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| number = 3065<br />
| date = March 19, 2025<br />
| title = Square Units<br />
| image = square_units_2x.png<br />
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| titletext = The biggest I've seen in a published source in the wild is an 80-fold error in a reported distance, which I think came from a series of at least three unit conversions and area/length misinterpretations.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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In this comic, [[Megan]] is using her phone to read about an insect species that consumes (hyperbolically described as 'devours') one square inch of grass per day. As it is relayed through a chain of conversations, this measurement gets misinterpreted 11 times until [[Hairbun]] tells other people that it devours an area of grass equal to two times the land area of Australia per day, which is clearly impossible by one insect.{{citation needed}} This is similar to the premise of [[2585: Rounding]].<br />
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This gross error is the result of repeatedly misinterpreting the number of square units as the side length of a square, thus increasing the described area by the power of two. The chain also involves converting between an imperial unit and a metric unit, alternating, thus introducing smaller rounding errors even while switching which measurement is "a single square with sides of a certain distance" and which is "the number of squares that are each of unit length". The upshot is that, while each statement has two roughly similar measurements of area, the chain of misunderstanding ends up claiming ever larger relative expanses. The later participants in this chain also clearly forget to sanity-check their figures, blithely informing others that an individual insect is effectively consuming impossibly huge quantities of food, and travelling enormous linear distances every day to do so.<br />
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The title text tells us that [[Randall]] once found an 80-fold error in a reported distance in a published source.<br />
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===Table of conversions===<br />
{{note|Table is too wide. "Acre" starts to overlap normal page area, everything else is beyond it. Suggest perhaps three or four significant figures ''plus'' scientific exponentiation on all figures where this does not increase a cell's minimum required width?}}<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! step !! percentage gain !! total percentage gain !! square inch !! square cm !! square foot !! acre !! square meters !! square kilometers !! square miles<br />
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! 1<br />
| N/A || N/A ||style="background-color:lightgreen;"| 1||style="background-color:red;"| 6.4516 || 0.006945 || 1.594e-7 || 0.0006451 || 6.451e-10 || 2.490e-10<br />
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! 2<br />
| -7% || -7% || 0.93 ||style="background-color:pink;"| 6 || 0.006458 || 1.482e-7 || 0.0006 || 6e-10 || 2.316e-10<br />
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! 3<br />
| +600% || +558% || 5.580 ||style="background-color:lightgreen;"| 36 (6<sup>2</sup>)||0.03875 || 8.895e-7 || 0.0036 || 3.6e-9 || 1.39e-9<br />
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! 4<br />
| +3,600% || +20,000.9% || 200.9 ||style="background-color:lightgreen;"|1,296 (36<sup>2</sup>) || style="background-color:red;"|1.395 || 3.202e-5 || 0.1296 || 1.296e-7 || 5.004e-8<br />
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! 5<br />
| -28.3% || +14,400% || 144 || style="background-color:green;"|929.03 || style="background-color:pink;"|1 || 2.296e-5 || 0.09290 || 9.290e-8 || 3.587e-8<br />
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! 6<br />
| +87,188% || +125,550.25% || 125,550.251 || style="background-color:lightgreen;"|810,000 (900<sup>2</sup>)|| style="background-color:green;"|871.9||0.02002 || 81||8.1e-5 || 3.127e-5<br />
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! 7<br />
| +103.22% || +12,960,000% || 129,600 || 836,127||style="background-color:lightgreen;"| 900 (30<sup>2</sup>) ||0.02066|| 83.61||8.361e-5 || 3.228e-5<br />
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! 8<br />
| +90,000% || +11,664,000,000% || 1.166e+8 || 7.525e+8 ||style="background-color:lightgreen;"| 810,000 (900<sup>2</sup>) || style="background-color:green;"|18.59|| 7.525e+4 || 0.07525 || 0.02905<br />
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! 9<br />
| +107.55% || +12,545,275,491% || 1.255e+8 || 8.094e+8|| 871,200||style="background-color:lightgreen;"| 20|| style="background-color:green;"|8.093e+5 || 0.08093 || 0.03125<br />
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! 10<br />
| +7,907,375% || +992,001,984,003,868% || 9.920e+12 || 6.4e+13|| 6.889e+13 || 1.581e+6 || style="background-color:lightgreen;"| 6.4e+9 (80,000<sup>2</sup>) || 6,400 ||2,471<br />
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! 11<br />
| +0% || +992,001,984,003,868% || 9.920e+12 || 6.4e+13|| 6.889e+13 || 1.581e+6 || 6.4e+9 || style="background-color:lightgreen;"|6,400 (80<sup>2</sup>) ||style="background-color:green;"|2,471<br />
|-<br />
! 12<br />
| +252,928% || +2,509,056,048,112,096,000% || 2.509e+16|| 1.618e+17 || 1.7424e+14|| 4.000e12 || 1.619e+13 || 1.618e+7 || style="background-color:lightgreen;"|6.250e+6 (2,500<sup>2</sup>)<br />
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The land area of Australia is 7,688,287 square km or 2,968,464 sq mi, making it the 6th largest country on Earth by area. A 2,500 mile square would actually be 2.1 times greater than the land area of Australia, once again having a rounding error.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Arrows point to each consecutive panel.]<br />
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:[Megan is looking at her phone, with Cueball standing next to her.]<br />
:Megan: This newly-described insect can devour up to a square inch of grass per day.<br />
:Cueball: Oh, neat.<br />
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:[Cueball is speaking to Ponytail.]<br />
:Cueball: ...it eats a square inch, or 6 cm², of grass per day...<br />
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:[Ponytail is speaking to Hairy.]<br />
:Ponytail: ...a 6-centimeter (2½ inch) square of grass, or 36 cm²...<br />
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:[Arrows now point to each consecutive conversion.]<br />
:Written out of panel: ...a 36 centimeter square, or over a square foot...<br />
:Written out of panel: ...a square foot, or 900 cm²...<br />
:Written out of panel: ...a 900 cm (30 foot) square...<br />
:Written out of panel: ...a 30 foot square of grass (900 square feet)...<br />
:Written out of panel: ...a 900 foot square, or almost 20 acres...<br />
:Written out of panel: ...20 acres (8 hectares, or 80,000 square meters)...<br />
:Written out of panel: ...an 80,000 meter (80 km) square...<br />
:Written out of panel: ...a square 80 km wide, or roughly 2,500 square miles...<br />
:Written out of panel: ...a 2,500-mile square, or twice the land area of Australia, per day...<br />
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:[An arrow points from the last conversion to the last panel.]<br />
:[Hairbun is looking at her phone, with White Hat, Danish and Blondie standing next to her.]<br />
:Hairbun: Did you hear about this insect that defoliates the entire land area of Australia twice a day?<br />
:White Hat: Gosh!<br />
:Danish: Wow.<br />
:Blondie: I hope at least it's contained there...<br />
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I can read.<br />
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I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, xml, html, css, js, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, VIM keybindings, and mindustry processor.<br />
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I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
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Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
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== Did you know... ==<br />
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<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
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== log ==<br />
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23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
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:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
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18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
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21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
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22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
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23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
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09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
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09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
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21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
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09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
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11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
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22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
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09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
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20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
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09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
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11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
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09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
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10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
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10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
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16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
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06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
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21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
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23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
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11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
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00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
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11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
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08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
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:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
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11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
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10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
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15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
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17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
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18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
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11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
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08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
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:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
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14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
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10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
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08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
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10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
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11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
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14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
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10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
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20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
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13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
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14:40, 4 October 2024 (CST): i hadn't a job and then i did<br />
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"100 years later, this story remains terrifying--not because it's the local network block, but because the killer is on IPv4."<br />
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It already is.<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/172.69.69.28|172.69.69.28]] 13:20, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Says a person signing with IPv4 address. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.105|162.158.88.105]] 14:19, 6 October 2021 (UTC)<br />
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::Says a person signing with IPv4 address. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 05:18, 9 October 2024 (UTC)<br />
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There is a mistake in the transcription of the title text at the top of the page. It should say 'the killer is ''still'' on IPv4', not just 'the killer is on IPv4'. I don't know how to correct it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.12|141.101.98.12]] 14:46, 18 December 2023 (UTC)<br />
:You do it by... doing what I just did do. (Hoping that the 'bot that protects against vandalism doesn't revert my IP-only change.) Good catch.<br />
:I wonder if that was an error by the original page-creator? If it had been one or other of the auto-creating 'bots that we've had doing this thing then it would be a sign of post-copied editing, but I'd have to poke around in external archives to be sure if it was misread by that person or messed about with by Randall after the fact. (If it turns out to have been, then maybe worth a note about it. Albeit that maybe this conversation is enough of a note.) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.77|172.71.178.77]] 16:49, 18 December 2023 (UTC)<br />
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You guys talk big for guys without IPv6 {{unsigned ip|162.158.95.136|08:51, 21 January 2024|...this must now be ironic!}}<br />
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:My dad bought a router without IPv6 support on purpose. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.244|172.16.0.105]] 14:57, 18 November 2024 (UTC)<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
Brackets, also called parentheses, are typographical symbols used to delimit a section of text. Unlike most typographical symbols, brackets usually come in pairs, and the end bracket is typically the mirror image of the start bracket.<br />
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This comic shows a variety of (mostly) real bracket symbols, along with Randall's description.<br />
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{| class="wikitable" <br />
|+Descriptions<br />
|-<br />
! Symbols<br />
! Comic text<br />
! Real use<br />
! Explanation of the joke<br />
|-<br />
|( )<br />
|Regular parentheses for setting stuff aside<br />
|The regular curved bracket is the most commonly used in literature, and typically denotes aside remarks that are relevant to, but not part of, a sentence (for example, a clarifying explanation). In stage plays, teleplays and screenplays, they can indicate stage directions. It is also frequently used in mathematical expressions and programming languages as a grouping operator, to force a particular order of evaluation.<br />
|Randall explains, accurately, that these are regular parentheses. No joke yet.<br />
|-<br />
|[ ]<br />
|Square brackets (more secure)<br />
|In literature, square brackets often denote meta-textual information, such as {{w|Gloss (annotation)|glosses}}, omissions for brevity, editorial comments or translation-related notes. In mathematics, they are often used for {{w|Matrix (mathematics)|matrices}} or {{w|Interval (mathematics)|closed intervals}}. Sometimes they are used as outer parentheses for easier visual matching in complicated expressions. In programming languages, square brackets are commonly used as the indexing operator, with the index being placed inside the brackets. They may also be used to denote specific data structures such as arrays or lists. In language definition syntaxes such as {{w|Extended Backus–Naur form}}, square brackets indicate something optional. <br />
|The straight edges and sharper corners make these brackets resemble a solid box, presumably made of a hard material, which would be a more secure container than the "soft"-looking curved brackets. They also resemble staples, which are used to hold things in place securely. This may also be a pun on "open" and "closed" intervals, with the joke being that a "closed" interval is more secure than an "open" one, since it is harder for things to leave a closed container without your consent.<br />
|-<br />
|{ }<br />
|This stuff is expensive so be careful with it<br />
|Known as "curly brackets" or "braces". Rarely used in normal text, although may be used in expanded form to 'enclose' multiple optional lines following/preceding a single element of common purpose (similar to the 'split and recombined tracks' of [[2243: Star Wars Spoiler Generator]]). In mathematics, usually used to denote {{w|Set (mathematics)|sets}}, but other usage is possible. In programming languages they are popularly used to denote the start and end of a block of code, to the point that there is an entire group of languages informally known as '{{w|List of programming languages by type#Curly-bracket languages|curly-bracket languages}}'. In language definition syntaxes, curly brackets often denote that an expression can be repeated multiple times.<br />
|Curly brackets look fancy, like gates with ornate ironwork. Randall implies a world where expensive stuff is set aside using the fanciest brackets available. Writing them by hand is also more complicated than regular or square brackets (in a way making them slightly more time consuming/expensive).<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="display:inline-block; transform:scaleX(-1);">‶</span> ‶<br />
|Someone is talking<br />
|Used to denote speech or citations in normal text. There are various styles from the identical pairing "&#8201;" to the 66-and-99-like “&#8201;” which differentiates opening and closing quotes. The comic appears to use a handwriting-only slope-variation.<br />
The straight (ASCII) style is commonly used in programming languages to denote text that is data, rather than code, such as literal messages intended to be displayed to the user.<br />
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Word processors commonly implement “smart quotes” by detecting the use of the single-type keyboard character at each end of a possible quote and converting it into the fancier left/right versions (though this is not always desired, leading to the default behaviour being disabled or reverted).<br />
|Typical form of quotation marks. Quotation marks are most often used in literature to mark dialogue (words said by characters talking) as opposed to descriptions or narrative. Some languages or communities use different typographical conventions such as „German quotation marks“. See also below for British and French conventions.<br />
|-<br />
|<span style="display:inline-block; transform:scaleX(-1);">‵</span> ‵<br />
|Someone British is talking<br />
|[https://www.grammarly.com/blog/single-vs-double-quotes/ Allegedly 'British quotation marks'], although this may be disputed by actual Brits who were taught otherwise. Single quotes might be more often used as '{{w|scare quotes}}' or a related form of '<em>emphasis</em>' marker. One possible distinction is that single-quotes give non-literal paraphrasing, wherever double-quotes are used for the verbatim reporting of words (spoken or written).<br />
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In programming languages single quotes are used for diverse purposes. In C and Pascal families they are used to delimit single characters as opposed to strings of characters, which use double quotes. In many scripting languages like Unix shells, Perl, Python, JavaScript and others single quotes are used for strings as an alternative for double quotes, in some cases with different rules for interpreting the contents of such string. In Visual Basic single quotes (unpaired) are used to mark comments. There are other uses, depending on the language.<br />
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As with the double quotes above, the comic versions appear to be handwriting-specific, with no easy-to-use equivalents in commonly used computer fonts.<br />
|Alternative form of quotation marks. Some British media use these to mark dialogue, for historic reasons, though in modern usage the double quotes may be more common [https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/quotes/marks and acceptable]. <br />
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Single quotes within double quotes (and/or double quotes within single, as necessary) can also be used to more clearly indicate reported words as part of an outer quote, i.e. when you're quoting one person and their statement contains a quote of someone else. The main quotation would be surrounded with double quotes, while the nested quotation is delimited with single quotes (or vice-versa, depending upon the house style in use). This may even be further alternated to arbitrary depth!<br />
|-<br />
|‹ ›<br />
|An Animorph is talking<br />
|{{w|Bracket#Angle_brackets|Angle brackets}}. Aside from telepathic speech in prose, it's often used in comics to indicate that a character is speaking a foreign language that has been translated for the reader's benefit – at least notionally. Angle brackets are heavily used in {{w|HTML}} as markup tags to define how the source of websites intends to convey various stylistic and/or semantic distinctions.<br />
|Books like the series {{w|Animorphs}} or science fiction novels use these when a character is communicating nonverbally, for example via telepathy. In the ''Animorphs'' series, this is called [https://animorphs.fandom.com/wiki/Thought-speak thought-speak], or sometimes "thought speech".<br />
|-<br />
|« »<br />
|A French Animorph is talking<br />
|French quotation marks. Used for quotes within quotes in some languages. For quoting conventions in different languages, see [https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/formex/physical-specifications/character-encoding/use-of-quotation-marks-in-the-different-languages this document].<br />
|These symbols are called "guillemets" (ghee-ya-may) and are used in French texts as the first-level quotes. Here Randall is mixing the SF convention described above with actual French use.<br />
|-<br />
|<nowiki>|</nowiki> &#124;<br />
|I'm scared of negative numbers but these sigils will protect me<br />
|Vertical bars in mathematics are used for the {{w|Absolute value}} function.<br />
|The absolute value of a number is its value with all negative and positive signs stripped off; in practical terms this is used to ensure a given value is positive (ex. <nowiki>|-10| = 10</nowiki>). If for whatever reason you need to "protect" your equations from negative numbers (which does come up in programming from time to time) the absolute value function has you covered &mdash; though it may not always be denoted with vertical bars. {{w|Sigil}}s are symbols used in magic, often for protection from evil.<br />
|-<br />
|*&#8201;* _&#8201;_ /&#8201;/<br />
|I have a favorite monospaced font<br />
|These symbols are conventionally used in text-based computer communications (such as emails, chats, Usenet News articles) to denote *bold*, _underlined_ or /italic/ font; some client programs interpret them and display actual bold text etc.<br />
|The kind of person who uses these symbols is the kind of person who uses a {{w|terminal emulator}}, which allows users to select one's favorite (preferably monospace) font. A {{w|Monospace font}} is a font (set of shapes used for letters, numbers and symbols) in which every character has the same width, unlike a {{w|Typeface#Proportional_font|variable-width (proportional) font}}, in which, for example, the letter I is much narrower than W. While a proportional font is more pleasant to read,{{citation needed}} monospace is easier to represent in simple mechanical or electronic devices, and has been used almost exclusively in the advent of computer technology, specifically in text-only environments such as {{w|computer terminals}}; these most often had only one bare-bones font that did not provide separate glyphs for different styles of character (weight, slant) or the ability to superimpose characters (directly adding underlines).<br />
|-<br />
|~~<br />
|I'm being sarcastic and I had a Tumblr account in 2014<br />
|Used in the [https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#strikethrough markdown specification] to denote text with a horizontal line through it, known as "strikethrough". Used by most places that implement the markdown spec, such as Discord, Reddit, most wikis, Github and Tumblr.<br />
|Strikethrough markup can be found on sites like Tumblr, Reddit or Discord to indicate that you didn't really mean something you said, and such usage peaked in the mid-2010s. This could also reference the trend of putting tildes after words or sentences to indicate the words are being said in a lilting or sing-song manner, or to indicate it is being said in a cute, nice, seductive timbre or as a particular part of a subcultural reference, e.g. in {{w|Furry fandom}}. Applied to a chosen username, it may be made to make it stand out, or else add sufficiently uniqueness despite the core name being likely to be in common use.<br />
|-<br />
|[([{()}],)]<br />
|These Python functions are not getting along<br />
|The square brackets denote a mutable [https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html#lists list], the round brackets an immutable [https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#tuples-and-sequences tuple] , and the curly brackets a [https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#sets set]. It is valid to have them nested like this. [] could also be a slice (a bit of a list or tuple) and {} could be a [https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries dictionary], but the syntax is wrong for these. <br />
|Passing the output from one function to the input of another will sometimes require putting it in a container or changing what type of container it is in. This is an extreme and unrealistic example where the next function might need the data put into a very complex structure. This may be an example of spaghetti code - code that is badly maintained or written in programming languages including Python will often be badly organized creating a mess of indentations and brackets.<br />
|-<br />
|⌊ ⌋<br />
|Help, I'm a mathematician trying to work with actual numbers and they're scary<br />
|Mathematical symbols meaning "floor" (i.e., round down to the nearest lower integer).<br />
|Mathematicians stereotypically prefer to work with abstract symbols and concepts rather than numbers or indeed anything that might pertain to the real world. When presented with an "actual" ({{w|real number|real}}) number, it is possible that a mathematician may wish for it to be rounded to the nearest integer to make it simpler, or handle it using {{w|number theory}}.<br />
|-<br />
|∫ &nbsp;<span style="display:inline-block; transform:scaleX(-1);">∫</span><br />
|Why are you trying to read my violin?<br />
|This is a joke item created by Randall; these symbols are not used as brackets.<br />
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∫ looks like the {{w|Integral symbol}} which itself is derived from a {{w|Long s}}. In mathematics it is usually paired with the differential of the variable of integration (e.g., dx). The symbol also looks like a lowercase {{w|Esh (letter)|esh}} (ʃ), used in phonetic transcription. There is no unicode symbol for a reversed integral (we have displayed it here as a reversed ∫) and it does not appear in Western mathematics typesetting &mdash; though it does appear in mathematical texts written in Arabic, along with other symbols likewise adapted to Arabic's right-to-left writing direction. The esh symbol has a reversed counterpart in Unicode, but it's quite a bit shorter (ʅ). <br />
|Violins are known for their characteristic {{w|F-hole}}s.<br> This symbol also resembles the top halves of a pair of curly braces (⎰ and ⎱).<br />
|-<br />
|<nowiki>| ⟩</nowiki><br />
|Don't stop here–this is quantum country<br />
|This {{w|Bra–ket notation|notation is used in quantum mechanics}} to notate a vector. This is called a ket, and the mirrored sign <nowiki>⟨|</nowiki> is called a bra. Combining them as bra-ket gives the inner product <nowiki>⟨|⟩</nowiki>.<br />
| This is paraphrasing the movie ''{{w|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)|Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas}}'', where {{w|Johnny Depp}}'s character Raoul Duke says "We can't stop here, this is bat country!" while hallucinating violently on drugs, though not as violently as later in the movie.<br />
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The title text includes different kinds of quotes, including the ASCII " and ' as well as the Unicode “ and ” (which have both an opening and closing version).<br />
By default, iOS uses the latter curly quotes, while Windows uses the former straight quotes (an OS-level application of the “smart quotes” described above). Editing the same text on both an iPhone and a Windows computer, in circumstances with a different approach to such general auto-replacement, can leave both types of quotes in the text.<br />
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Parentheses are a running joke on XKCD. Previous parenthetical comics include:<br />
* [[297: Lisp Cycles]] - referencing the Lisp programming language's use of parentheses<br />
* [[312: With Apologies to Robert Frost]] - the punchline is a close parenthesis<br />
* [[541: TED Talk]] - about ending parenthetical statements with emoticons<br />
* [[859: (]] - which has an open parenthesis with none to close it<br />
* [[1052: Every Major's Terrible]] - making fun of Computer Science as a major for its tedious use of matching parentheses<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:Bracket Symbols<br />
:and what they mean<br />
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:( ) Regular parentheses for setting stuff aside<br />
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:[ ] Square brackets (more secure)<br />
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:{ } This stuff is expensive so be careful with it<br />
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:" " Someone is talking<br />
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:' ' Someone British is talking<br />
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:‹ › An Animorph is talking<br />
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:« » A French Animorph is talking<br />
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:| | I'm scared of negative numbers but these sigils will protect me<br />
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:<nowiki>*</nowiki> * _ _ / / I have a favorite monospaced font<br />
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:~ ~ I'm being sarcastic and I had a Tumblr account in 2014<br />
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:[ ( [ { ( ) } ] , ) ] These Python functions are '''''not''''' getting along<br />
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:⌊ ⌋ Help, I'm a mathematician trying to work with actual numbers and they're scary<br />
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:ʃ ʅ Why are you trying to read my violin?<br />
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:| ⟩ Don't stop here--this is quantum country<br />
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[[Category:Animorphs]]</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=361335User:Certified nqh2025-01-08T20:01:04Z<p>Certified nqh: You edgy bitch</p>
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i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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Well, now it is. [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 16:33, 29 December 2024 (UTC)<br />
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Glad that's over with.<br />
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== Me ==<br />
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I'm a high school senior in programming 4.<br />
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CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
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NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
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[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
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My playlist is at least 200 songs. I have written it like this because I keep adding to it.<br />
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I don't like...<br />
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* Country songs<br />
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* TV<br />
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* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
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* Myself<br />
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* Simon Cowell<br />
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* Turbulence<br />
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* Quantum mechanics<br />
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* The US<br />
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* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
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* How I must speak<br />
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* Things being hard<br />
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* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
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* Game theory<br />
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* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
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My favorite...<br />
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* Browser is firefox.<br />
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* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
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* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
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* Soda is A&W cream soda.<br />
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* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.<br />
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* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
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* Circle of hell is wrath.<br />
