christmas - as Randall's one does - but it should also be likely to say "Yes" when it's Christmas - which Radall's one doesn't -.)
- 21:51, 2 December 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+514) . . 2236: Is it Christmas? (→Explanation: Although Randall's claim on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_and_precision#In_binary_classification accuracy] is true, accuracy alone doesn't make a predictive device useful. In this case, the page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F)
- 21:44, 2 December 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+183) . . 2236: Is it Christmas? (→Explanation: Although Randall's claim on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_and_precision#In_binary_classification accuracy] is true, accuracy alone doesn't make a predictive device useful.)
- 07:40, 16 September 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . 2202: Earth-Like Exoplanet ({{w|Pit and the Pendulum}})
- 13:25, 28 August 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . m 2194: How to Send a File (→Explanation: if you try)
- 15:15, 26 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+28) . . 2168: Reading in the Original (→Explanation: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-pedia#English -pedia])
- 15:11, 26 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-9) . . 2168: Reading in the Original (→Explanation: but that's not because of any purported merger but only a consequence of English being used on the Internet a lot more than Greek and thus allowing to gather a larger community of editors.)
- 15:10, 26 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+292) . . 2168: Reading in the Original (→Explanation: The articles in Greek Wikipedia tend to be shorter than in the English version, but that's not because of any purported merger but only a consequence of the English a lot more being more used than Greek in the Internet and thus allowing)
- 15:05, 26 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+233) . . 2168: Reading in the Original (→Explanation: However, he is not reading the "original" version of Wikipedia articles, but their equivalent in the [https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B7:%CE%9A%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1 modern Greek language edition of Wikipedia].)
- 15:22, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-9) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (→Explanation: and which obviously are just the {{w|President of the United States}}.)
- 15:20, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (→Explanation: Some fiction writers and filmmakers set some of all of their works in a common {{w|fictional universe|universe}}.)
- 15:18, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+182) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (→Explanation: The pun here is that Clueball is trying to find the common features between Ken Burn's series to set them in a common universe, as a fiction fan would do, "discovering" similarities between series that are just obvious and well known fac)
- 15:16, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+262) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (→Explanation: The pun here is that Clueball is trying to find the common features between Ken Burn's series to set them in a common universe, as a fiction fan would do, "discovering" similarities between series that are just obvious and well known fac)
- 15:14, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+180) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (→Explanation: Therefore all their documentary series are set in a common universe - which is actually the real one, and usually a single part of it: the United States in the last two centuries.)
- 15:12, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+166) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (→Explanation: When it's not obvious that several works from the same author are set in the same fictional universe, some fans may try to find a way to relate them to a common set.)
- 15:10, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+92) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (→Explanation: Some fiction writers and filmmakers are set in a common {{w|fictional universe|universe}}.)
- 15:09, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (→Explanation)
- 15:09, 7 June 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . 2160: Ken Burns Theory (→Explanation: {{w:Ken Burns}} is an American filmmaker renowned for his historical documentaries.)
- 13:50, 22 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+335) . . 2126: Google Trends Maps (→Explanation: The contrast is more striking since bungee jumping is a potentially dangerous activity and people practising it might be seen as likely to die young enough not to need a retirement planing. However, bungee jumping is actually a quite sa)
- 21:23, 20 March 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . 2126: Google Trends Maps (wikipedia link)
- 09:42, 25 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . 647: Scary (→Trivia: having to change verbal tense of that scary sentence makes it way more scary)
- 19:58, 11 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+180) . . Talk:2097: Thor Tools (:I agree. That interpretation should be in the explanation instead of the present one.--~~~~)
- 17:13, 24 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . User:Pere prlpz
- 17:11, 24 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+37) . . N User:Pere prlpz (More info in ca:User:Pere prlpz.)
- 16:52, 24 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+45) . . 2063: Carnot Cycle (→Explanation: Galadriel is one of the last elves to leave.)