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* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
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The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
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I am 5'10". I think.<br />
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Cool things I own are...<br />
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* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
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* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
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There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
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I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
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It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
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I own a domain name, that being nqhlof.us. Don't try to go to it, it doesn't work.<br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My brain ==<br />
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Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
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Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
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As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
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Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My code ==<br />
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I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, xml, html, css, js, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, VIM keybindings, and mindustry processor.<br />
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Anything related to scripting is done on whatever OS I feel like because I am indecisive.<br />
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My HTML magic happens when I feel like it.<br />
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I'm pretty good at HTML, JS, and CSS.<br />
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I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
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== XKCD ==<br />
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I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
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I have read every comic. <br />
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Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
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== This site ==<br />
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I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
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Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
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Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
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I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
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I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
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Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
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By the way, </noinclude><includeonly><b><i style="font-size:20px !important; color: #F00 !important; background-color: #000 !important; font-family: Courier !important;">Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</i></b></includeonly><noinclude><br />
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=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
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Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
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Sometimes I don't look.<br />
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* xkcd.explaincom<br />
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* explonkxkcd.com<br />
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* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
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* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
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=== Templates I have made ===<br />
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{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)<br />
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{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}<br />
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{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}<br />
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== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
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[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
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{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
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[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
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{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
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And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
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== Did you know... ==<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
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== log ==<br />
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23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
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:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
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18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
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21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
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22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
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23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
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09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
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09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
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21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
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09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
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11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
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22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
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09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
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20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
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09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
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11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
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09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
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10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
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10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
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16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
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06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
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21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
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23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
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11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
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00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
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11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
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08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
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:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
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11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
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10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
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15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
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17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
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18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
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11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
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08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
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:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
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14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
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10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
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08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
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10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
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11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
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14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
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10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
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20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
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13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
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14:40, 4 October 2024 (CST): i hadn't a job and then i did<br />
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| date = April 11, 2016<br />
| title = Brain Upload<br />
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| titletext = I just spent 20 minutes deciding whether to start an email with 'Hi' or 'Hey', so I think it transferred correctly.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
[[Megan]] is {{w|Mind uploading|uploading}} [[Cueball|Cueball's]] {{w|consciousness}} into a computer device attached to his head via a cap on his skull. After the upload, the computer seems to have stopped responding to inputs, causing Megan to conclude that the process has failed, however Cueball insists the transfer could have worked, or at least gave the correct response. This is because that is the kind of behavior he is used to experiencing from his own brain.<br />
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Sometimes computers can seem to be "frozen" - i.e. non-responsive to any user input; but may eventually start responding again. In fact, it is impossible for a computer to determine (for all cases) if a program will eventually finish its process (see {{w|halting problem}}).<br />
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The potential benefits of the fictional technology used in this comic are obvious, and this type of "transfer" has been subject of various science fiction works. It could allow for a form of immortality or serve as a "backup" for someone's mind. A "transfer" (rather than a "copy") would suggest that Cueball's consciousness is removed from his body and relocated, but Megan may simply be using the incorrect verb. The exact nature of "consciousness" is left somewhat ambiguous in this comic.<br />
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In the title text Cueball (or [[Randall]]) indicates that this kind of non-response from the brain (or a computer) is something he just experienced when trying to write an email and then failing to get started for 20 minutes while he (i.e. his brain) tried to decide the "very important" detail of whether to begin the email with 'Hi' or 'Hey' - a detail that is really trivial, as the difference between these two informal greetings has little consequence.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Megan is standing in front of the control panel of a device with both hands on the keyboard. The device is linked to Cueball's heads through a wire that goes to a cap on top of Cueball's head, where it spreads out in more than ten wires connecting to different places all over the cap. Cueball sits, hands in his laps, on a kind of table on the other side of the device facing Megan.]<br />
:Megan: Neural-digital link established. Ready to upload your consciousness to the computer?<br />
:Cueball: Sure, go for it.<br />
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:[Same setting in a frame-less panel, but Megan presses a button on the keyboard with one hand and a flash of light goes through the wire and around Cueballs head. Cueball seems to jerk as his hands are lifted from his lap and his legs move a little forward.]<br />
:Computer: ''Bzzzzzzt''<br />
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:[Same setting again but Megan seems to be typing harder on the keys (shown with small lines above her hands on the keyboard) and Cueball sits normally again but one hand further back than in the first panel.]<br />
:Megan: ...Hmm.<br />
:Cueball: What?<br />
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:[Same as first panel but Megan looks a little more down on the keyboard.]<br />
:Megan: It's not responding - the whole system is frozen. I think the transfer failed.<br />
:Cueball: No, that sounds right.<br />
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[[Category:Science]]</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1014:_Car_Problems&diff=352905Talk:1014: Car Problems2024-10-15T03:47:21Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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<div>From what I can see of the picture, it ''is'' a little over-saturated. The colors look a little too pastelly too. At least decent cameras are cheaper than they used to be. '''[[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 13:11, 18 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Does this seem like it might be political commentary? A subtle dig at certain legislative bodies which, when confronted with an urgent problem like "the economy is burning," choose to dicker about the quality of the photograph? Just a thought... [[Special:Contributions/174.253.193.137|174.253.193.137]] 05:10, 13 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I disagree with the apparent majority view that the critics are disingenuous. This might be a satire on camera nerds in particular but also on overspecialized individuals in general. What if the critics are sincere, but just... overfocussed on picture issues, and simply see the world through that lens at all times? Isn't that consistent with the general themes of xkcd? {{unsigned ip|173.245.56.77}}<br />
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I feel like the explanation is incomplete, but I don't know what the standard is here. What is "chromatic aberration", "white balance", and what is the significance of "the most megapixels"? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.64|108.162.237.64]] 04:54, 8 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Also. "The title text reveals what she was looking for; one of them really did set her car on fire." How? It seems ambiguous. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.64|108.162.237.64]] 14:53, 8 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
::'chromatic aberration' is when different colors in the source are mapped to slightly different locations in the image. A bright white point of light like a star might show up in a photo as a slightly smeared point with a rainbow-like quality in the smearing. Refractive lenses nowadays have coatings to reduce this effect, but they don't eliminate it altogether; there is a similar small effect due to diffraction as well. 'white balance' refers to adjusting the overall color spectrum of the image to compensate for not-perfectly-white source light; imagine if you looked at the same person in 'warm' candlelight versus 'cold, harsh' hospital flourescents. If you are there in person, your eyes quite brilliantly do a little computation to compensate for the difference in source light so that they look human; if you just have a little unbalanced photo in your hand and don't /see/ a roomful of source light for your eye to use as reference background, one of the pictures looks like a zombie and the other might look like your friend is quite flushed. You can use various forms of processing to adjust the 'color temperature' and other details to make the picture look natural, this is white balancing. Note that you might not want to white-balance all photographs, for example you might want to capture the orangey quality of a candlelit scene.<br />
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:'the most megapixels' refers to the size of the camera's images in megapixels. More megapixels is in some sense good, it means the camera is commiting more details to memory; the accusation here is that the photographer bought the camera on the basis of the easily-advertised number of pixels instead of a sensible balance of many important qualities. It is relatively easily to make a camera that has "lots of megapixels" and it looks good in ads, but without a good lens, for example, those extra megapixels are just recording lots and lots of blur. Buying on 'number of megapixels' alone is considered naive, it would be like looking at computer ads and buying a system on "how many gigabytes does it have" without looking at any other quality.{{unsigned ip|173.245.56.77}}<br />
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::Thanks for your statements here. This comic is marked as incomplete and a first attempt on the details is done.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:48, 8 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The title text is written as if from the point of view of somebody who was there watching the presentation, since they're talking about getting the shot, and "we'll set your car on fire AGAIN" implies that they did it the first time. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.216|141.101.81.216]] 09:51, 25 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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: I am not convinced. "again" might simply mean 'for a second time, regardless of who did it the first time' - that is, the event they are offering to make happen again is 'the car being on fire' not 'us setting the car on fire' {{unsigned ip|173.245.56.77}}<br />
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I think the three of them might be genuinely raising the photographic concerns, possibly out of ignorance of the problem of a car being on fire or lack of concern for Megan's (possibly) "trivial matter". This wouldn't be the first time xkcd characters have [[Mission|strange]] [[Priorities|priorities]]. '''''[[User:LockmanCapulet|<font color="green">LockmanCapulet</font>]]<sub>[[User talk:LockmanCapulet|<font color="green"> I plead the third!</font>]]</sub>''''' 19:07, 26 March 2014 (UTC)<br />
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This seems to be a tribute to Magritte's 'Ceci n'est pas un pipe' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images). It is reminiscent of the unfortunate triumph of appearance over reality (as in TornadoGuard - http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/937:_TornadoGuard) [[ophiochos]]<br />
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The issue with this photo is that the car is ON FIRE!Boeing-787lover 10:55, 18 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
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falsehood teller falsehood teller ignited lower garments [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 03:47, 15 October 2024 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2830:_Haunted_House&diff=3527412830: Haunted House2024-10-13T03:33:46Z<p>Certified nqh: ?????????????????????</p>
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| date = September 18, 2023<br />
| title = Haunted House<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The ISO ({{w|International Organization for Standardization}}) and ANSI ({{w|American National Standards Institute}}) are organizations that create standards for commonly used objects such as electrical sockets, preferably so that there would exist standardized forms everywhere (or at least across large areas). The comic depicts an office Halloween party, which is a common event on the celebration of Halloween. A "{{w|Haunted attraction (simulated)|haunted house}}" is a house or other building/room designed to induce fright in the participants, typically by including well-known/cultural scary elements such as vampires or zombies. The haunted house in this comic is tailored to scare members of these organizations by suggesting a world where nothing is standardized (e.g. different electrical wiring from state to state). The title text furthers the joke by implying that something which is usually standardized (door/doorknob interfaces) would be different from city to city even within a state. Further, it confounds ''types'' of "knobs", where "[https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=lexington+knobs Lexington]" is a hardware style collection for actual drawer knobs and such, whereas the "Louisville Knobs" are a set of geological mound features ({{w|Knobs region}}) in Kentucky. While such a joke would likely only irritate ISO members, the comic jokes that they fear even the idea of such a world.<br />
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In reality, the electrical supply is standardized within any given country ({{w|Electricity sector in Japan#Transmission|usually ...}}), but it does vary worldwide, with different countries providing different voltages, frequency, and outlet shapes. The International Electrotechnical Commission maintains [https://www.iec.ch/world-plugs a web site where these differences are catalogued.] International travelers often require adapters that will plug into different outlets and may adjust the voltage and/or frequency to one their devices can use, something for which standardization would be much appreciated, although the cost of such worldwide standardization would likely render it infeasible. <br />
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Other comics about standardization include [[927: Standards]], [[1179: ISO 8601]], [[1643: Degrees]].<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Ponytail stands gesturing towards an off-panel location, facing Megan and Cueball. Megan has hands covering her face and Cueball has both arms slightly raised. Both have 'sweat marks' above their heads.]<br />
:Ponytail: Welcome! If you need to charge your phones, note that this house has Pennsylvania wiring, but we have New Jersey and Delaware adapters available.<br />
:Megan and Cueball: AAAAAA!<br />
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:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:The haunted house at the ISO/ANSI office Halloween party<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Holidays]]</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:742:_Campfire&diff=352391Talk:742: Campfire2024-10-09T05:18:02Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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"100 years later, this story remains terrifying--not because it's the local network block, but because the killer is on IPv4."<br />
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It already is.<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/172.69.69.28|172.69.69.28]] 13:20, 27 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Says a person signing with IPv4 address. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.105|162.158.88.105]] 14:19, 6 October 2021 (UTC)<br />
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::Says a person signing with IPv4 address. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 05:18, 9 October 2024 (UTC)<br />
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There is a mistake in the transcription of the title text at the top of the page. It should say 'the killer is ''still'' on IPv4', not just 'the killer is on IPv4'. I don't know how to correct it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.12|141.101.98.12]] 14:46, 18 December 2023 (UTC)<br />
:You do it by... doing what I just did do. (Hoping that the 'bot that protects against vandalism doesn't revert my IP-only change.) Good catch.<br />
:I wonder if that was an error by the original page-creator? If it had been one or other of the auto-creating 'bots that we've had doing this thing then it would be a sign of post-copied editing, but I'd have to poke around in external archives to be sure if it was misread by that person or messed about with by Randall after the fact. (If it turns out to have been, then maybe worth a note about it. Albeit that maybe this conversation is enough of a note.) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.77|172.71.178.77]] 16:49, 18 December 2023 (UTC)<br />
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You guys talk big for guys without IPv6 {{unsigned ip|162.158.95.136|08:51, 21 January 2024|...this must now be ironic!}}</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=352182User:Certified nqh2024-10-07T05:25:52Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Me */</p>
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== The final word ==<br />
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i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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<strong>SRIMP</strong> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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<br />
weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
<br />
chip<br />
<!-- ...between these comments. --><br />
<br />
Glad that's over with.<br />
<br />
== Me ==<br />
<br />
I'm a high school senior in programming 4.<br />
<br />
CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
<br />
NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
<br />
My playlist is at least 200 songs. I have written it like this because I keep adding to it.<br />
<br />
I don't like...<br />
<br />
* Country songs<br />
<br />
* TV<br />
<br />
* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Myself<br />
<br />
* Simon Cowell<br />
<br />
* Turbulence<br />
<br />
* Quantum mechanics<br />
<br />
* The US<br />
<br />
* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
<br />
* How I must speak<br />
<br />
* Things being hard<br />
<br />
* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Game theory<br />
<br />
* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
<br />
My favorite...<br />
<br />
* Browser is firefox.<br />
<br />
* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
<br />
* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
<br />
* Soda is A&W cream soda.<br />
<br />
* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.<br />
<br />
* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
<br />
* Circle of hell is wrath.<br />
<br />
* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
<br />
The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
<br />
I am 5'10". I think.<br />
<br />
Cool things I own are...<br />
<br />
* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
<br />
* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
<br />
There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
<br />
I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
<br />
It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
<br />
I own a domain name, that being nqhlof.us. Don't try to go to it, it doesn't work.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My brain ==<br />
<br />
Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
<br />
Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
<br />
As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
<br />
Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My code ==<br />
<br />
I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, xml, html, css, js, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, VIM keybindings, and mindustry processor.<br />
<br />
Anything related to scripting is done on whatever OS I feel like because I am indecisive.<br />
<br />
My HTML magic happens when I feel like it.<br />
<br />
I'm pretty good at HTML, JS, and CSS.<br />
<br />
I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
<br />
== XKCD ==<br />
<br />
I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
<br />
I have read every comic. <br />
<br />
Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
<br />
== This site ==<br />
<br />
I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
<br />
Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
<br />
Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
<br />
I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
<br />
I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
<br />
Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
<br />
By the way, </noinclude><includeonly><b><i style="font-size:20px !important; color: #F00 !important; background-color: #000 !important; font-family: Courier !important;">Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</i></b></includeonly><noinclude><br />
<br />
=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
<br />
Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
<br />
Sometimes I don't look.<br />
<br />
* xkcd.explaincom<br />
<br />
* explonkxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
<br />
=== Templates I have made ===<br />
<br />
{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)<br />
<br />
{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}<br />
<br />
{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}<br />
<br />
== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
<br />
[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
<br />
{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
<br />
[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
<br />
{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
<br />
And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
<br />
== Did you know... ==<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
</ul><br />
<br />
== log ==<br />
<br />
23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
<br />
:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
<br />
18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
<br />
21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
<br />
22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
<br />
23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
<br />
09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
<br />
09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
<br />
21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
<br />
09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
<br />
11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
<br />
22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
<br />
09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
<br />
20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
<br />
09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
<br />
11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
<br />
09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
<br />
10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
<br />
10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
<br />
16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
<br />
06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
<br />
21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
<br />
23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
<br />
11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
<br />
00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
<br />
11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
<br />
08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
<br />
:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
<br />
11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
<br />
10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
<br />
15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
<br />
17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
<br />
18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
<br />
11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
<br />
08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
<br />
:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
<br />
14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
<br />
10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
<br />
08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
<br />
10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
<br />
11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
<br />
14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
<br />
10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
<br />
20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
<br />
13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
<br />
14:40, 4 October 2024 (CST): i hadn't a job and then i did<br />
</noinclude></div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=352087User:Certified nqh2024-10-04T19:41:08Z<p>Certified nqh: /* log */ ew</p>
<hr />
<div><div id="contentSub"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from [[File:trollface.png|12px]])</span></div><br />
<noinclude>{{infobox<br />
| bodyclass = vcard<br />
| image = [[File:nqh_sit.png]]<br />
| caption = ''"I am not an artist" - Me''<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Userbox | border-c = #255 | border-s = 1 | info-s = 20 | id = [[File:trollface120.png|trollface120.png|45px]] | info = [[User:Certified_nqh/userbox|This user is a user.]] | float = left }}<br />
<br />
== The final word ==<br />
<br />
Here is your designated space for creating the illusion that you have the final word:<br />
<br />
<!-- You (yes, you) can edit... --><br />
i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<strong>SRIMP</strong> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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<br />
weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
<br />
chip<br />
<!-- ...between these comments. --><br />
<br />
Glad that's over with.<br />
<br />
== Me ==<br />
<br />
I'm a high school senior in programming 4.<br />
<br />
CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
<br />
NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_sit_name.png|32x32px]] is my pfp on github specifically<br />
<br />
My playlist is at least 200 songs. I have written it like this because I keep adding to it.<br />
<br />
I don't like...<br />
<br />
* Country songs<br />
<br />
* TV<br />
<br />
* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Myself<br />
<br />
* Simon Cowell<br />
<br />
* Turbulence<br />
<br />
* Quantum mechanics<br />
<br />
* The US<br />
<br />
* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
<br />
* How I must speak<br />
<br />
* Things being hard<br />
<br />
* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Game theory<br />
<br />
* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
<br />
My favorite...<br />
<br />
* Browser is firefox.<br />
<br />
* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
<br />
* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
<br />
* Soda is A&W cream soda.<br />