- 16:51, 24 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+171) . . 2063: Carnot Cycle ({{w|Galadriel}} is a character in Lord of the Rings. Galadriel is one of the leading {{w|Elf (Middle-earth)|elves}}, which is a race that in the time of the book is said t)
- 19:47, 18 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+353) . . Talk:2060: Hygrometer (::The interest of the fact in relation to the comic may be debatable, but even now four out of the first ten Google results linked to pornhub, and yesterday when the comic appeared and it still didn't show on Google, pornhub results made the whole first p)
- 16:52, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . Talk:2060: Hygrometer (:Thank you. I added it to the description.--~~~~)
- 16:51, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation)
- 16:50, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+709) . . 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation: ===Trivia=== At the moment of the release of this comic, a [https://www.google.es/search?rlz=1C1NHXL_caES708ES708&ei=EEHHW-DWBJ2vgAbZyrSQAw&q=ometerometer&oq=ometerometer&gs_l=psy-ab.3...1876.4215.0.4448.12.10.0.0.0.0.376.1163.0j3j1j1.5)
- 15:48, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+267) . . Talk:2060: Hygrometer (Interestingly, Google search for ometerometer returns porn results. If there is an xkcd comic about rule 34 (if it exists, there is porn about it), it could be linked here.--~~~~)
- 15:44, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+425) . . 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation: The word {{w|hypsometer}} can mean [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hypsometer two unrelated instruments] to measure height. One measures heights of a building or a tree by triangulation. The other measures altitude)
- 15:37, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+211) . . 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation: An {{w|Stalagmometric method|stalagmometer}} is an instrument to measure {{w|surface tension}} of fluids by producing a drop and wheighing it - the bigger the drop is, the larger surface tension the fluid has.)
- 15:32, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+261) . . 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation: aleurometer. I'm afraid my explanation should be improved by anybody having actually seen an aleurometer.)
- 15:26, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+96) . . 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation: A {{w|viscometer}} or viscosimeter is an instrument to measure the {{w|viscosity}} of a fluid.)
- 15:24, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . m 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation: grammar)
- 15:23, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+266) . . 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation: An {{w|sclerometer}} is an instrument to measure {{w|scratch hardness}} of a solid by scratching it under some stardard conditions and measuring the scratch. Instruments used to measure the elastic properties of concret surfaces, like th)
- 15:19, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+159) . . 2060: Hygrometer (An {{w|sclerometer}} is an instrument to measure {{w|scratch hardness}} of a solid by scratching it under some stardard conditions and measuring the scratch.)
- 15:17, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation: An {{w|hygrometer}} is an instrument to measure the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere or the amount of water in solids as soil or wood.)
- 15:15, 17 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . 2060: Hygrometer (→Explanation: A [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/declinometer declinometer] is an instrument to measure {{w|magnetic declination}}.)
- 15:43, 16 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . 2020: Negative Results (→Explanation: {{w|publication bias}})
- 16:49, 13 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+314) . . 2019: An Apple for a Dollar (→Explanation: although this problem involves the rather unrealistic assumption that the train speed is constant. Like the frictionless plane, this is a common simplification that allows the problem to be solved with quite simple techniques, just like)
- 19:36, 11 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+339) . . Talk:1992: SafetySat (This cubesat made its way to Space Exploration Stackexchange: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/28345/cubesat-design-requirements-and-safety-restrictions I leave the link here just in case we could add something from it to the explanation.--~~~~)
- 10:23, 29 June 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+180) . . Talk:2012: Thorough Analysis (:I think a that comparison with this website should be included in the comic explanation.--~~~~)
- 15:16, 20 June 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . 2009: Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (→Explanation: The {{w|Hertzsprung–Russell diagram}} is an scatterplot showing absolute luminosities of stars against its effective temperature or color.)
- 10:55, 11 April 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+67) . . 1979: History (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_James_A._Garfield)
- 11:46, 21 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+353) . . Talk:1944: The End of the Rainbow (The accuracy of Megan's statement is being discussed in https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/24590/how-much-gold-is-there-in-our-sun and their conclusions are contradicting the one published here. I haven't still checked but I think somebody)
- 23:58, 15 September 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+281) . . Talk:1890: What to Bring (The sentence "which often come with lids suited to making an airtight seal" is inaccurate. Lids don't form an airtight seal, and airtightness is not necessary to extinguish a pan fire.)
- 14:54, 23 June 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . m 493: Actuarial (→Explanation: fixing tvTropes link)
- 20:10, 14 April 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+7) . . m 1824: Identification Chart (→Explanation: {{w|Harrier (bird))
- 12:41, 6 March 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . 1807: Listening (Cueball and Ponytail (not Megan))
- 21:23, 16 February 2017 (diff | hist) . . (-3) . . m 1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones (→Table of countries and their timezones)
- 21:23, 16 February 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . m 1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones (→Table of countries and their timezones: {{w)
- 21:23, 16 February 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+231) . . 1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones (→Table of countries and their timezones: | {{w|Sudan}} and {{South Sudan}} || UTC+3 || Both countries are in fully in UTC+3 zone, but in the map a little part of them has been stretched to meet the borders with Chad the Central African Republic)
- 09:07, 15 February 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+145) . . Talk:1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones (Should we compile a table of oddities in the map?--~~~~)
- 09:06, 15 February 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+178) . . Talk:1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones (::The switch is just a mistake, maybe caused by a map not depicting Western Sahara.--~~~~)
- 09:45, 1 February 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . m 1793: Soda Sugar Comparisons (→Explanation: {{w|Skittles (confectionery)|Skittles}})
- 22:16, 9 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+593) . . explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous (→Sightless readers offended by the "It's 'cause you're dumb" tagline.: :I'm an "international user", too, and I suppose a lot of users of this site are international users who need to be explained some xkcd jokes that would be obvious to any nati)
- 11:54, 23 January 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+230) . . Talk:1633: Possible Undiscovered Planets (:::I agree that it means stars. Any body bigger than 1AU (or even a lot smaller) must be a star. The only alternative would be a nebula.--~~~~)
- 21:57, 22 January 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+369) . . Talk:1633: Possible Undiscovered Planets (::I added the stars statement before reading your comment. Feel free to edit it. ::And I agree that it's strange that Randall didn't mark the Sun. Furthermore, the Sun fits the Greek definition of planet. In fact, it fits any definition of planet bet)
- 21:53, 22 January 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+104) . . 1633: Possible Undiscovered Planets (→Explanation: "Planets ruled out because we would see them during the day" refers to objects big enough to be stars.)
- 10:06, 18 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+424) . . Talk:802: Online Communities 2 (The "Russia (DJ)" island just next to Sarah Palin's area is probably a reference to her very commented statement that you can see Russia from Alaska,[http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/sarah-palin-never-said-can-see-russia-house/] someho)
- 17:29, 17 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+544) . . Talk:162: Angular Momentum (::The total angular momentum is not changed, but while Megan is spinning the Earth is rotating slower. When she stops spinning, the Earth resumes it's previous spin rate, but not in the same position, and therefore dawn comes later. ::You can compare)
- 17:22, 17 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+507) . . Talk:162: Angular Momentum (:The effect is stronger in the North Pole, but in temperate latidudes it's still strong. In fact, it's proportional to sine of latitude. Therefore, if the comic is set in Boston (where I think Randall lives), it's just a 33% weaker than in the Pole ()
- 12:49, 15 December 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+359) . . Talk:316: Loud Sex (:"Aberration" should be understood here as a sound equivalent of wikipedia:Optical aberration. An spheric or parabolloidal reflector wouldn't focus in one point sound from a point source. Of course, there is also a double meaning with aberrant se)