<br />
* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.<br />
<br />
* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
<br />
* Circle of hell is wrath.<br />
<br />
* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
<br />
The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
<br />
I am 5'10". I think.<br />
<br />
Cool things I own are...<br />
<br />
* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
<br />
* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
<br />
There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
<br />
I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
<br />
It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
<br />
I own a domain name, that being nqhlof.us. Don't try to go to it, it doesn't work.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My brain ==<br />
<br />
Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
<br />
Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
<br />
As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
<br />
Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My code ==<br />
<br />
I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, xml, html, css, js, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, VIM keybindings, and mindustry processor.<br />
<br />
Anything related to scripting is done on whatever OS I feel like because I am indecisive.<br />
<br />
My HTML magic happens when I feel like it.<br />
<br />
I'm pretty good at HTML, JS, and CSS.<br />
<br />
I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
<br />
== XKCD ==<br />
<br />
I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
<br />
I have read every comic. <br />
<br />
Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
<br />
== This site ==<br />
<br />
I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
<br />
Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
<br />
Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
<br />
I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
<br />
I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
<br />
Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
<br />
By the way, </noinclude><includeonly><b><i style="font-size:20px !important; color: #F00 !important; background-color: #000 !important; font-family: Courier !important;">Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</i></b></includeonly><noinclude><br />
<br />
=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
<br />
Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
<br />
Sometimes I don't look.<br />
<br />
* xkcd.explaincom<br />
<br />
* explonkxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
<br />
=== Templates I have made ===<br />
<br />
{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)<br />
<br />
{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}<br />
<br />
{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}<br />
<br />
== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
<br />
[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
<br />
{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
<br />
[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
<br />
{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
<br />
And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
<br />
== Did you know... ==<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
</ul><br />
<br />
== log ==<br />
<br />
23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
<br />
:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
<br />
18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
<br />
21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
<br />
22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
<br />
23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
<br />
09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
<br />
09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
<br />
21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
<br />
09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
<br />
11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
<br />
22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
<br />
09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
<br />
20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
<br />
09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
<br />
11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
<br />
09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
<br />
10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
<br />
10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
<br />
16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
<br />
06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
<br />
21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
<br />
23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
<br />
11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
<br />
00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
<br />
11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
<br />
08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
<br />
:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
<br />
11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
<br />
10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
<br />
15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
<br />
17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
<br />
18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
<br />
11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
<br />
08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
<br />
:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
<br />
14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
<br />
10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
<br />
08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
<br />
10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
<br />
11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
<br />
14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
<br />
10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
<br />
20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
<br />
13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
<br />
14:40, 4 October 2024 (CST): i hadn't a job and then i did<br />
</noinclude></div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=352086User:Certified nqh2024-10-04T19:40:42Z<p>Certified nqh: /* log */</p>
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== The final word ==<br />
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i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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<strong>SRIMP</strong> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
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chip<br />
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Glad that's over with.<br />
<br />
== Me ==<br />
<br />
I'm a high school senior in programming 4.<br />
<br />
CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
<br />
NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_sit_name.png|32x32px]] is my pfp on github specifically<br />
<br />
My playlist is at least 200 songs. I have written it like this because I keep adding to it.<br />
<br />
I don't like...<br />
<br />
* Country songs<br />
<br />
* TV<br />
<br />
* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Myself<br />
<br />
* Simon Cowell<br />
<br />
* Turbulence<br />
<br />
* Quantum mechanics<br />
<br />
* The US<br />
<br />
* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
<br />
* How I must speak<br />
<br />
* Things being hard<br />
<br />
* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Game theory<br />
<br />
* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
<br />
My favorite...<br />
<br />
* Browser is firefox.<br />
<br />
* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
<br />
* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
<br />
* Soda is A&W cream soda.<br />
<br />
* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.<br />
<br />
* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
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* Circle of hell is wrath.<br />
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* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
<br />
The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
<br />
I am 5'10". I think.<br />
<br />
Cool things I own are...<br />
<br />
* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
<br />
* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
<br />
There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
<br />
I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
<br />
It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
<br />
I own a domain name, that being nqhlof.us. Don't try to go to it, it doesn't work.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My brain ==<br />
<br />
Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
<br />
Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
<br />
As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
<br />
Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My code ==<br />
<br />
I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, xml, html, css, js, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, VIM keybindings, and mindustry processor.<br />
<br />
Anything related to scripting is done on whatever OS I feel like because I am indecisive.<br />
<br />
My HTML magic happens when I feel like it.<br />
<br />
I'm pretty good at HTML, JS, and CSS.<br />
<br />
I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
<br />
== XKCD ==<br />
<br />
I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
<br />
I have read every comic. <br />
<br />
Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
<br />
== This site ==<br />
<br />
I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
<br />
Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
<br />
Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
<br />
I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
<br />
I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
<br />
Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
<br />
By the way, </noinclude><includeonly><b><i style="font-size:20px !important; color: #F00 !important; background-color: #000 !important; font-family: Courier !important;">Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</i></b></includeonly><noinclude><br />
<br />
=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
<br />
Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
<br />
Sometimes I don't look.<br />
<br />
* xkcd.explaincom<br />
<br />
* explonkxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
<br />
=== Templates I have made ===<br />
<br />
{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)<br />
<br />
{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}<br />
<br />
{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}<br />
<br />
== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
<br />
[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
<br />
{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
<br />
[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
<br />
{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
<br />
And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
<br />
== Did you know... ==<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
</ul><br />
<br />
== log ==<br />
<br />
23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
<br />
:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
<br />
18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
<br />
21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
<br />
22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
<br />
23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
<br />
09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
<br />
09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
<br />
21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
<br />
09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
<br />
11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
<br />
22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
<br />
09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
<br />
20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
<br />
09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
<br />
11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
<br />
09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
<br />
10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
<br />
10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
<br />
16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
<br />
06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
<br />
21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
<br />
23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
<br />
11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
<br />
00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
<br />
11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
<br />
08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
<br />
:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
<br />
11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
<br />
10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
<br />
15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
<br />
17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
<br />
18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
<br />
11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
<br />
08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
<br />
:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
<br />
14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
<br />
10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
<br />
00:08, 28 November 2023 (CST): JETPACKS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND HEAVY SNIPERS AND DRUM SHOTGUNS AND AIR STRIKES AND RIFT-TO-GOS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUEHLUGHEULGHUOBNGJHG<br />
<br />
08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
<br />
10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
<br />
11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
<br />
14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
<br />
10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
<br />
20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
<br />
13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
<br />
14:40, 4 October 2024 (CST): i hadn't a job and then i did<br />
</noinclude></div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=352085User:Certified nqh2024-10-04T19:39:39Z<p>Certified nqh: /* My code */ Gug.</p>
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i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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<strong>SRIMP</strong> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
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chip<br />
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<br />
Glad that's over with.<br />
<br />
== Me ==<br />
<br />
I'm a high school senior in programming 4.<br />
<br />
CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
<br />
NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
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[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
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[[File:nqh_sit_name.png|32x32px]] is my pfp on github specifically<br />
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My playlist is at least 200 songs. I have written it like this because I keep adding to it.<br />
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I don't like...<br />
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* Country songs<br />
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* TV<br />
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* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
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* Myself<br />
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* Simon Cowell<br />
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* Turbulence<br />
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* Quantum mechanics<br />
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* The US<br />
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* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
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* How I must speak<br />
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* Things being hard<br />
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* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
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* Game theory<br />
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* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
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My favorite...<br />
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* Browser is firefox.<br />
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* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
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* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
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* Soda is A&W cream soda.<br />
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* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.<br />
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* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
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* Circle of hell is wrath.<br />
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* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
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The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
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I am 5'10". I think.<br />
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Cool things I own are...<br />
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* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
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* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
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There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
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I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
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It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
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I own a domain name, that being nqhlof.us. Don't try to go to it, it doesn't work.<br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My brain ==<br />
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Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
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Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
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As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
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Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My code ==<br />
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I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, xml, html, css, js, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, VIM keybindings, and mindustry processor.<br />
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Anything related to scripting is done on whatever OS I feel like because I am indecisive.<br />
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My HTML magic happens when I feel like it.<br />
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I'm pretty good at HTML, JS, and CSS.<br />
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I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
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== XKCD ==<br />
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I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
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I have read every comic. <br />
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Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
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== This site ==<br />
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I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
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Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
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Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
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I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
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I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
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Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
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By the way, </noinclude><includeonly><b><i style="font-size:20px !important; color: #F00 !important; background-color: #000 !important; font-family: Courier !important;">Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</i></b></includeonly><noinclude><br />
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=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
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Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
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Sometimes I don't look.<br />
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* xkcd.explaincom<br />
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* explonkxkcd.com<br />
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* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
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* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
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=== Templates I have made ===<br />
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{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)<br />
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{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}<br />
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{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}<br />
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== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
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[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
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{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
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[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
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{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
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And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
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== Did you know... ==<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
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== log ==<br />
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23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
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:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
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18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
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21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
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22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
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23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
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09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
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09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
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21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
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09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
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11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
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22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
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09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
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20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
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09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
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11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
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09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
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10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
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10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
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16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
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06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
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21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
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23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
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11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
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00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
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11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
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08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
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:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
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11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
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10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
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15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
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17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
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18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
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11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
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08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
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:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
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14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
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10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
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00:08, 28 November 2023 (CST): JETPACKS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND HEAVY SNIPERS AND DRUM SHOTGUNS AND AIR STRIKES AND RIFT-TO-GOS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUEHLUGHEULGHUOBNGJHG<br />
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08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
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10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
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11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
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14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
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10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
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20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
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13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
</noinclude></div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Theusaf&diff=352084User talk:Theusaf2024-10-04T19:35:58Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Spam reverting in places where it shouldn't */</p>
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<div>Hello world [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 05:10, 18 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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==[[User:TheusafBOT]]==<br />
Hi Theusaf. Great with the bot. And sorry I made the error of claiming that 2x image should be used. this was a mistake. So if you see this please change the bot so it does use the normal sized image and do not put an image size in the header field. It caused confusion and is not like all the other comics. I take the blame, but would love you bot to work proper. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:34, 19 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Got it. [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 15:53, 19 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Great. Thanks for fixing this now that DGBRT seems to have left explain xkcd. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:09, 24 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Update: Great with the new feature of [[User:TheusafBOT]], so it helps with reverting spam. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 12:42, 31 July 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==Nice job==<br />
Nice bot! --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 00:28, 7 November 2021 (UTC)<br />
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==Thanks for helping with images for the countdown==<br />
Thanks for helping with [[Countdown in header text/images|images for the countdown]]. Was afraid I was alone on that ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 12:11, 14 January 2022 (UTC)<br />
:No problem! [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 18:31, 14 January 2022 (UTC)<br />
::Seems like we will be the one to do it though ;-) Just added two more up to 33. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:42, 15 January 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Hey Theusaf!<br />
Were you the one that made the kahoot winner thing?<br />
[[User:Wafflefly21|Wafflefly21]] ([[User talk:Wafflefly21|talk]]) 01:28, 4 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:That is correct. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 21:16, 5 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Nomination ==<br />
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See [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Coordination#New_admins]] '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 02:08, 8 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Common.js Changes ==<br />
You know, we could set up a script to block keywords from editing, like AbuseFilter. I'm not sure if we could make it performant and guarantee no false positives.<br />
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Actually, could we just up and add AbuseFilter?<br />
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[[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 22:24, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:It would be great if we could enable it, but that requires direct access to the server, which AFAIK, only Jeff can do. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 22:26, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:: Ah, alright. Do you think the script could work without messing people up? We would need to avoid edge cases like the word being used legitimately... maybe detect if there are two in a row and that it isn't the entirety of the page content. [[User:Jacky720|Jack]], currently rethinking his overly long signature ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 22:30, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::That is true, it needs to take into account legitimate usage. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 23:04, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::Does the new code's regex somehow match the crap or something? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.105|172.70.130.105]] 23:50, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::: <s>No, it just makes one of the elements nonfunctional for a half-second 50% of the time. It throttles edits but doesn't block them. And we can't make it a real throttle, like just failing to edit if too many edits are made too fast, without more API use than we know.</s> [[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 00:27, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::: Oh, no, theusaf changed it. Now it picks a random word in the article and refuses to put the edit through if more than 60% of the article is that same word. Not foolproof, but it's going to require some adaptation I don't know if our script kiddie is up to.<br />
::::: ... Did I just jinx it? [[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 00:33, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::::: I think we're dealing with more than a script kiddie. (S)he/they ha(s/ve) been adapting to previous antivandalbot changes/code. I think (s)he/they will do the same for this. Just a constant game of cat and mouse, unfortunately. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.195|172.70.130.195]] 00:40, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Anticrap doesn't work ==<br />
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Seems that the click attribute of the save button isn't what's causing the form to submit. We could just delete all the IDs of the elements, thus making them harder to reference by script? --[[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 21:12, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:The two craps I reverted were from IPs, so they seem to have been done manually. The bot only works for logged-in autoconfirmed users. [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 21:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:: Still, the script is designed to block all crapping in the UI. Since the bot is basically a UI selfbot, it shows that it won't work when another autoconfirmed account crops up. --[[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 21:53, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Oh yeah, you're right. BTW, I just decrapped four more pages that got crapped. My guess is that the crapper doesn't have any autoconfirmed accounts now (thanks for blocking those BTW), so (s)he's/they're doing some manual crapping while (s)he/they wait(s) for an account to be old enough. [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 22:02, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Please disable autoblock on [[User:Donald Trump]] ==<br />
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A couple times, I've been assigned the same IP as one of the ones the crapper was assigned, and had to try several times to save edits. [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 20:13, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Done —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 20:18, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:It would help if Anticrap was most likely not an account also being used by the crapper themself (and therefore habitually uses the very same Cloudflare portal and thus possible IP range). So many clues to suggest this, even before 'Donald' basically admitted it. Anyway, if you're reading this, Anticrap, and you recognise the truth of this, I've left a comment about 'playing the villain' at the end of the Talk discussion of the now blocked account. Consider it, if it is indeed applicable. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147|172.70.162.147]] 21:02, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::May I ask what evidence you have that Anticrap is the troll? [[User:Vandalbane|Vandalbane]] ([[User talk:Vandalbane|talk]]) 21:08, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::A few little things. Individually not enough to worry about. But we can start with a occasions when just ''two'' "crappings" were made (very out of character for the Crapper, who by that point was more than willing to mass-Crap either by user-script or just by personal effort on anonymous login) and then within 4 minutes (within 2 minutes, in one pair of cases, I think) Anticrap lived up to their name.<br />
:::Possibly very lucky (and the Crapper's heart also wasn't in it), but it wasn't just the one instance.<br />
:::The suggestions and insights Anticrap has made also seem a little off, especially in light of this. And it was soon after Anticrap learnt how to use the one-click-revert (for the purpose intended) that so did the next incarnation of Crapper.<br />
:::If I am wrong - and I invite you to consider this yourself, I know I've no provable authority - then I apologise to you, Anticrap, but you find yourself in the middle of a whole lot of of 'obvious' paranoia-inducing coincidences. Your revelation of IP-sharing was just the icing on the already very well baked cake.<br />
:::(Noting that I already made a slightly obscure note of this in our little mutual discussion about Vista, the other day, and that was before several further indications intensified my opinion on this. I won't give clues to some of these things, but noting that "I don't want to help the Crapper" is a phrase I used before and also crept into Anticrap's submitted text. Thank you for paying attention to me, if that's what happened, I'm truly gratified.)<br />
:::Oh, and I'm also not calling for Anticrap to be banned/blocked. I'm just asking them to continue to be the (mostly) white-hat user they have tried to be, and appealing for ''whoever'' is the black-hat vandaliser to just not make things worse again under whatever new guises they are tempted to use. I'm a tolerant person. "Hate the sin, love the sinner," you might say. But with 'Donald' being so frank, I'm more convinced of the link than ever.<br />
:::HTH, HAND. FYI, YMMV. TTFN. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.44|172.70.86.44]] 21:56, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::I think your evidence is quite convincing. I agree we should trust them unless we have a reason not to, but I can see why you're suspicious of them. This makes me wonder if the Anticrap account is their "good hand" account they mentioned. Lastly, I agree we shouldn't help the crapper, nor should we feed the trolls, but I do feel like the wiki team needs a secure place to discuss sensitive matters. [[User:Vandalbane|Vandalbane]] ([[User talk:Vandalbane|talk]]) 22:13, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::::What "suggestions and insights" are you referring to? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.47|172.70.178.47]] 00:29, 27 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Bot down ==<br />
Hello! Since [[2631: Exercise Progression]], the bot seems to have not created the page and the three since then have been manually made. I was wondering if that was a problem with the bot, or if I simply created the Exercise Progression page before the bot could and messed it up. I did wait a bit before starting, so I think the bot might've hit some sort of error (: [[User:Char Latte49|Wielder of the Staple Gun]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 14:15, 15 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Yes seems like the bot is down. Are you there Theusaf? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:36, 15 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
::The bot should be back up now. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:21, 15 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Thank you! [[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 15:02, 16 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::Great, yes thanks. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:46, 17 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Site convention ==<br />
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I didn't notice until after another edit of mine (to [[1388]]), but my attempted revert of the Title-Text-added-to-Transcript had obviously been preceded by your own. I must have missed the "It has been changed..." note, while I was pondering another edit (that I then did) to the main text.<br />
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However, that meant my Summary got lost, and I note that you didn't supply the detail. On the assumption that it's a genuine editor (very strange to be our current resident vandal, to do that, so I'm assuming good faith in the original attempt, and another random-looking comment got TitleText-Transcripted just recently, perhaps by the same unknowingly misguided IP-contributor) it might be a good idea to explain. I had put something like "Title Text is already mentioned beneath the comic image. Site Convention is that the Transcript only describes the image details not ready readily available for site-reader/text-search processing". (Actually, it was shorter than that, because of space limitations. Perhaps why you got your revert in... I was busy editing it to fit! :P)<br />
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I know there are regulars here (named and IP) who have expressed doubts about whether that's a ''good'' reason. An alternate use-case is that all Transcripts ''do'' go through the comic in great detail and also end with the 'meta'-text of the hovertext/whatever. But as (pretty much) none of them have it right now I'm very happy to support the no-Title-Text-in-Transcript standard. And have said so elsewhere, at other times (not that my voice carries weight).<br />
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But what I ''really'' meant to just say here is that the reason/'policy'/convention might need to be advertised a bit better, occasionally. At least before someone decides to 'correct' absolutely every Transcript (constructively, after a fashion, if not necessarily) because of some perceived need and some clear overabundance of time. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.34|172.70.86.34]] 14:49, 1 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Yes, I agree. The reason I didn't provide detail in the revert was that I had clicked on the rollback button (which automatically undoes revisions with a default message) instead of the undo button. I'll try to be more careful in the future. Thanks! —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 15:27, 1 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
::There is not a single transcript that have the title text, or if, so it is because of a mistake. If someone begins to do this it will be spotted, and said person will be told to stop and all his edits would be reverted. I have deleted some in my time, but not many. So I do not see this as a real issue. I'm the one that completes most of the transcript, making sure they follow same standard. Of course not all agree with this all the time, but there is a consistence across the comics. I have not been through all transcripts, but I would guess I have seen about 2/3. And one of the thing is that it should describe the picture both for blind/weak sighted people, and also for possible searching for items in the image. And then of-course all text in the image (any text) should be part of the actual transcript, not the description. No (active) links, no explanations and no title text. For sure it is best to write which changes we do, but if there are many changes done it is hard to write for all of them... You can check the [[Special:ContributionScores|number of edits]] I have made on these pages... most of any ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:50, 1 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Hi, yes (IP OP of this section, lest there be doubt). Because it is practically universal, unless any otherwise slipped in somehow, I'm vigorous in removing new examples. Two very recently (or one and the above where Theusaf got there before me), I think one a month or two ago, very infrequently otherwise but not unknown. And who knows how many where I never noticed behind "24 revisions, showing the latest state", because I aint checking ''every'' minute of the day... ;)<br />
:::Of coirse, its a largely unwritten rule (or mentioned deep within Community Portal subsections and perhaps occasional Talk pages ...for a comic or otherwise) and just as we all sort of learnt (or, maybe for some, ''developed'') the conventions from our own reading and posting here, in our greener days, obviously we get new-bugs along who don't quite grasp things as we seem to have realised.<br />
:::So my intent was to just say "Hey, you got there just before me, but maybe a reason would be good", just as a friendly note to another friendly person. But I inserted far too much side-commentary. Maybe you recognise my style, as 'that IP' who often does that! (Though it's not just me, I'm sure, so don't blame every anonymously meandering muse-out-loud on just myself!)<br />
:::Note made, however. Only editing this in because both of you (worthy edktors/page-wrangle5s, both!) are now here. If any more notable commentators arrive, I think it'd he best taken out qnd plonked upon one or other Community Portal pages, naturally. ;P [[Special:Contributions/172.70.246.221|172.70.246.221]] 17:00, 1 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Something for your autoreverter bot to look for? ==<br />
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk%3A2335%3A_Photo_Deposit&type=revision&diff=293007&oldid=289177<br />
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That's across several edits (this link-adder seems to always take several shots at trying to get the link to work how they want, unless it's an attempt to get past potential initial insertion-detections....) and I've reverted it in whole now. But as it's quite a pattern (the casino link... I'd have to search for past examples that were neutered, though, if you want the full range of possibilities) I was wondering if it was a good target for your 'bot.<br />
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FYI, anyway. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147|172.70.162.147]] 21:01, 17 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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(...also FYI, I undid [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=President&curid=14671&diff=293026&oldid=292152 another perrenial] ((And [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Facebook&curid=10895&diff=293029&oldid=222716 another one]], taking foreign text as its source, which I should have noticed earlier)). Actually, probably a perlunial or even more frequent. But as I've intruded into your Talk-space already, why not mention this too? ;) ) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.211|172.69.79.211]] 22:17, 17 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:Thanks for the report! I'll see if I can use these to improve what the bot detects as spam. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 04:57, 18 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::Success! ( https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Facebook&diff=293076&oldid=293075 ) Good work. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.128|172.70.91.128]] 12:37, 18 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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An [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=214:_The_Problem_with_Wikipedia&curid=2047&diff=294127&oldid=291651 incompetent vandalism attempt] (currently reverted) clearly done after someone (our old 'friend'?) found themselves being so quickly foiled in two other edits, earlier today. Just a heads-up. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.19|162.158.159.19]] 20:25, 4 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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I think I know why your 'bot didn't catch [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Facebook&diff=305025&oldid=305021 this one]... But for your consideration as to whether you can handle it better (without false positives)... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.127|172.70.91.127]] 17:24, 19 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== What is up with your bot? ==<br />
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https://i.imgur.com/I2vrwgI.png ?!? https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Admin_requests&curid=576&action=history [[Special:Contributions/172.71.146.73|172.71.146.73]] 07:41, 24 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry about that. It seems that the bot is a bit too loose with its spam detection. I'll look into the problem. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 16:07, 24 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
::Done it [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Admin_requests&curid=576&diff=293417&oldid=292142 again]. I'm not the above IP, but I added to the quote-punctuation thing (long, rambly, personal opinion/interpretation) and I'm wondering if the <nowiki><tt></nowiki> (which I didn't use, but was submitted from the original as a section-edit) might have triggered the autorevert? And link I give is for the whole day-span of edits. Not sure why it suddenly doesn't like GWG's historic comment, etc, as well... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.221|172.70.85.221]]<br />
:::It's mostly because there is discussion about spam on the page, so any edits to the page seems to trigger the bot. It looks like I didn't whitelist the page properly in the bot. <br />
:::This should be fixed now. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 23:29, 24 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
I think [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2003:_Presidential_Succession&diff=prev&oldid=294743 this edit] was overzealous, if I'm reading the change/reverted-prior correctly. Understandable. Single-word edits can be very malicious and I doubt your 'bot can recognise a legitimate grammatical/contextual edit so it probably just got caught in your detection-net's particular 'mesh', the details of which I imagine you understand better than I would, and also how you'd get this one unreverted without overly hobbling your autoreverting system. — Without checking, I imagine the "either" is a remnant of a longer statement that had an "or" to it, long unspotted. (Well done then, PoolloverNathan, for finding it! ;) ) Just a heads-up, assuming you don't get a nice little review-log to scan through already in your own time. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.175|172.70.90.175]] 13:32, 13 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for the report. I'll look into it. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:08, 13 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
::I've adjusted the detection-net. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:37, 13 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summary ==<br />
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The edit summary in 2700 contains slur, could you please redacted them? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:RevisionDelete. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.206.82|172.70.206.82]] 05:12, 19 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I have access to that feature. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 06:12, 19 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== User page ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me create my user page. [[User:ColorfulGalaxy|ColorfulGalaxy]] ([[User talk:ColorfulGalaxy|talk]]) 18:42, 4 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Strange spam-responding ==<br />
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Inexplicably, [[User:While False]] has been trying to talk to long-standing spammers, that your BOT already adequately deals wirh, on their IP pages. It looks like he's mostly ignoring other (actually caring) IPs like me, is there anything you can try saying to them? And perhaps get resolved some of the [[:Category:Pages to delete]] that have resulted from this strange pactice. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.185|172.69.79.185]] 22:09, 17 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Looks like we’re both at last have had the pages we have nominated for deletion deleted. Perhaps we’re both satisfied then, now that an admin has set a useful precedent. —[[User:While False|While False]] ([[User:While False/explain xkcd museum|'''museum''']] | [[User talk:While False|talk]] | [[special:Contributions/While_False|contributions]] | [[special:Log/While_False|logs]] | [[Special:UserRights/While_False|rights]] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&printable=yes printable version] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&action=info page information] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/User:While_False what links there] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&days=30&from=&target=User%3AWhile_False related changes] | a late contribution | current time: {{CURRENTTIME}}) 22:33, 18 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
::I only took my lead from elsewhere, and others' clear interest in the matter (being the above respondee, but having seen others(?) previously try to engage). Perhaps I just poked the right spot, or it was going to happen anyway. But it feels rude to chat with you on someone else's page, as it is unnecessary to correct minor errors in my original text.<br />
::But I can't work out your mind, and it seems I won't expect you to understand mine. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.205|162.158.34.205]] 00:14, 19 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Not my intention to be rude to either of you; sorry if I was. —[[User:While False|While False]] ([[User:While False/explain xkcd museum|'''museum''']] | [[User talk:While False|talk]] | [[special:Contributions/While_False|contributions]] | [[special:Log/While_False|logs]] | [[Special:UserRights/While_False|rights]] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&printable=yes printable version] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&action=info page information] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/User:While_False what links there] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&days=30&from=&target=User%3AWhile_False related changes] | a late contribution | current time: {{CURRENTTIME}}) 04:13, 19 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Image reversions ==<br />
Alright, a vandal is currently hard at work on the site by changing the original xkcd images into various spam.<br />
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Is it possible to implement a feature which keeps all the images as the original, or simply lock those pages?<br />
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Thanks!<br />
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[[User:Eelitee|Eelitee]] ([[User talk:Eelitee|talk]]) 06:33, 22 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:For now, I've implemented the ability to revert image changes to my bot. Another possible solution I am considering is automatically using my account to semi-protect images when uploaded. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:46, 26 March 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Forced shift of focus? ==<br />
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It seems to me that, after upping the protection on the Unreliable Connection page, the 'other possible spam-dumped pages' have been getting somewhat more attention than they got before. I'm guessing that failures to post (perhaps by failing the CAPTCHA, or some other challenge/speed-bump, have always used a "fail-over" method to try another on the list. Having (presumably) shut off the UC page more firmly, it's just drizzling more often over to the backup targets.<br />
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Just my impression. And your counter-spam measures are catching them all anyway (well, [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Google_Maps&diff=306469&oldid=306463 ''nearly'' all], for what I think are obvious reasons how it evaded the detection), but I'm not sure zipping any page up tighter is going to necessarily help that much. Opinion only, but FYI. Yet with continued appreciation that you're actually making the effort to keep on top of these things. Cheers for what you're doing, anyway. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.132|172.69.79.132]] 13:35, 20 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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...just spotted that [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2659:_Unreliable_Connection&diff=prev&oldid=306619 someone had to undo] a change to UC's Talk page. I can't even remember the last time a wipe/replace spammer targetted a discussion page, and it can't be a coincidence that it is the one associated with the now blocked favourite target. A spillover action, almost certainly. Not sure what we can do better about this, of course, so still just a personal observation of little useful value. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.206|172.71.178.206]] 22:04, 22 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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Uhh, are you discussing me? [[User:Unreliable Connection|2659: Unreliable Connection]] ([[User talk:Unreliable Connection|talk]]) 03:20, 11 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
:Look at the dates... You didn't even exist for roughly another month yet. But it's by your own hand that you made it possible that you're confused, if you are. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.137|172.71.178.137]] 09:25, 12 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Comment deleted abruptly ==<br />
Your bot has deleted my comment ! ! ! [[User:Unreliable Connection|2659: Unreliable Connection]] ([[User talk:Unreliable Connection|talk]]) 03:19, 11 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
:That's a bit unfortunate. It looks like you created the explanation quite quickly after the comic came out. The bot checks the LATESTCOMIC template to determine if an explanation exists, so it re-created the page. I'll see about verifying the existence of pages before creating them though. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 19:31, 11 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Can I suggest excluding the Number->redirect page from that check. It's something someone could predict in advance, but not what "title" or "number: title" would be, and cause (temporary) bother. Best just to let that be overwritten properly ''if'' it already exists, and there shouldn't be an in-like-Flynn user already creating the page (like above with main and dicussion edits) who might need allowing for. It's ''only'' a redirect page. (Or possibly a Title->redirect page, if we get any more like [[2614: 2]] or [[855: 1999|ones]] [[998: 2012|for]] [[1311: 2014|various]] [[1624: 2016|years]], [[1779: 2017|titled]] [[1935: 2018|as]] [[2685: 2045|numbers]], but we should know of any new/impending instances of those in advance. Unless we get a given comic number that is entitled with the same number. ;) )<br />
::But the example with UC's page-creating did also show a few faults (imperfect comic-template populating, and the lack of opening comment-tag in the Discussion page) that could benefit from at least checking. Maybe a special category appended, as the simplest first action upon finding a pre-created page (or an {{template|incomplete}}-style tag, saying "This page was created manually, and may need confirming as correctly set up...").<br />
::Only important upon the 'bot making its first pass (the attempt to create), on finding for itself that there's a new comic, and shouldn't be needed for monitoring existing pages. That's all covered by the other anti-vandal services it provides. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.127|172.70.86.127]] 10:01, 12 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks for your feedback. The bot does somewhat verify the title redirect pages, where if the title is a number larger than the current number, it won't re-create that redirect. I think excluding the number redirect from the check does make sense. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 18:14, 12 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
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==Can't create user page==<br />
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Hey, do you know how I can create my user page? Some people have them, but every time i try to create mine it says I can't.<br />
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Another thing: I don't receive any confirmation email when i click the button, this has been going on for days. Do you know how I could fix that?<br />
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Thanks, [[User:FaviFake|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake|talk]]) 09:13, 1 May 2023 (UTC)<br />
:I've created your user page. To be able to create pages, you'll have to become autoconfirmed. The requirements for this can be found here: [[explain_xkcd:Autoconfirmed_users]]. Assuming it is accurate, I'm not quite sure why you were not able to create it. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:32, 1 May 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks! I must've become autoconfirmed after I added the topic to this talk page :)<br />
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== Spam on another wiki ==<br />
Ther is far too much spam on [https://neography.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges this wiki]. It seems like the spammer on your website had went there to make a mess. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.135.23|172.69.135.23]] 00:54, 15 May 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Bot down ==<br />
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The last two comics 2793 and 2794 had to be manually created. Is the bot down? Thanks, [[User:Natg19|Natg19]] ([[User talk:Natg19|talk]]) 19:35, 26 June 2023 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for the reminder! The bot was down due to some server maintenance. I'll get it back up. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 22:52, 28 June 2023 (UTC)<br />
:: FYI, the bot looks down again. [[User:Natg19|Natg19]] ([[User talk:Natg19|talk]]) 04:46, 19 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::Yup. I think I've got the auto-start script working properly now. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 15:44, 19 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Errors ==<br />
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Hi Theusaf. I’m reaching out because there’s been a large amount of errors being thrown around recently. I’ve reached out to all semi-active admins that are on the wiki. A lot of users are getting 503 Errors and saying that server can’t be reached at the moment, please check the Technical Community Portal to see. Do you have server access or are able to personally contact Jeff? I know that he has a Twitter but I don’t have a Twitter account since my parents don’t let me. If you see this message, please respond as soon as possible, as I don’t think that this issue will resolve itself. [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 21:53, 19 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry 42.book.addict. I don't have server access or a way to personally contact Jeff. Other admins might have a way though. Usually the 503 errors tend to go away after a bit of time. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 19:40, 21 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
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== Spam reverting in places where it shouldn't ==<br />
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hi theusaf your bot reverted an edit i made to my own user page please revise as this does not make sense thank you [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 19:34, 4 October 2024 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Theusaf&diff=352083User talk:Theusaf2024-10-04T19:34:51Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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<div>Hello world [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 05:10, 18 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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==[[User:TheusafBOT]]==<br />
Hi Theusaf. Great with the bot. And sorry I made the error of claiming that 2x image should be used. this was a mistake. So if you see this please change the bot so it does use the normal sized image and do not put an image size in the header field. It caused confusion and is not like all the other comics. I take the blame, but would love you bot to work proper. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:34, 19 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Got it. [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 15:53, 19 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Great. Thanks for fixing this now that DGBRT seems to have left explain xkcd. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:09, 24 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Update: Great with the new feature of [[User:TheusafBOT]], so it helps with reverting spam. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 12:42, 31 July 2022 (UTC)<br />
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==Nice job==<br />
Nice bot! --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 00:28, 7 November 2021 (UTC)<br />
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==Thanks for helping with images for the countdown==<br />
Thanks for helping with [[Countdown in header text/images|images for the countdown]]. Was afraid I was alone on that ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 12:11, 14 January 2022 (UTC)<br />
:No problem! [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 18:31, 14 January 2022 (UTC)<br />
::Seems like we will be the one to do it though ;-) Just added two more up to 33. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:42, 15 January 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Hey Theusaf!<br />
Were you the one that made the kahoot winner thing?<br />
[[User:Wafflefly21|Wafflefly21]] ([[User talk:Wafflefly21|talk]]) 01:28, 4 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:That is correct. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 21:16, 5 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Nomination ==<br />
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See [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Coordination#New_admins]] '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 02:08, 8 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Common.js Changes ==<br />
You know, we could set up a script to block keywords from editing, like AbuseFilter. I'm not sure if we could make it performant and guarantee no false positives.<br />
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Actually, could we just up and add AbuseFilter?<br />
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[[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 22:24, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:It would be great if we could enable it, but that requires direct access to the server, which AFAIK, only Jeff can do. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 22:26, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:: Ah, alright. Do you think the script could work without messing people up? We would need to avoid edge cases like the word being used legitimately... maybe detect if there are two in a row and that it isn't the entirety of the page content. [[User:Jacky720|Jack]], currently rethinking his overly long signature ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 22:30, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::That is true, it needs to take into account legitimate usage. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 23:04, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::Does the new code's regex somehow match the crap or something? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.105|172.70.130.105]] 23:50, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::: <s>No, it just makes one of the elements nonfunctional for a half-second 50% of the time. It throttles edits but doesn't block them. And we can't make it a real throttle, like just failing to edit if too many edits are made too fast, without more API use than we know.</s> [[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 00:27, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::: Oh, no, theusaf changed it. Now it picks a random word in the article and refuses to put the edit through if more than 60% of the article is that same word. Not foolproof, but it's going to require some adaptation I don't know if our script kiddie is up to.<br />
::::: ... Did I just jinx it? [[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 00:33, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::::: I think we're dealing with more than a script kiddie. (S)he/they ha(s/ve) been adapting to previous antivandalbot changes/code. I think (s)he/they will do the same for this. Just a constant game of cat and mouse, unfortunately. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.195|172.70.130.195]] 00:40, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Anticrap doesn't work ==<br />
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Seems that the click attribute of the save button isn't what's causing the form to submit. We could just delete all the IDs of the elements, thus making them harder to reference by script? --[[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 21:12, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:The two craps I reverted were from IPs, so they seem to have been done manually. The bot only works for logged-in autoconfirmed users. [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 21:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:: Still, the script is designed to block all crapping in the UI. Since the bot is basically a UI selfbot, it shows that it won't work when another autoconfirmed account crops up. --[[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 21:53, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Oh yeah, you're right. BTW, I just decrapped four more pages that got crapped. My guess is that the crapper doesn't have any autoconfirmed accounts now (thanks for blocking those BTW), so (s)he's/they're doing some manual crapping while (s)he/they wait(s) for an account to be old enough. [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 22:02, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Please disable autoblock on [[User:Donald Trump]] ==<br />
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A couple times, I've been assigned the same IP as one of the ones the crapper was assigned, and had to try several times to save edits. [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 20:13, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Done —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 20:18, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:It would help if Anticrap was most likely not an account also being used by the crapper themself (and therefore habitually uses the very same Cloudflare portal and thus possible IP range). So many clues to suggest this, even before 'Donald' basically admitted it. Anyway, if you're reading this, Anticrap, and you recognise the truth of this, I've left a comment about 'playing the villain' at the end of the Talk discussion of the now blocked account. Consider it, if it is indeed applicable. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147|172.70.162.147]] 21:02, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::May I ask what evidence you have that Anticrap is the troll? [[User:Vandalbane|Vandalbane]] ([[User talk:Vandalbane|talk]]) 21:08, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::A few little things. Individually not enough to worry about. But we can start with a occasions when just ''two'' "crappings" were made (very out of character for the Crapper, who by that point was more than willing to mass-Crap either by user-script or just by personal effort on anonymous login) and then within 4 minutes (within 2 minutes, in one pair of cases, I think) Anticrap lived up to their name.<br />
:::Possibly very lucky (and the Crapper's heart also wasn't in it), but it wasn't just the one instance.<br />
:::The suggestions and insights Anticrap has made also seem a little off, especially in light of this. And it was soon after Anticrap learnt how to use the one-click-revert (for the purpose intended) that so did the next incarnation of Crapper.<br />
:::If I am wrong - and I invite you to consider this yourself, I know I've no provable authority - then I apologise to you, Anticrap, but you find yourself in the middle of a whole lot of of 'obvious' paranoia-inducing coincidences. Your revelation of IP-sharing was just the icing on the already very well baked cake.<br />
:::(Noting that I already made a slightly obscure note of this in our little mutual discussion about Vista, the other day, and that was before several further indications intensified my opinion on this. I won't give clues to some of these things, but noting that "I don't want to help the Crapper" is a phrase I used before and also crept into Anticrap's submitted text. Thank you for paying attention to me, if that's what happened, I'm truly gratified.)<br />
:::Oh, and I'm also not calling for Anticrap to be banned/blocked. I'm just asking them to continue to be the (mostly) white-hat user they have tried to be, and appealing for ''whoever'' is the black-hat vandaliser to just not make things worse again under whatever new guises they are tempted to use. I'm a tolerant person. "Hate the sin, love the sinner," you might say. But with 'Donald' being so frank, I'm more convinced of the link than ever.<br />
:::HTH, HAND. FYI, YMMV. TTFN. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.44|172.70.86.44]] 21:56, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::I think your evidence is quite convincing. I agree we should trust them unless we have a reason not to, but I can see why you're suspicious of them. This makes me wonder if the Anticrap account is their "good hand" account they mentioned. Lastly, I agree we shouldn't help the crapper, nor should we feed the trolls, but I do feel like the wiki team needs a secure place to discuss sensitive matters. [[User:Vandalbane|Vandalbane]] ([[User talk:Vandalbane|talk]]) 22:13, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::::What "suggestions and insights" are you referring to? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.47|172.70.178.47]] 00:29, 27 May 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Bot down ==<br />
Hello! Since [[2631: Exercise Progression]], the bot seems to have not created the page and the three since then have been manually made. I was wondering if that was a problem with the bot, or if I simply created the Exercise Progression page before the bot could and messed it up. I did wait a bit before starting, so I think the bot might've hit some sort of error (: [[User:Char Latte49|Wielder of the Staple Gun]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 14:15, 15 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Yes seems like the bot is down. Are you there Theusaf? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:36, 15 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
::The bot should be back up now. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:21, 15 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Thank you! [[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 15:02, 16 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::Great, yes thanks. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:46, 17 June 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Site convention ==<br />
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I didn't notice until after another edit of mine (to [[1388]]), but my attempted revert of the Title-Text-added-to-Transcript had obviously been preceded by your own. I must have missed the "It has been changed..." note, while I was pondering another edit (that I then did) to the main text.<br />
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However, that meant my Summary got lost, and I note that you didn't supply the detail. On the assumption that it's a genuine editor (very strange to be our current resident vandal, to do that, so I'm assuming good faith in the original attempt, and another random-looking comment got TitleText-Transcripted just recently, perhaps by the same unknowingly misguided IP-contributor) it might be a good idea to explain. I had put something like "Title Text is already mentioned beneath the comic image. Site Convention is that the Transcript only describes the image details not ready readily available for site-reader/text-search processing". (Actually, it was shorter than that, because of space limitations. Perhaps why you got your revert in... I was busy editing it to fit! :P)<br />
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I know there are regulars here (named and IP) who have expressed doubts about whether that's a ''good'' reason. An alternate use-case is that all Transcripts ''do'' go through the comic in great detail and also end with the 'meta'-text of the hovertext/whatever. But as (pretty much) none of them have it right now I'm very happy to support the no-Title-Text-in-Transcript standard. And have said so elsewhere, at other times (not that my voice carries weight).<br />
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But what I ''really'' meant to just say here is that the reason/'policy'/convention might need to be advertised a bit better, occasionally. At least before someone decides to 'correct' absolutely every Transcript (constructively, after a fashion, if not necessarily) because of some perceived need and some clear overabundance of time. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.34|172.70.86.34]] 14:49, 1 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Yes, I agree. The reason I didn't provide detail in the revert was that I had clicked on the rollback button (which automatically undoes revisions with a default message) instead of the undo button. I'll try to be more careful in the future. Thanks! —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 15:27, 1 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
::There is not a single transcript that have the title text, or if, so it is because of a mistake. If someone begins to do this it will be spotted, and said person will be told to stop and all his edits would be reverted. I have deleted some in my time, but not many. So I do not see this as a real issue. I'm the one that completes most of the transcript, making sure they follow same standard. Of course not all agree with this all the time, but there is a consistence across the comics. I have not been through all transcripts, but I would guess I have seen about 2/3. And one of the thing is that it should describe the picture both for blind/weak sighted people, and also for possible searching for items in the image. And then of-course all text in the image (any text) should be part of the actual transcript, not the description. No (active) links, no explanations and no title text. For sure it is best to write which changes we do, but if there are many changes done it is hard to write for all of them... You can check the [[Special:ContributionScores|number of edits]] I have made on these pages... most of any ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:50, 1 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Hi, yes (IP OP of this section, lest there be doubt). Because it is practically universal, unless any otherwise slipped in somehow, I'm vigorous in removing new examples. Two very recently (or one and the above where Theusaf got there before me), I think one a month or two ago, very infrequently otherwise but not unknown. And who knows how many where I never noticed behind "24 revisions, showing the latest state", because I aint checking ''every'' minute of the day... ;)<br />
:::Of coirse, its a largely unwritten rule (or mentioned deep within Community Portal subsections and perhaps occasional Talk pages ...for a comic or otherwise) and just as we all sort of learnt (or, maybe for some, ''developed'') the conventions from our own reading and posting here, in our greener days, obviously we get new-bugs along who don't quite grasp things as we seem to have realised.<br />
:::So my intent was to just say "Hey, you got there just before me, but maybe a reason would be good", just as a friendly note to another friendly person. But I inserted far too much side-commentary. Maybe you recognise my style, as 'that IP' who often does that! (Though it's not just me, I'm sure, so don't blame every anonymously meandering muse-out-loud on just myself!)<br />
:::Note made, however. Only editing this in because both of you (worthy edktors/page-wrangle5s, both!) are now here. If any more notable commentators arrive, I think it'd he best taken out qnd plonked upon one or other Community Portal pages, naturally. ;P [[Special:Contributions/172.70.246.221|172.70.246.221]] 17:00, 1 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Something for your autoreverter bot to look for? ==<br />
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk%3A2335%3A_Photo_Deposit&type=revision&diff=293007&oldid=289177<br />
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That's across several edits (this link-adder seems to always take several shots at trying to get the link to work how they want, unless it's an attempt to get past potential initial insertion-detections....) and I've reverted it in whole now. But as it's quite a pattern (the casino link... I'd have to search for past examples that were neutered, though, if you want the full range of possibilities) I was wondering if it was a good target for your 'bot.<br />
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FYI, anyway. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147|172.70.162.147]] 21:01, 17 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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(...also FYI, I undid [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=President&curid=14671&diff=293026&oldid=292152 another perrenial] ((And [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Facebook&curid=10895&diff=293029&oldid=222716 another one]], taking foreign text as its source, which I should have noticed earlier)). Actually, probably a perlunial or even more frequent. But as I've intruded into your Talk-space already, why not mention this too? ;) ) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.211|172.69.79.211]] 22:17, 17 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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:Thanks for the report! I'll see if I can use these to improve what the bot detects as spam. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 04:57, 18 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::Success! ( https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Facebook&diff=293076&oldid=293075 ) Good work. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.128|172.70.91.128]] 12:37, 18 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
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An [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=214:_The_Problem_with_Wikipedia&curid=2047&diff=294127&oldid=291651 incompetent vandalism attempt] (currently reverted) clearly done after someone (our old 'friend'?) found themselves being so quickly foiled in two other edits, earlier today. Just a heads-up. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.19|162.158.159.19]] 20:25, 4 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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I think I know why your 'bot didn't catch [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Facebook&diff=305025&oldid=305021 this one]... But for your consideration as to whether you can handle it better (without false positives)... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.127|172.70.91.127]] 17:24, 19 January 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== What is up with your bot? ==<br />
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https://i.imgur.com/I2vrwgI.png ?!? https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Admin_requests&curid=576&action=history [[Special:Contributions/172.71.146.73|172.71.146.73]] 07:41, 24 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry about that. It seems that the bot is a bit too loose with its spam detection. I'll look into the problem. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 16:07, 24 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
::Done it [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Admin_requests&curid=576&diff=293417&oldid=292142 again]. I'm not the above IP, but I added to the quote-punctuation thing (long, rambly, personal opinion/interpretation) and I'm wondering if the <nowiki><tt></nowiki> (which I didn't use, but was submitted from the original as a section-edit) might have triggered the autorevert? And link I give is for the whole day-span of edits. Not sure why it suddenly doesn't like GWG's historic comment, etc, as well... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.221|172.70.85.221]]<br />
:::It's mostly because there is discussion about spam on the page, so any edits to the page seems to trigger the bot. It looks like I didn't whitelist the page properly in the bot. <br />
:::This should be fixed now. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 23:29, 24 August 2022 (UTC)<br />
I think [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2003:_Presidential_Succession&diff=prev&oldid=294743 this edit] was overzealous, if I'm reading the change/reverted-prior correctly. Understandable. Single-word edits can be very malicious and I doubt your 'bot can recognise a legitimate grammatical/contextual edit so it probably just got caught in your detection-net's particular 'mesh', the details of which I imagine you understand better than I would, and also how you'd get this one unreverted without overly hobbling your autoreverting system. — Without checking, I imagine the "either" is a remnant of a longer statement that had an "or" to it, long unspotted. (Well done then, PoolloverNathan, for finding it! ;) ) Just a heads-up, assuming you don't get a nice little review-log to scan through already in your own time. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.175|172.70.90.175]] 13:32, 13 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for the report. I'll look into it. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:08, 13 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
::I've adjusted the detection-net. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:37, 13 September 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Edit summary ==<br />
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The edit summary in 2700 contains slur, could you please redacted them? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:RevisionDelete. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.206.82|172.70.206.82]] 05:12, 19 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I have access to that feature. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 06:12, 19 November 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== User page ==<br />
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Thanks for helping me create my user page. [[User:ColorfulGalaxy|ColorfulGalaxy]] ([[User talk:ColorfulGalaxy|talk]]) 18:42, 4 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Strange spam-responding ==<br />
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Inexplicably, [[User:While False]] has been trying to talk to long-standing spammers, that your BOT already adequately deals wirh, on their IP pages. It looks like he's mostly ignoring other (actually caring) IPs like me, is there anything you can try saying to them? And perhaps get resolved some of the [[:Category:Pages to delete]] that have resulted from this strange pactice. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.185|172.69.79.185]] 22:09, 17 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Looks like we’re both at last have had the pages we have nominated for deletion deleted. Perhaps we’re both satisfied then, now that an admin has set a useful precedent. —[[User:While False|While False]] ([[User:While False/explain xkcd museum|'''museum''']] | [[User talk:While False|talk]] | [[special:Contributions/While_False|contributions]] | [[special:Log/While_False|logs]] | [[Special:UserRights/While_False|rights]] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&printable=yes printable version] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&action=info page information] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/User:While_False what links there] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&days=30&from=&target=User%3AWhile_False related changes] | a late contribution | current time: {{CURRENTTIME}}) 22:33, 18 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
::I only took my lead from elsewhere, and others' clear interest in the matter (being the above respondee, but having seen others(?) previously try to engage). Perhaps I just poked the right spot, or it was going to happen anyway. But it feels rude to chat with you on someone else's page, as it is unnecessary to correct minor errors in my original text.<br />
::But I can't work out your mind, and it seems I won't expect you to understand mine. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.205|162.158.34.205]] 00:14, 19 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Not my intention to be rude to either of you; sorry if I was. —[[User:While False|While False]] ([[User:While False/explain xkcd museum|'''museum''']] | [[User talk:While False|talk]] | [[special:Contributions/While_False|contributions]] | [[special:Log/While_False|logs]] | [[Special:UserRights/While_False|rights]] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&printable=yes printable version] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&action=info page information] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/User:While_False what links there] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&days=30&from=&target=User%3AWhile_False related changes] | a late contribution | current time: {{CURRENTTIME}}) 04:13, 19 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Image reversions ==<br />
Alright, a vandal is currently hard at work on the site by changing the original xkcd images into various spam.<br />
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Is it possible to implement a feature which keeps all the images as the original, or simply lock those pages?<br />
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Thanks!<br />
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[[User:Eelitee|Eelitee]] ([[User talk:Eelitee|talk]]) 06:33, 22 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
:For now, I've implemented the ability to revert image changes to my bot. Another possible solution I am considering is automatically using my account to semi-protect images when uploaded. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:46, 26 March 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Forced shift of focus? ==<br />
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It seems to me that, after upping the protection on the Unreliable Connection page, the 'other possible spam-dumped pages' have been getting somewhat more attention than they got before. I'm guessing that failures to post (perhaps by failing the CAPTCHA, or some other challenge/speed-bump, have always used a "fail-over" method to try another on the list. Having (presumably) shut off the UC page more firmly, it's just drizzling more often over to the backup targets.<br />
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Just my impression. And your counter-spam measures are catching them all anyway (well, [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Google_Maps&diff=306469&oldid=306463 ''nearly'' all], for what I think are obvious reasons how it evaded the detection), but I'm not sure zipping any page up tighter is going to necessarily help that much. Opinion only, but FYI. Yet with continued appreciation that you're actually making the effort to keep on top of these things. Cheers for what you're doing, anyway. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.132|172.69.79.132]] 13:35, 20 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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...just spotted that [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2659:_Unreliable_Connection&diff=prev&oldid=306619 someone had to undo] a change to UC's Talk page. I can't even remember the last time a wipe/replace spammer targetted a discussion page, and it can't be a coincidence that it is the one associated with the now blocked favourite target. A spillover action, almost certainly. Not sure what we can do better about this, of course, so still just a personal observation of little useful value. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.206|172.71.178.206]] 22:04, 22 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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Uhh, are you discussing me? [[User:Unreliable Connection|2659: Unreliable Connection]] ([[User talk:Unreliable Connection|talk]]) 03:20, 11 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
:Look at the dates... You didn't even exist for roughly another month yet. But it's by your own hand that you made it possible that you're confused, if you are. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.137|172.71.178.137]] 09:25, 12 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Comment deleted abruptly ==<br />
Your bot has deleted my comment ! ! ! [[User:Unreliable Connection|2659: Unreliable Connection]] ([[User talk:Unreliable Connection|talk]]) 03:19, 11 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
:That's a bit unfortunate. It looks like you created the explanation quite quickly after the comic came out. The bot checks the LATESTCOMIC template to determine if an explanation exists, so it re-created the page. I'll see about verifying the existence of pages before creating them though. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 19:31, 11 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Can I suggest excluding the Number->redirect page from that check. It's something someone could predict in advance, but not what "title" or "number: title" would be, and cause (temporary) bother. Best just to let that be overwritten properly ''if'' it already exists, and there shouldn't be an in-like-Flynn user already creating the page (like above with main and dicussion edits) who might need allowing for. It's ''only'' a redirect page. (Or possibly a Title->redirect page, if we get any more like [[2614: 2]] or [[855: 1999|ones]] [[998: 2012|for]] [[1311: 2014|various]] [[1624: 2016|years]], [[1779: 2017|titled]] [[1935: 2018|as]] [[2685: 2045|numbers]], but we should know of any new/impending instances of those in advance. Unless we get a given comic number that is entitled with the same number. ;) )<br />
::But the example with UC's page-creating did also show a few faults (imperfect comic-template populating, and the lack of opening comment-tag in the Discussion page) that could benefit from at least checking. Maybe a special category appended, as the simplest first action upon finding a pre-created page (or an {{template|incomplete}}-style tag, saying "This page was created manually, and may need confirming as correctly set up...").<br />
::Only important upon the 'bot making its first pass (the attempt to create), on finding for itself that there's a new comic, and shouldn't be needed for monitoring existing pages. That's all covered by the other anti-vandal services it provides. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.127|172.70.86.127]] 10:01, 12 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::Thanks for your feedback. The bot does somewhat verify the title redirect pages, where if the title is a number larger than the current number, it won't re-create that redirect. I think excluding the number redirect from the check does make sense. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 18:14, 12 April 2023 (UTC)<br />
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==Can't create user page==<br />
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Hey, do you know how I can create my user page? Some people have them, but every time i try to create mine it says I can't.<br />
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Another thing: I don't receive any confirmation email when i click the button, this has been going on for days. Do you know how I could fix that?<br />
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Thanks, [[User:FaviFake|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake|talk]]) 09:13, 1 May 2023 (UTC)<br />
:I've created your user page. To be able to create pages, you'll have to become autoconfirmed. The requirements for this can be found here: [[explain_xkcd:Autoconfirmed_users]]. Assuming it is accurate, I'm not quite sure why you were not able to create it. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 17:32, 1 May 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks! I must've become autoconfirmed after I added the topic to this talk page :)<br />
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== Spam on another wiki ==<br />
Ther is far too much spam on [https://neography.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges this wiki]. It seems like the spammer on your website had went there to make a mess. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.135.23|172.69.135.23]] 00:54, 15 May 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Bot down ==<br />
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The last two comics 2793 and 2794 had to be manually created. Is the bot down? Thanks, [[User:Natg19|Natg19]] ([[User talk:Natg19|talk]]) 19:35, 26 June 2023 (UTC)<br />
:Thanks for the reminder! The bot was down due to some server maintenance. I'll get it back up. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 22:52, 28 June 2023 (UTC)<br />
:: FYI, the bot looks down again. [[User:Natg19|Natg19]] ([[User talk:Natg19|talk]]) 04:46, 19 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::Yup. I think I've got the auto-start script working properly now. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 15:44, 19 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Errors ==<br />
<br />
Hi Theusaf. I’m reaching out because there’s been a large amount of errors being thrown around recently. I’ve reached out to all semi-active admins that are on the wiki. A lot of users are getting 503 Errors and saying that server can’t be reached at the moment, please check the Technical Community Portal to see. Do you have server access or are able to personally contact Jeff? I know that he has a Twitter but I don’t have a Twitter account since my parents don’t let me. If you see this message, please respond as soon as possible, as I don’t think that this issue will resolve itself. [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 21:53, 19 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry 42.book.addict. I don't have server access or a way to personally contact Jeff. Other admins might have a way though. Usually the 503 errors tend to go away after a bit of time. —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 19:40, 21 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Spam reverting in places where it shouldn't ==<br />
<br />
hi theusaf your bot reverted an edit i made to my own user page please revise as this does not make sense [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 19:34, 4 October 2024 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=352082User:Certified nqh2024-10-04T19:31:14Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Me */ theusaf what the fuck</p>
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== The final word ==<br />
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i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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<strong>SRIMP</strong> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
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chip<br />
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Glad that's over with.<br />
<br />
== Me ==<br />
<br />
I'm a high school senior in programming 4.<br />
<br />
CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
<br />
NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_sit_name.png|32x32px]] is my pfp on github specifically<br />
<br />
My playlist is at least 200 songs. I have written it like this because I keep adding to it.<br />
<br />
I don't like...<br />
<br />
* Country songs<br />
<br />
* TV<br />
<br />
* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Myself<br />
<br />
* Simon Cowell<br />
<br />
* Turbulence<br />
<br />
* Quantum mechanics<br />
<br />
* The US<br />
<br />
* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
<br />
* How I must speak<br />
<br />
* Things being hard<br />
<br />
* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Game theory<br />
<br />
* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
<br />
My favorite...<br />
<br />
* Browser is firefox.<br />
<br />
* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
<br />
* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
<br />
* Soda is A&W cream soda.<br />
<br />
* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.<br />
<br />
* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
<br />
* Circle of hell is wrath.<br />
<br />
* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
<br />
The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
<br />
I am 5'10". I think.<br />
<br />
Cool things I own are...<br />
<br />
* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
<br />
* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
<br />
There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
<br />
I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
<br />
It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
<br />
I own a domain name, that being nqhlof.us. Don't try to go to it, it doesn't work.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My brain ==<br />
<br />
Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
<br />
Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
<br />
As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
<br />
Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My code ==<br />
<br />
I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, html, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, and mindustry processor.<br />
<br />
I mostly use C# along with YAML, XAML, and FTL, though.<br />
<br />
I do use luau at points (in life you have roblox).<br />
<br />
Anything related to scripting is done on Windows 10, because I abandoned Fedora.<br />
<br />
My HTML magic happens on chromebook between the hours of 9 pm and 1 am.<br />
<br />
I'm busy learning HTML, CSS, and JS. I'm best at CSS.<br />
<br />
I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
<br />
== XKCD ==<br />
<br />
I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
<br />
I have read every comic. <br />
<br />
Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
<br />
== This site ==<br />
<br />
I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
<br />
Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
<br />
Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
<br />
I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
<br />
I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
<br />
Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
<br />
By the way, </noinclude><includeonly><b><i style="font-size:20px !important; color: #F00 !important; background-color: #000 !important; font-family: Courier !important;">Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</i></b></includeonly><noinclude><br />
<br />
=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
<br />
Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
<br />
Sometimes I don't look.<br />
<br />
* xkcd.explaincom<br />
<br />
* explonkxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
<br />
=== Templates I have made ===<br />
<br />
{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)<br />
<br />
{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}<br />
<br />
{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}<br />
<br />
== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
<br />
[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
<br />
{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
<br />
[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
<br />
{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
<br />
And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
<br />
== Did you know... ==<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
</ul><br />
<br />
== log ==<br />
<br />
23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
<br />
:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
<br />
18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
<br />
21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
<br />
22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
<br />
23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
<br />
09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
<br />
09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
<br />
21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
<br />
09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
<br />
11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
<br />
22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
<br />
09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
<br />
20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
<br />
09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
<br />
11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
<br />
09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
<br />
10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
<br />
10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
<br />
16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
<br />
06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
<br />
21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
<br />
23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
<br />
11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
<br />
00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
<br />
11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
<br />
08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
<br />
:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
<br />
11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
<br />
10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
<br />
15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
<br />
17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
<br />
18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
<br />
11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
<br />
08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
<br />
:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
<br />
14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
<br />
10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
<br />
00:08, 28 November 2023 (CST): JETPACKS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND HEAVY SNIPERS AND DRUM SHOTGUNS AND AIR STRIKES AND RIFT-TO-GOS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUEHLUGHEULGHUOBNGJHG<br />
<br />
08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
<br />
10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
<br />
11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
<br />
14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
<br />
10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
<br />
20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
<br />
13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
</noinclude></div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=352081User:Certified nqh2024-10-04T19:28:52Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Me */</p>
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== The final word ==<br />
<br />
Here is your designated space for creating the illusion that you have the final word:<br />
<br />
<!-- You (yes, you) can edit... --><br />
i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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<strong>SRIMP</strong> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
<br />
chip<br />
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<br />
Glad that's over with.<br />
<br />
== Me ==<br />
<br />
I'm a high school junior taking chemistry 1, trig/precalc, english 11, world history, survey of ag, programming 3, and media communications.<br />
<br />
CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
<br />
NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_sit_name.png|32x32px]] is my pfp on github specifically<br />
<br />
My playlist is at least 200 songs. I have written it like this because I keep adding to it.<br />
<br />
I don't like...<br />
<br />
* Country songs<br />
<br />
* TV<br />
<br />
* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Myself<br />
<br />
* Simon Cowell<br />
<br />
* Turbulence<br />
<br />
* Quantum mechanics<br />
<br />
* The US<br />
<br />
* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
<br />
* How I must speak<br />
<br />
* Things being hard<br />
<br />
* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Game theory<br />
<br />
* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
<br />
My favorite...<br />
<br />
* Browser is firefox.<br />
<br />
* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
<br />
* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
<br />
* Soda is A&W cream soda.<br />
<br />
* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.<br />
<br />
* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
<br />
* Circle of hell is wrath.<br />
<br />
* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
<br />
The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
<br />
I am 5'10". I think.<br />
<br />
Cool things I own are...<br />
<br />
* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
<br />
* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
<br />
There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
<br />
I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
<br />
It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My brain ==<br />
<br />
Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
<br />
Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
<br />
As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
<br />
Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My code ==<br />
<br />
I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, html, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, and mindustry processor.<br />
<br />
I mostly use C# along with YAML, XAML, and FTL, though.<br />
<br />
I do use luau at points (in life you have roblox).<br />
<br />
Anything related to scripting is done on Windows 10, because I abandoned Fedora.<br />
<br />
My HTML magic happens on chromebook between the hours of 9 pm and 1 am.<br />
<br />
I'm busy learning HTML, CSS, and JS. I'm best at CSS.<br />
<br />
I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
<br />
== XKCD ==<br />
<br />
I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
<br />
I have read every comic. <br />
<br />
Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
<br />
== This site ==<br />
<br />
I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
<br />
Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
<br />
Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
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I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
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I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
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Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
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=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
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Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
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Sometimes I don't look.<br />
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* xkcd.explaincom<br />
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* explonkxkcd.com<br />
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* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
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* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
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=== Templates I have made ===<br />
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== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
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[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
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{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
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[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
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{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
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And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
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== Did you know... ==<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
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== log ==<br />
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23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
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:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
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18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
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21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
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22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
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23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
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09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
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09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
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21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
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09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
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11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
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22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
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09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
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20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
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09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
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11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
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09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
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10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
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10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
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16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
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06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
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21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
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23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
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11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
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00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
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11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
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08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
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:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
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11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
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10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
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15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
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17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
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18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
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11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
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08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
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:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
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14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
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10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
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00:08, 28 November 2023 (CST): JETPACKS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND HEAVY SNIPERS AND DRUM SHOTGUNS AND AIR STRIKES AND RIFT-TO-GOS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUEHLUGHEULGHUOBNGJHG<br />
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08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
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10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
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11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
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14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
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10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
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20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
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13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
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Queue a boost in hits for "rocket shaped humidifier" pages. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.59.108|172.68.59.108]] 19:26, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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I've already done a search to see if this exists. Shouldn't take long for the internet to come through. [[User:Andyd273|Andyd273]] ([[User talk:Andyd273|talk]]) 19:34, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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I've checked but all i can find is the steam coming out of the top, not the bottom [[Special:Contributions/162.158.142.34|162.158.142.34]] 19:39, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
: I'm thinking this would be a little challenging to create, because liquid water falls out of openings that under it. Humidifiers also usually have a larger reservoir of water than that rocket. I'm thinking the simplest approach would be to place a model rocket on top of a normal humidifier. Maybe you could also make a rocket with a mini-humidifier and a tube that goes from the top to the bottom, or that plugs into a faucet rather than having a reservoir. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.220|162.158.78.220]]<br />
:: I looked closer at the comic, and you can see the body of the humidifier under the rocket. It may actually be a model rocket on top of a normal humidifer. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.178|162.158.78.178]] 21:40, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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How disappointing. All of the examples a quick search brought up emit mist from the tip, instead of the exhaust. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.10|172.69.62.10]] 19:38, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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: But then the water reservoir might be limited to what fits into the rocket (see the comments above). [[User:Gunterkoenigsmann|Gunterkoenigsmann]] ([[User talk:Gunterkoenigsmann|talk]]) 06:36, 21 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:: Seems like making the base the humidifier and the rocket just a model on top would get around that problem. [[User:Tarcas|Tarcas]] ([[User talk:Tarcas|talk]]) 14:59, 25 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
::: Surely the most elegant solution is to just build a model rocket with a miniature hydrogen engine? --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.20|162.158.155.20]] 10:13, 7 March 2019 (UTC)<br />
: Maybe use the launch platform as a reservoir and pipe the water to a humidifier in the rocket? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.243|173.245.48.243]] 15:18, 14 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
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What does it mean if a rocket is venting steam from its nose, anyway? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.83|172.68.58.83]] 19:59, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
: You are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.226|162.158.75.226]] 20:18, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
: You are having a bad problem and you will go to the afterlife today. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 19:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)<br />
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Nothing Good [[Special:Contributions/162.158.142.82|162.158.142.82]] 20:02, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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What people need is a "pea soup - micro rocket " fog machine and a model rocket. However that would set you back over 400 GBP or USD and do nothing much to humidify the room, being a type of vape machine. I suppose you could take a vape machine and add a fan to mimic a user inhaling, and exhaust into the model for less. Still not humidifying, but the voice off days "still dry in here" [[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 20:45, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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Whoops! I updated the Feynman story at the same time as somebody else removed it. It's currently back with changes. Maybe I'd better find a better citation to see how accurate it is. It's notable that it was Feynman who found the o-ring issue mentioned in the comic. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.220|172.69.62.220]] 20:46, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:The Feynman story is from part II of "What do YOU care what other people think?: Further adventures of a curious character". [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.6|162.158.106.6]] 21:24, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks. I found it on library genesis ( http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=EA0CB0CF9A75A62E9F407CF1EE915F23 ) and my thirdhand telling was indeed rather inaccurate. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.178|162.158.78.178]] 21:38, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
: Removed the story and referenced wikipedia. But Feynman was a badass to stand up to the NASA administration and his silent peers so expressively. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.220|172.69.62.220]] 20:59, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone else notice someone wrote (after the bit explaining how rockets take off) "This is, of course, preposterous, as rockets are a fake child's fantasy created by Jewish NASA employees"?[[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.76|172.68.34.76]] 21:25, 20 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Trolls, they’re gone now. [[User:Netherin5|Netherin5]] ([[User talk:Netherin5|talk]]) 17:44, 21 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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O-Ring seemingly is potentially offensive in another way, too: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=o%20ring [[User:Gunterkoenigsmann|Gunterkoenigsmann]] ([[User talk:Gunterkoenigsmann|talk]]) 06:36, 21 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Oh wow. I'd never think of this one. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.160|162.158.92.160]] 13:22, 21 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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Hmmm, I have always assumed that the water pumped to the base of the launch pad was intended to cool the exhaust so it won't destroy the concrete of the exhaust trench. But it's there to suppress sound? Well, one learns new things all the time... -- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.34|162.158.92.34]] 09:01, 21 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Here's a link! [https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/sound-suppression-system.html NASA Page][[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.201|162.158.74.201]] 18:35, 26 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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Is the bit about rockets not being real supposed to be some kind of joke? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.106|162.158.78.106]] 17:32, 21 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:It’s been removed, and probably not. It’s weird sometimes.[[User:Netherin5|Netherin5]] ([[User talk:Netherin5|talk]]) 17:34, 21 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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I recommend removing the BDSM comment, even with the "unlikely" disclaimer, unless Randall has at some time in the past made a similar reference. "O-Ring" and "Ring of O" are just not similar enough, and the *likelier* reference to the Challenger disaster is too strong. Why detract? Or is there an actual Randall-BDSM thing? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.34|172.68.34.34]] 21:39, 21 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
:I agree, there is no basis in the comic for that interpretation. The O-Ring as part of a real rocket disaster makes sense, the BDSM similar name is strictly accidental. There would have to be something in the comic, or a recurring theme in the comics, or some related current event in the news for it to be worth a mention. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 22:16, 21 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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Would it be worth noting that some rockets use liquid hydrogen as a fuel, producing water as the combustion product. [https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/hydrogen/hydrogen_fuel_of_choice.html Liquid Hydrogen--the Fuel of Choice for Space Exploration] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.66|162.158.106.66]] 03:31, 22 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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At first I thought that in the third panel Ponytail was of gigantic proportions, rather than the rocket being a miniaturized model. This misconception was clarified by the fourth panel, however... [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.23|172.69.33.23]] 22:26, 27 February 2019 (UTC)<br />
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== Which kind of rocket? ==<br />
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A small rocket, with two or four boosters (so probably not a Proton) which are tapered at a 45 degree angle (which rules out the Angara series) towards the body, but away from the top (which means it's probably not American) and payload (which rules out the Ariane series), and a demarcated section for the payload faring (which seems to point to the Long March 5). Coupled with the fact that nearly everything is made in China, this makes me think this is a sly "everything is made in China" joke.<br />
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== Tribute ==<br />
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Isn’t this a tribute comic? [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician|talk]]) 03:49, 29 December 2022 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:311:_Action_Movies&diff=351464Talk:311: Action Movies2024-09-27T13:04:57Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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<div>Dangit, I want to see this. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.148|199.27.130.148]] 04:44, 19 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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He used Papyrus. :| [[Special:Contributions/108.162.225.57|108.162.225.57]] 11:19, 4 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
:<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">At least it's not comic sans.</span> [[User:Beanie|Beanie]] ([[User talk:Beanie|talk]]) 12:00, 22 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Says the person using Comic Sans. {{User:PoolloverNathan/Signature}} 13:29, 21 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::Comically Without [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 13:04, 27 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
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Madness combat minus hank plus river tam? 08:03, 14 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Could this comic be the inspiration for John Wick? {{unsigned ip|108.162.217.155}}<br />
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This movie actually exists and it's called Chocolate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_(2008_film)] {{unsigned ip|108.162.221.202}}<br />
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'Beats up everyone', to me it seems a reference to video game of type 'Beat them all' which match with the image of the movie. {{unsigned ip|108.162.229.112}}<br />
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And now, 8 years later, we have Mad Max: Fury Road. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.212|162.158.38.212]] 07:47, 11 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:And on top of that, John Wick and Hardcore Henry. Nonstop action movies are becoming a thing. --[[User:Zazathebot|Zazathebot]] ([[User talk:Zazathebot|talk]]) 19:41, 24 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Y'all're forgetting [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/ ''The Raid''] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2265171/ ''The Raid 2'']. Perfect answers to this complaint.<br />
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:But all of the above selections are ''still'' lacking in Summer Glau! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.146|162.158.155.146]] 19:21, 19 December 2018 (UTC)<br />
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If you have a film that's a little exposition, and then endless action scenes, you end up with a Transformers movie. Or some other garbage by Michael Bay or J. J. Abrams. —[[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 06:33, 5 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
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It's possible that the watermelon being in the green section could be in reference to watermelon rind pickles [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.93|172.70.178.93]] 22:22, 11 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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This is obviously wrong because white chocolate is not [[378|real]] chocolate. Let the flamewar begin. --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.34|172.68.54.34]] 15:22, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Well, it's not technically chocolate, but it is a derivative -- insert math joke -- and the chart doesn't seem to be concerned with what it is, just with what it's called; after all, that which is called white chocolate by any other name would taste just as sweet, putting some off while others enjoy it. [[User:Nyperold|Nyperold]] ([[User talk:Nyperold|talk]]) 16:44, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
::As per your request: http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/626:_Newton_and_Leibniz [[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.52|172.68.34.52]] 22:08, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Purple skittles in France taste like blueberry.{{unsigned ip|141.101.69.105}}<br />
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Vanilla isn't white.{{unsigned ip|172.68.58.131}}<br />
:Yeah, but lots of candies use white to mean vanilla-flavored. [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous#Help_with_Creating_a_User_Page|Trogdor147]] ([[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous#Help_with_Creating_a_User_Page|talk]]) 21:11, 13 July 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Perhaps because of the particular small font that I use, I first read that as "candles" that were vanilla-''flavored''. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.89|172.70.91.89]] 22:57, 13 July 2023 (UTC)<br />
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What are all of the question marks here for? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.251|108.162.246.251]] 15:51, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I think those question marks at the top are supposed to be bubble gum.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.10|108.162.245.10]] 16:03, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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: i mean yeah kinda but the last time i ate black licorice i couldn't [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 01:52, 26 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
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"In the title text, Randall asserts that his rankings of colors and foods are indisputable (with the exception of chocolate). This is of course ridiculous, as everyone knows that watermelon and strawberry are inherently superior to the likes of Citrus Fruits."...but his rankings of strawberry and of watermelon (x2) are higher than for oranges, lemons, and limes. There is no contradiction here; nothing that is ridiculous. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.118|162.158.78.118]] 16:29, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
: Liquorice, while an acquired taste certainly doesn't belong that far down, I'd take it over a long list of other things on the chart, but then again ... I'm Scandinavian {{unsigned ip|162.158.134.178}}<br />
:: Sweet liquorice, or salted? I'm pretty sure there should be two dots there. Also, coffee and chocolate are both missing from the right end of the 'black' row. Most of the others, I think I'd flip the line, but keep each line in the same place. I guess taste is variable in weird ways [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.109|162.158.154.109]] 21:56, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Hmm. The selection seems quite diverse compared to a standard bag of jelly beans, but doesn't really cover the range of a gourmet brand. I wonder where root beer falls, or Dr Pepper. And that's not even getting into color classification when the bean has more than one color. Personally, when I used to get gourmet jelly bean brands, I would do the squeeze-and-sniff test on a particular shade of brown, because it was used for both coffee and a flavor I liked. I remember Lore Sjöberg having a similar problem with cinnamon and cherry, but if he ever arrived at my solution, I don't know. [[User:Nyperold|Nyperold]] ([[User talk:Nyperold|talk]]) 16:44, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:Interesting theory that he's talking about flavors of jelly beans, though there's really nothing to indicate he is. But I believe every one of those food flavors are included in, for example, Jelly Belly's lineup (with the possible exception of a White Chocolate flavor). [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 17:00, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:My take upon reading the comic was that it refers to Jelly Bellies. If you have ever tried a popcorn jelly belly you know how bad they are....[[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.72|172.68.65.72]] 23:32, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::I really like the "buttered popcorn" Jelly Bellys [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 17:27, 17 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
::If you look at https://www.jellybelly.com/flavor-guides webpage though a lot of flavors from the comics are not jelly belly flavors.--[[User:Lul|Lul]] ([[User talk:Lul|talk]]) 11:52, 17 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
I enjoy licorice and white chocolate, and I think strawberry is overrated. Fight me. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.16|162.158.126.16]] 17:34, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I don't think its necessarily jelly beans specifically. I think it's any candy that comes with multiple flavors in a pack, including jelly beans but not limited to them. (ie. also fruit snacks, Airheads, Necco Wafers, Jolly Ranchers, Sourpatch Kids, etc.) 16:47, 11 March 2020 (UTC)<br />
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If it is jelly beans it is definitely more agreeable then actual food. Because popcorn jelly beans are awful which explains why there a outlier. It also explains why there split by color.{{unsigned ip|172.68.58.89}}<br />
:It could also explain the question marks. They could be jelly beans for which he was not able to identify the flavor, but was able to judge it.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.5|162.158.79.5]] 13:16, 17 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Wow. I've seen stupidity, I've seen REAL stupidity, and now there comes this comic. Randall is confirmed for pleb taste. Also quit fucking editing my posts just because I have an objectively better taste than you do and it offends you that someone would call randall out on having shit taste in flavors.{{unsigned ip|173.245.50.96}}<br />
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I'm a retard pretending i'm superior by liking certain fruits. {{unsigned ip|162.158.75.52}}<br />
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My tastes now rate sweet tastes poorly - as well as sour, so I would down rate candyfloss, but not up rate lemon. The variability of chocolate represents the range from choc flavoured sweet margarine, through to 90% coco solids. My peak preference being about 50-60%. [[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 18:14, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Patrician taste good sir. Though, I respectfully disagree with your opinion on sour only somewhat: Lemons combined with other flavors make lemons pretty dang tasty.{{unsigned ip|173.245.50.96}}<br />
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Has anyone figured out what all the question marks in the graph are for yet? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.59.190|162.158.59.190]] 20:08, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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All the question marks made me wonder if he accidentally published an early draft again or something. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.133.90|172.68.133.90]] 20:44, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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: I'm fairly sure the question marks are related to lewd matters. [[User:KromdarTheAllHungering|KromdarTheAllHungering]] ([[User talk:KromdarTheAllHungering|talk]]) 02:56, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Hi, I added a table. Can somebody fix and fill it as I am not the best at tablework (as you can see). [[User:Dontknow|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow|talk]]) 02:45, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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: Fixed and partially filled! [[User:Cody Code|Cody Code]] ([[User talk:Cody Code|talk]]) 03:52, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I removed the incomplete. The table is completely filled and there is a good explanation. [[User:Dontknow|Dontknow]] ([[User talk:Dontknow|talk]]) 21:47, 21 March 2017 (UTC) <br />
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As the transcript is for the visually impaired, I think the colored letters should only be used in the explanation and described [pink letters] in the transcript; what do you think? --[[User:LaVe|LaVe]] ([[User talk:LaVe|talk]]) 21:06, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:The transcript is not only for visually impaired. Nevertheless those translation programs know colors. Be smart. And a simple bold header is enough at the discussion page.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:14, 15 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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“Most people” do not like licorice; Most Americans, you mean. Licorice is extremely popular in Europe in many varieties. But they don’t like root beer. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.227|108.162.246.227]] 06:04, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
: AFAIR in pretty much every food item common to the US and the UK, the US version had a far larger sugar content. My theory is that salt was more expensive that sugar everywhere but the coastal regions, so preserving with sugar was the way to go and hence the apparent national "sweet tooth" [[User:RoyT|RoyT]] ([[User talk:RoyT|talk]]) 08:04, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
: Hello. As a european myself, i can assure you that Licorice is not extremly popular here, except among some loners, who are recieved and watched critically by their fellow europeans. Most people in Europe don't like it. Also, most people in Europe heard of rootbeer, but nearly noone ever drank it - i wouldn't even know where to get it here. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.149|162.158.91.149]] 10:08, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:: You can't speak for most people in Europe. Tastes are really different according to which countries you speak about. There are lot of European alcohols with licorice flavors and also lot of licorice candies...{{unsigned|Lul}}<br />
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Wait, lemons? I like lemons. Anyone with an excess of raw lemons for eating should send me them. I would eat them consistently if it weren't for the fact that doing so makes my gums sore afterwards. I've several times distilled lemon juice into a much, much stronger "lemon syrup" with about 1/10th the volume and the consistency of maple syrup, and my general feeling is that I would eat it like candy if it were widely available, even though it has virtually no sugar in it. Lemon flavor is best flavor! [[Special:Contributions/172.68.133.132|172.68.133.132]] 07:51, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
: Lemon juice has plenty of sugar in it. That's why it's used for invisible ink. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.16|198.41.238.16]] 08:28, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
: I want to try lemon syrup now; bet it would be perfect for pancakes. -- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.109|162.158.154.109]] 18:31, 17 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Why are those values approximate when they have four significant figures? [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.16|198.41.238.16]] 08:28, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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The watermelon flavor of Airheads candy is completely green. Also, many watermelon candies partially include a green part to mimic the appearance of watermelon, and even though they taste the same, may elicit a false feeling of tasting better. [[Special:Contributions/76.252.228.30|76.252.228.30]] 12:04, 16 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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"???" refers to the mystery Dum Dums flavor. I'm pretty sure about this. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.130|108.162.216.130]] 21:18, 21 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
This is some manchild pleb taste. "EWW COFFY NASTY >:( MOMMY I WANT SWEET :O" seriously.{{unsigned ip|173.245.50.96 }}<br />
:People can have opinions. You don't need to take opinions you disapprove of to be "stupid" and "immature", you.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.224|108.162.216.224]]<br />
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The question marks for blue might have to do with George Carlin's lament over the lack of blue food.[[User:CoderLass|CoderLass]] ([[User talk:CoderLass|talk]]) 21:53, 20 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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So Randall talks about the flavor of colors based on the food they are associated with, but he says "blue" and doesn't mention blueberries and says "black" but doesn't mention blackberries? WHAT? Were they just not good enough? --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD''' ]]<sup>[[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]]</sup> 15:18, 4 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I took this as being about artificial colors. That also explains the ??? areas. So, it is a guide for when getting e.g. icecream, bubblegum, yoghurt, etc. to which colour to pick, regardless of their labels... am I really alone with this? --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 12:26, 1 October 2019 (UTC)<br />
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Cotton candy's original color is obviously white, how did it managed to end up as pink at all? Also, Randall have a good metaphorical taste, but a terrible literal one. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.25|162.158.203.25]] 03:08, 9 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I think cotton candy being rated highest is a joke not mentioned so far. As another commenter mentions above, an alternate (English?) name for the product is "candy floss". It's literally sugar, just served in the form of fibers. It has the following flavor: sugar. (I understand that some cotton candy is now flavored. Nevertheless, it's "cheap fruit-flavored candy" in that case, which no adult can actually like.) Randall was kidding. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 04:07, 10 December 2022 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=350316User:Certified nqh2024-09-11T15:19:00Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Me */</p>
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== Me ==<br />
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I'm a high school junior taking chemistry 1, trig/precalc, english 11, world history, survey of ag, programming 3, and media communications.<br />
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CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
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NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
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[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
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[[File:nqh_sit_name.png|32x32px]] is my pfp on github specifically<br />
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My playlist is 220 songs.<br />
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I don't like...<br />
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* Country songs<br />
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* TV<br />
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* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
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* Myself<br />
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* Simon Cowell<br />
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* Turbulence<br />
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* Quantum mechanics<br />
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* The US<br />
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* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
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* How I must speak<br />
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* Things being hard<br />
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* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
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* Game theory<br />
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* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
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* Browser is firefox.<br />
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* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
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* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
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* Soda is A&W cream soda.<br />
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* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.<br />
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* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
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* Circle of hell is wrath.<br />
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* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
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The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
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I am 5'10". I think.<br />
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Cool things I own are...<br />
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* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
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* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
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There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
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I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
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It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My brain ==<br />
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Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
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Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
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As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
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Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My code ==<br />
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I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, html, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, and mindustry processor.<br />
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I mostly use C# along with YAML, XAML, and FTL, though.<br />
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I do use luau at points (in life you have roblox).<br />
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Anything related to scripting is done on Windows 10, because I abandoned Fedora.<br />
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My HTML magic happens on chromebook between the hours of 9 pm and 1 am.<br />
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I'm busy learning HTML, CSS, and JS. I'm best at CSS.<br />
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I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
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== XKCD ==<br />
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I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
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I have read every comic. <br />
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Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
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== This site ==<br />
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I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
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Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
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Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
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I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
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I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
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Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
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Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
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Sometimes I don't look.<br />
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* xkcd.explaincom<br />
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* explonkxkcd.com<br />
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* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
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* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
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=== Templates I have made ===<br />
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== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
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[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
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{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
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[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
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{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
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And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
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== Did you know... ==<br />
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<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
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== log ==<br />
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23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
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:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
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18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
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21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
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22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
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23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
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09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
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09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
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21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
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09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
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11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
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22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
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09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
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20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
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09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
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11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
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09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
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10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
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10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
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16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
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06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
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21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
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23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
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11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
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00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
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11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
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08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
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:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
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11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
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10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
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15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
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17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
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18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
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11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
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08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
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:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
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14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
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10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
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00:08, 28 November 2023 (CST): JETPACKS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND HEAVY SNIPERS AND DRUM SHOTGUNS AND AIR STRIKES AND RIFT-TO-GOS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUEHLUGHEULGHUOBNGJHG<br />
<br />
08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
<br />
10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
<br />
11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
<br />
14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
<br />
10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
<br />
20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
<br />
13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
</noinclude></div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=349823User:Certified nqh2024-09-03T02:06:24Z<p>Certified nqh: /* This site */</p>
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== The final word ==<br />
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i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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<strong>SRIMP</strong> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
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chip<br />
<!-- ...between these comments. --><br />
<br />
Glad that's over with.<br />
<br />
== Me ==<br />
<br />
I'm a high school senior taking AP Calculus, Physics, CS Independent Study, AP Chemistry, English 12, half a semester of civics, half a semester of economics, half a semester of abnormal psychology, and half a semester of human behavior.<br />
<br />
CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
<br />
NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
<br />
My playlist is 220 songs.<br />
<br />
I don't like...<br />
<br />
* Country songs<br />
<br />
* TV<br />
<br />
* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Myself<br />
<br />
* Simon Cowell<br />
<br />
* Turbulence<br />
<br />
* Quantum mechanics<br />
<br />
* The US<br />
<br />
* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
<br />
* How I must speak<br />
<br />
* Things being hard<br />
<br />
* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Game theory<br />
<br />
* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
<br />
My favorite...<br />
<br />
* Browser is firefox.<br />
<br />
* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
<br />
* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
<br />
* Soda is whatever I can get my hands on.<br />
<br />
* Mode of transportation is whatever gets me there fastest.<br />
<br />
* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
<br />
* Book of the bible is John.<br />
<br />
* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
<br />
* OS is undefined.<br />
<br />
The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
<br />
I am 5'11". I think.<br />
<br />
Cool things I own are...<br />
<br />
* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
<br />
* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
<br />
There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
<br />
I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
<br />
I use Windows and Fedora interchangeably. I have different uses for each, and so I have both on one computer (2 separate 500 gb drives).<br />
<br />
It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
<br />
== My brain ==<br />
<br />
Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
<br />
Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
<br />
As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
<br />
Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My code ==<br />
<br />
I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, html, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, and mindustry processor.<br />
<br />
I mostly use C# along with YAML, XAML, and FTL, though.<br />
<br />
I do use luau at points (in life you have roblox).<br />
<br />
Anything related to scripting is done on whatever I have the easiest access to (including paper).<br />
<br />
My HTML magic happens on chromebook between the hours of 9 pm and 1 am.<br />
<br />
I'm busy learning Java. Yes, it's for minecraft.<br />
<br />
I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
<br />
== XKCD ==<br />
<br />
I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
<br />
I have read every comic. <br />
<br />
Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
<br />
== This site ==<br />
<br />
I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
<br />
Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
<br />
Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
<br />
I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
<br />
I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
<br />
Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
<br />
By the way, </noinclude><includeonly><b><i style="font-size:20px !important; color: #F00 !important; background-color: #000 !important; font-family: Courier !important;">Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</i></b></includeonly><noinclude><br />
<br />
Want an endless supply of soyjak memes? [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/ChuddyCobson Go here.]<br />
<br />
=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
<br />
Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
<br />
Sometimes I don't look.<br />
<br />
* xkcd.explaincom<br />
<br />
* explonkxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
<br />
* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
<br />
=== Templates I have made ===<br />
<br />
{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)<br />
<br />
{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}<br />
<br />
{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}<br />
<br />
== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
<br />
[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
<br />
{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
<br />
[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
<br />
{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
<br />
And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
<br />
== Did you know... ==<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
</ul><br />
<br />
== log ==<br />
<br />
23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
<br />
:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
<br />
18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
<br />
21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
<br />
22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
<br />
23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
<br />
09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
<br />
09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
<br />
21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
<br />
09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
<br />
11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
<br />
22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
<br />
09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
<br />
20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
<br />
09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
<br />
11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
<br />
09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
<br />
10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
<br />
10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
<br />
16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
<br />
06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
<br />
21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
<br />
23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
<br />
11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
<br />
00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
<br />
11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
<br />
08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
<br />
:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
<br />
11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
<br />
10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
<br />
15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
<br />
17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
<br />
18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
<br />
11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
<br />
08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
<br />
:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
<br />
14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
<br />
10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
<br />
00:08, 28 November 2023 (CST): JETPACKS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND HEAVY SNIPERS AND DRUM SHOTGUNS AND AIR STRIKES AND RIFT-TO-GOS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUEHLUGHEULGHUOBNGJHG<br />
<br />
08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
<br />
10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
<br />
11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
<br />
14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
<br />
10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
<br />
20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
<br />
13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
<br />
:20:35, 2 September 2024 (CST): soon i will have another<br />
</noinclude></div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=349822User:Certified nqh2024-09-03T01:59:46Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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{{Userbox | border-c = #255 | border-s = 1 | info-s = 20 | id = [[File:trollface120.png|trollface120.png|45px]] | info = [[User:Certified_nqh/userbox|This user is a user.]] | float = left }}<br />
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== The final word ==<br />
<br />
Here is your designated space for creating the illusion that you have the final word:<br />
<br />
<!-- You (yes, you) can edit... --><br />
i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<strong>SRIMP</strong> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
<br />
weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
<br />
chip<br />
<!-- ...between these comments. --><br />
<br />
Glad that's over with.<br />
<br />
== Me ==<br />
<br />
I'm a high school senior taking AP Calculus, Physics, CS Independent Study, AP Chemistry, English 12, half a semester of civics, half a semester of economics, half a semester of abnormal psychology, and half a semester of human behavior.<br />
<br />
CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
<br />
NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
<br />
[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
<br />
My playlist is 220 songs.<br />
<br />
I don't like...<br />
<br />
* Country songs<br />
<br />
* TV<br />
<br />
* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Myself<br />
<br />
* Simon Cowell<br />
<br />
* Turbulence<br />
<br />
* Quantum mechanics<br />
<br />
* The US<br />
<br />
* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
<br />
* How I must speak<br />
<br />
* Things being hard<br />
<br />
* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
<br />
* Game theory<br />
<br />
* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
<br />
My favorite...<br />
<br />
* Browser is firefox.<br />
<br />
* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
<br />
<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
<br />
* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
<br />
* Soda is whatever I can get my hands on.<br />
<br />
* Mode of transportation is whatever gets me there fastest.<br />
<br />
* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
<br />
* Book of the bible is John.<br />
<br />
* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
<br />
* OS is undefined.<br />
<br />
The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
<br />
I am 5'11". I think.<br />
<br />
Cool things I own are...<br />
<br />
* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
<br />
* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
<br />
There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
<br />
I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
<br />
I use Windows and Fedora interchangeably. I have different uses for each, and so I have both on one computer (2 separate 500 gb drives).<br />
<br />
It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
<br />
== My brain ==<br />
<br />
Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
<br />
Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
<br />
As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
<br />
Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
<br />
I can read.<br />
<br />
== My code ==<br />
<br />
I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, html, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, and mindustry processor.<br />
<br />
I mostly use C# along with YAML, XAML, and FTL, though.<br />
<br />
I do use luau at points (in life you have roblox).<br />
<br />
Anything related to scripting is done on whatever I have the easiest access to (including paper).<br />
<br />
My HTML magic happens on chromebook between the hours of 9 pm and 1 am.<br />
<br />
I'm busy learning Java. Yes, it's for minecraft.<br />
<br />
I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
<br />
== XKCD ==<br />
<br />
I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
<br />
I have read every comic. <br />
<br />
Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
<br />
== This site ==<br />
<br />
I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
<br />
Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
<br />
Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
<br />
[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
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I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
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Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
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By the way, </noinclude><includeonly><b><i style="font-size:20px !important; color: #F00 !important; background-color: #000 !important; font-family: Courier !important;">Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</i></b></includeonly><noinclude><br />
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=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
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Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
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Sometimes I don't look.<br />
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* xkcd.explaincom<br />
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* explonkxkcd.com<br />
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* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
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* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
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=== Templates I have made ===<br />
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{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)<br />
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{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}<br />
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== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
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[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
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{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
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[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
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{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
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And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
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== Did you know... ==<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
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== log ==<br />
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23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
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:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
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18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
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21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
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22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
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23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
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09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
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09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
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21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
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09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
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11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
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22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
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09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
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20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
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09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
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11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
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09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
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10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
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10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
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16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
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06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
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21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
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23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
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11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
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00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
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11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
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08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
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:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
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11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
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10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
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15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
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17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
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18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
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11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
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08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
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:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
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14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
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10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
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00:08, 28 November 2023 (CST): JETPACKS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND HEAVY SNIPERS AND DRUM SHOTGUNS AND AIR STRIKES AND RIFT-TO-GOS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUEHLUGHEULGHUOBNGJHG<br />
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08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
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10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
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11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
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14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
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10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
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20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
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13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
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:20:35, 2 September 2024 (CST): soon i will have another<br />
</noinclude></div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2980:_Lava_Lakes&diff=349821Talk:2980: Lava Lakes2024-09-03T01:52:38Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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yoo wait this is cool first yay [[User:TheTrainsKid|TheTrainsKid]] ([[User talk:TheTrainsKid|talk]]) 01:05, 3 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
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yoo [[Special:Contributions/172.70.230.159|172.70.230.159]] 01:24, 3 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
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:Bro Why'd you delete my comment [[User:TheTrainsKid|TheTrainsKid]] ([[User talk:TheTrainsKid|talk]]) 01:29, 3 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
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::the wiki is a strange place where sometimes two people edit at the same time and it causes funny things [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 01:34, 3 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
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Third post! [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 01:29, 3 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
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we're so back [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 01:52, 3 September 2024 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2980:_Lava_Lakes&diff=3498192980: Lava Lakes2024-09-03T01:49:49Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by A GOLF BALL <s>FLOATING ON</s> MELTING IN THE 6TH LAVA LAKE (FORMER MINIGOLF COURSE) - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. She points out that there are really only around five lava-filled volcano craters in the world right now. Black Hat responds to this by creating a new one on a nearby golf course. However, given that Megan was still waiting when Black Hat came back, the attention span of most people is shorter than the time it takes lava lakes to form, and that sane people do not build golf courses directly over active volcanoes, {{Citation Needed}} Black Hat would've needed to dig at least 8 kilometers of earth within a very short timespan, which is impossible for a normal human being.{{citation needed}} Also, since this action was prompted by Megan's remark, Black Hat could not have built/moved anything capable of making a lava lake to the golf course beforehand.<br />
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The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, making recovering them from hazards easier. The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 grams per cubic centimeter of lava. It <i>would</i> be <br />
very easy to retrieve golf balls from lava because of this, if it were not for the fact that lava is hot.{{Citation Needed}} Lava is around 800 C, while golf balls melt at ~80 C, making retrieving the burnt/melted/boiling/evaporated golf balls from said lava quite difficult.<br />
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These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ({{w|Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity|source}}):<br />
* {{w|Erta Ale}} in Ethiopia<br />
* {{w|Mount Erebus}} on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea {{w|Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu|Halemaʻumaʻu}} on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* {{w|Mount_Nyiragongo|Nyiragongo}} in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* {{w|Mount Michael}} on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
<br />
:[Megan stands while three distinct sound effects come off-panel from the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
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:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Off-panel voice to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br />
[[Category:Volcanoes]]</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2980:_Lava_Lakes&diff=3498182980: Lava Lakes2024-09-03T01:49:13Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by A GOLF BALL <s>FLOATING ON</s> MELTING IN THE 7TH LAVA LAKE (FORMER MINIGOLF COURSE) - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. She points out that there are really only around five lava-filled volcano craters in the world right now. Black Hat responds to this by creating a new one on a nearby golf course. However, given that Megan was still waiting when Black Hat came back, the attention span of most people is shorter than the time it takes lava lakes to form, and that sane people do not build golf courses directly over active volcanoes, {{Citation Needed}} Black Hat would've needed to dig at least 8 kilometers of earth within a very short timespan, which is impossible for a normal human being.{{citation needed}} Also, since this action was prompted by Megan's remark, Black Hat could not have built/moved anything capable of making a lava lake to the golf course beforehand.<br />
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The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, making recovering them from hazards easier. The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 grams per cubic centimeter of lava. It <i>would</i> be <br />
very easy to retrieve golf balls from lava because of this, if it were not for the fact that lava is hot.{{Citation Needed}} Lava is around 800 C, while golf balls melt at ~80 C, making retrieving the burnt/melted/boiling/evaporated golf balls from said lava quite difficult.<br />
<br />
These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ({{w|Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity|source}}):<br />
* {{w|Erta Ale}} in Ethiopia<br />
* {{w|Mount Erebus}} on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea {{w|Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu|Halemaʻumaʻu}} on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* {{w|Mount_Nyiragongo|Nyiragongo}} in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* {{w|Mount Michael}} on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
<br />
:[Megan stands while three distinct sound effects come off-panel from the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Off-panel voice to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br />
[[Category:Volcanoes]]</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2980:_Lava_Lakes&diff=3498172980: Lava Lakes2024-09-03T01:47:58Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by A GOLF BALL <s>FLOATING ON</s> MELTING IN THE 7TH LAVA LAKE (FORMER MINIGOLF COURSE) - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. She points out that there are really only around five lava-filled volcano craters in the world right now. Black Hat responds to this by creating a new one on a nearby golf course. However, given that Megan was still waiting when Black Hat came back, the attention span of most people is shorter than the time it takes lava lakes to form, and that sane people do not build golf courses directly over active volcanoes, {{Citation Needed}} Black Hat would've needed to dig at least 8 kilometers of earth within a very short timespan, which is impossible for a normal human being.{{citation needed}} Also, since this action was prompted by Megan's remark, Black Hat could not have built/moved anything capable of making a lava lake to the golf course beforehand.<br />
<br />
The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, making recovering them from hazards easier. The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 grams per cubic centimeter of lava. It <i>would</i> be <br />
very easy to retrieve golf balls from lava because of this, if it were not for the fact that lava is hot.{{Citation Needed}} Lava is around 800 C, while golf balls melt at ~80 C, making retrieving (probably burnt/melted) golf balls from said lava quite difficult.<br />
<br />
These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ({{w|Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity|source}}):<br />
* {{w|Erta Ale}} in Ethiopia<br />
* {{w|Mount Erebus}} on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea {{w|Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu|Halemaʻumaʻu}} on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* {{w|Mount_Nyiragongo|Nyiragongo}} in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* {{w|Mount Michael}} on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
<br />
:[Megan stands while three distinct sound effects come off-panel from the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Off-panel voice to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br />
[[Category:Volcanoes]]</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:TheTrainsKid&diff=349813User:TheTrainsKid2024-09-03T01:43:05Z<p>Certified nqh: Created page with "you have a user page now ~~~~"</p>
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<div>you have a user page now [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 01:43, 3 September 2024 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2980:_Lava_Lakes&diff=3498112980: Lava Lakes2024-09-03T01:40:50Z<p>Certified nqh: Undo revision 349810 by 162.158.106.90 (talk). Definitely too soon.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by A GOLF BALL <s>FLOATING ON</s> MELTING IN THE 7TH LAVA LAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. She points out that there are really only around five lava-filled volcano craters in the world right now. Black Hat responds to this by creating a new one on a nearby golf course.<br />
<br />
The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, making recovering them from hazards easier. The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 grams per cubic centimeter of lava. It <i>would</i> be <br />
very easy to retrieve golf balls from lava because of this, if it were not for the fact that lava is hot.{{Citation Needed}} Lava is around 800 C, while golf balls melt at ~80 C, making retrieving (probably burnt/melted) golf balls from said lava quite difficult.<br />
<br />
These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity source]):<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale Erta Ale] in Ethiopia<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus Mount Erebus] on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu Halemaʻumaʻu] on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo Nyiragongo] in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael Mount Michael] on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
<br />
:[Megan stands while three distinct sound effects come off-panel from the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Off-panel voice to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by A GOLF BALL <s>FLOATING ON</s> MELTING IN THE 7TH LAVA LAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. She points out that there are really only around five lava-filled volcano craters in the world right now. Black Hat responds to this by creating a new one on a nearby golf course.<br />
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The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, making recovering them from hazards easier. The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 grams per cubic centimeter of lava. It <i>would</i> be <br />
very easy to retrieve golf balls from lava because of this, if it were not for the fact that lava is hot.{{Citation Needed}} Lava is around 800 C, while golf balls melt at ~80 C, making retrieving (probably burnt/melted) golf balls from said lava quite difficult.<br />
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These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity source]):<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale Erta Ale] in Ethiopia<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus Mount Erebus] on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu Halemaʻumaʻu] on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo Nyiragongo] in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael Mount Michael] on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
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:[Black Hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
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:[Megan stands while three distinct sound effects come off-panel from the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Off-panel voice to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
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23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
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yoo wait this is cool first yay [[User:TheTrainsKid|TheTrainsKid]] ([[User talk:TheTrainsKid|talk]]) 01:05, 3 September 2024 (UTC)<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by A GOLF BALL <s>FLOATING ON</s> MELTING IN THE 7TH LAVA LAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. Black Hat responds to this by creating a new one in a nearby golf course.<br />
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The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, and that this would make recovering them from hazards easier. The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 grams per cubic centimeter of lava. It would be easy to retrieve golf balls from lava, if it were not for the fact that lava is hot,{{Citation Needed}} being around 800 C, while golf balls melt at ~80 C, making retrieving golf balls from said lava quite difficult.<br />
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These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity source]):<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale Erta Ale] in Ethiopia<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus Mount Erebus] on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu Halemaʻumaʻu] on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo Nyiragongo] in Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael Mount Michael] on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
<br />
:[Megan stands while three distinct sound effects come off-panel from the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Off-panel voice to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br />
[[Category:Volcanoes]]</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2980:_Lava_Lakes&diff=3498022980: Lava Lakes2024-09-03T01:33:02Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by A GOLF BALL <s>FLOATING ON</s> MELTING IN THE 7TH LAVA LAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. Black Hat responds to this by creating a new one in a nearby golf course.<br />
<br />
The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, and that this would make recovering them from hazards easier. The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 grams per cubic centimeter of lava. It would be easy to retrieve golf balls from lava, if it were not for the fact that lava is hot,{{Citation Needed}} at around 800 C, with golf balls melting at ~80 C, making retrieving golf balls from said lava quite difficult.<br />
<br />
These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity source]):<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale Erta Ale] in Ethiopia<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus Mount Erebus] on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu Halemaʻumaʻu] on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo Nyiragongo] in Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael Mount Michael] on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
<br />
:[Megan stands while three distinct sound effects come off-panel from the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Off-panel voice to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by A GOLF BALL FLOATING ON THE 7TH LAVA LAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. Black Hat responds to this by creating a new one in a nearby golf course.<br />
<br />
The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, and that this would make recovering them from hazards easier. The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 grams per cubic centimeter of lava. It would be easy to retrieve golf balls from lava, if it were not for the fact that lava is hot,{{Citation Needed}} at around 800 C, with golf balls melting at ~80 C, making retrieving golf balls from said lava quite difficult.<br />
<br />
These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity source]):<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale Erta Ale] in Ethiopia<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus Mount Erebus] on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu Halemaʻumaʻu] on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo Nyiragongo] in Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael Mount Michael] on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
<br />
:[Megan stands while three distinct sound effects come off-panel from the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
<br />
:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Off-panel voice to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by THE 7TH LAVA LAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. Black Hat responds to this by creating a new one in a nearby golf course.<br />
<br />
The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava. The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 grams per cubic centimeter of lava.<br />
<br />
These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity source]):<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale Erta Ale] in Ethiopia<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus Mount Erebus] on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu Halemaʻumaʻu] on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo Nyiragongo] in Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael Mount Michael] on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
:[Black hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Someone off to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2980:_Lava_Lakes&diff=3497902980: Lava Lakes2024-09-03T01:26:09Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by THE 7TH LAVA LAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. Black Hat responds to this by (somehow) creating a new one in a nearby golf course.<br />
<br />
The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, though it is not known whether they will burn or not.{{Citation Needed}} The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 g/m3, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 g/m3 of lava.<br />
<br />
These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity source]):<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale Erta Ale] in Ethiopia<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus Mount Erebus] on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu Halemaʻumaʻu] on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo Nyiragongo] in Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael Mount Michael] on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
:[Black hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
:[Black Hat walks back into frame]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Someone off to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2980:_Lava_Lakes&diff=3497892980: Lava Lakes2024-09-03T01:25:50Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by THE 7TH LAVA LAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. Black Hat responds to this by (somehow) creating a new one in a nearby golf course.<br />
<br />
The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, though it is not known whether they will burn or not.{{Citation Needed}} The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 g/m3, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 g/m3 of lava.<br />
<br />
These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity source]):<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale Erta Ale] in Ethiopia<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus Mount Erebus] on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu Halemaʻumaʻu] on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo Nyiragongo] in Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael Mount Michael] on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
:[Black hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
:[Black Hat returns from the same direction he left]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Someone off to the right: <i>Why is the golf course erupting!?</i><br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2980:_Lava_Lakes&diff=3497882980: Lava Lakes2024-09-03T01:25:05Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2980<br />
| date = September 2, 2024<br />
| title = Lava Lakes<br />
| image = lava_lakes_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 709x272px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by THE 7TH LAVA LAKE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows [[Megan]] and [[Black Hat]] talking about lava lakes in volcanoes, when Megan mentions a common myth that in the craters of every volcano, there's a lava lake. Black Hat responds to this by (somehow) creating a new one in a nearby golf course.<br />
<br />
The title text mentions that golf balls will float on lava, though it is not known whether they will burn or not.{{Citation Needed}} The density of a normal golf ball is about 1.13 g/m3, which is significantly less than the 2.4 ~ 2.9 g/m3 of lava.<br />
<br />
These may be the 5 volcano lakes that the comic references ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake#List_of_volcanoes_having_displayed_past_or_present_lava_lake_activity source]):<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale Erta Ale] in Ethiopia<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus Mount Erebus] on Ross Island, Antarctica<br />
* Kīlauea [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu Halemaʻumaʻu] on Hawaiʻi (Big Island)<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo Nyiragongo] in Democratic Republic of the Congo<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael Mount Michael] on Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Megan and Black Hat are talking, with Megan holding up one hand towards Black Hat]<br />
:Megan: People think volcano craters are full of lava, but that’s rare. There are only five or so lava lakes in the world right now.<br />
:[Black hat puts one hand up to his chin]<br />
:Black Hat: Interesting.<br />
:[Black Hat walks out of frame off to the right]<br />
:<i>Rumble</i><br />
:<small>Crash</small><br />
:<strong>BOOOOM</strong><br />
:[Black Hat returns from the same direction he left]<br />
:Megan: What did you-<br />
:Black Hat: There are six now.<br />
:Voice, off panel: Why is the golf course erupting!?<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:SomeoneIGuess/UNOFFICIALDARK&diff=349658User talk:SomeoneIGuess/UNOFFICIALDARK2024-08-31T01:17:06Z<p>Certified nqh: Created page with "You can make discussion pages for these? Wow! ~~~~"</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1347<br />
| date = March 26, 2014<br />
| title = t Distribution<br />
| image = t_distribution.png<br />
| titletext = If data fails the Teacher's t test, you can just force it to take the test again until it passes.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The {{w|Student's t-distribution}} is a class of {{w|probability distribution}} used in statistics to model small sample sizes. "Student" was the pseudonym of {{w|William Sealy Gosset}}, an employee of Guinness Brewery who discovered it.<br />
<br />
A Student's t distribution is similar to a normal symmetric bell curve distribution, but has "fatter tails"; thus, the one shown in the comic is roughly the right shape. A "Teacher's" t-distribution is a joke (pun) made up by Randall.<br />
<br />
The comic is a play on the name "Student", the pseudonym of the creator, versus the "Teacher". The idea is that a "teacher's" distribution would be more complex, and that it would be used for fitting data when the student's distribution wasn't sophisticated enough. Of course, in actuality, such a complex distribution as the one shown in the comic would have many parameters, and in practice would probably lead to overfitting and/or bias. Thus, the comic (and the title text) can be seen as making fun of the idea that more complex is always better, or perhaps of the idea that a statistician's job is to use more and more sophisticated tools to force the data to yield a "publishable" result, rather than to use the simplest appropriate tool and let the chips fall where they may. <br />
<br />
[[Cueball]] tries to "fit" a distribution to the data on the paper. This is the usual jargon for when a statistician is trying to model their data as coming from some underlying probability distribution, and the comic makes a pun with the physical meaning of "fit". In the second panel, Cueball decides that the Student's T distribution does not fit his data well (the data failed the Student t-test), and decides to pull out the more complex Teachers t-distribution instead (the teachers t-test - which the data is not allowed to continue to fail). Note that "test" is what statisticians do to data to see if it fits some distribution, but it is also another word for "examination."<br />
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The Students t distribution relates the average of a small sample to the "true" population average, under the assumptions, unobjectionable in many contexts, that there is such a "true" value, and that the samples are independent and normally distributed with equal variance. As such, unless the data on Cueball's paper contain many small groups which radically violate these assumptions somehow, there is no way Cueball's data could falsify the t distribution. In particular, a single number (for the average of one group) or a small set of numbers (for the averages of several numbers) will never make a nice smooth curve, but an average statistician would see that as normal statistical noise that would even out over time, not as a reason to prefer a complex, spiky curve such as the supposed "teacher's" distribution. But of course, Cueball's access to a secret, cooler-looking distribution makes them more badass than a mere average statistician... or does it?<br />
<br />
Ironically, the Teacher's T Distribution shows equal variance, itself proving the appropriateness of the Student's T Distribution.<br />
<br />
The title text plays on the word "test". The first part of the sentence refers to a potential "Teacher t-test" which would be used in a statistical context to test for the significance of some observation, as opposed to the real "Student's t-test" which is used to determine if two sets of data differ by a statistically significant amount. On the other hand, the second part of the sentence refers to the possibility for students to take tests (or exams) until they pass - or to teachers who forces students to take the test again and again until they pass. The resulting sentence may refer to statistical fallacy, or the (conscious or unconscious) action of manipulating observations or misconducting experiments to give statistical significance to a false fact.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[A physical bell-curve-shaped object labeled "Student's t distribution" is resting on a table. Cueball is working with it and a piece of paper.]<br />
:Cueball: Hmm <br />
:[Cueball looks at the piece of paper.]<br />
:Cueball: ...nope.<br />
:[Cueball picks up the object and begins to walk off the panel with it.]<br />
:[Cueball comes back onto the panel, now carrying an object shaped like a much more complex curve, with many symmetric spikes and dips, labeled "Teacher's t distribution".]<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Statistics]]<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2888<br />
| date = January 31, 2024<br />
| title = US Survey Foot<br />
| image = us_survey_foot_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 740x606px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Subway refuses to answer my questions about whether it's an International Footlong or a US Survey Footlong. A milligram of sandwich is at stake!<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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This comic pokes fun at the difference in length between the {{w|Foot_(unit)#U.S._survey_foot|US Survey Foot}} and the {{w|Foot_(unit)|International Foot}}. After Carl Edvard Johansson's {{w|Carl_Edvard_Johansson#Johansson_and_the_inch|gauge blocks}} in 1912 led to {{w|International_yard_and_pound|an international agreement}} in 1959, the foot has been defined to be exactly 0.3048 meters, whilst the US survey foot continued to use the {{w|Mendenhall Order|definition of 1893}}, making it a bit longer than the international foot at 1200/3937 meters. However, the difference between the two is proportionately too small to be meaningful for most purposes, as they differ by only 2 parts per million. At foot-length scales, the difference is a fraction of a micron, with longer measures (where the error grows to a notable degree) requiring an already excessive implied precision likely to mismatch its true accuracy. Some engineering or scientific applications ''may'' involve such tolerances, but would be expected to consistently use some more modern standard of measurement, such as {{w|International System of Units|SI (the Metric System)}}, to {{w|Mars Climate Orbiter|avoid such confusion}}.<br />
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In the third panel, Cueball says that someone is using the survey foot again. It turns out to be [[Black Hat]], acting in a way that sounds very typical for him. Cueball claims that he is drawing the world 610&nbsp;nm closer to madness, which is about the difference per foot between the two measures. Cueball, outraged, then says that the {{w|National Institute of Standards and Technology}} (NIST) will capture Black Hat to stop him from using the US survey foot. One joke here is that his coordinates show that he is 8000 miles away, but since he is using the US survey foot, he is 0.016 miles (around 25.75 meters or 84.48 feet) away from the search team, making them unable to find him at that exact spot. They are probably at the same lake in the last two frames, with maybe only some bushes separating them; a good strike team would likely keep looking in the area, but perhaps being strictly NIST-trained to adhere to particularly exacting standards has ironically made them vulnerable to the same inaccuracies that they are supposed to be preventing.<br />
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Part of the joke is the imaginative idea that NIST employs and dispatches strike teams to apprehend persons that use incorrect measurements. This may be a play on words about the {{w|Nuclear Emergency Support Team}}, or "NEST", a {{w|United States Department of Energy}} group who respond to nuclear and radiological emergencies such as reactor accidents or nuclear terrorism, and who might reasonably have access to resources such as the helicopters depicted during a crisis.<br />
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The title text references a {{w|Subway (restaurant)#Sandwich_size|2013 lawsuit}} over the length of a "Footlong" sandwich sold by the Subway fast food chain. However – in contrast to the issue at stake in that lawsuit – the difference in length between an 'international footlong' sandwich and a 'US survey footlong' sandwich is far below the precision ''or'' accuracy by which sandwiches are usually produced, making it understandable that Subway would not think it necessary to clarify which definition of 'foot' they use for their products.<br />
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Absurd outcomes from updated survey standards was also the topic of [[2920: Survey Marker]].<br />
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===Explanation of the comic's underlying assumptions and implications===<br />
Randall appears to be playing a bit fast-and-loose here. To make this joke work implies a rather imaginative situation: that both Black Hat and the searchers have set their devices to measure and report location in reference to the same location (the place where Cueball is, at one end of the 8,000 mile measurement) and not just use a satellite navigation system like GPS and lat/long like every other smartphone on the planet. <br />
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In the unlikely event that the searchers' phones measure and report location in reference to Cueball's location, evidently Black Hat has also overridden his device's in-built GPS to report its location in reference to Cueball's location as a way to toy with him and the NIST teams, and then traveled EXACTLY 8,000 survey-foot miles away, knowing NIST would be able to track him and that a team would be sent in pursuit. After all, Black Hat is known for his preternatural powers of mischief.<br />
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The punchline of the comic still doesn't make much sense though. The difference between the two definitions of the foot (8,000 miles vs 8,000.016 miles) is a little under 85 feet, and the background of the last two comic panels suggests that Black Hat and the NIST team are both standing next to the same pond on the other side of a bush or rock. Given that humans can easily see for miles, it is extremely unlikely that the NIST team would not be able to see Black Hat walking away. Even if they could not on the ground because of the rock/bush in the way, they should have easily done so from the helicopter as they approached. Furthermore, Black Hat is shown as humming or singing due to the musical notes by his head, and once again humans can easily hear someone humming or singing from about 85 feet away in a quiet forest.<br />
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Though Cueball’s location is not specified, one potential location is NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland, or another governmental location, perhaps in the Greater Washington Area where most US government agencies and departments are headquartered. These options are supported by the panel in which Cueball mentions a NIST team is on their way and brags that “we” are going to capture him. This language implies that Cueball either works for NIST or for a larger effort in which NIST is a partner. These location options are also supported by the fact that Cueball’s location is used for the origin point of the 8,000-mile measurement, suggesting that he’s speaking at a flagship location and not a random office building.<br />
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The use of helicopters — which cannot fly 8,000 miles unaided — also suggests an imaginative situation in which NIST teams with access to helicopters are distributed around the globe, perhaps at US air bases and on US aircraft carriers.<br />
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===Real world examples===<br />
In the early 2000s, Survey Foot/International Foot conversion issues created difficulties in the civil engineering industry after a commonly used CADD design software package changed how it processed units. Prior versions of the software program Microstation were unit-agnostic, relying only on absolute coordinates assigned to elements from survey data. Starting with Microstation Version 8, internal software calculations were performed entirely in metric units and relied on a units definition file to seamlessly convert to the unit system being used for a project. The default options in the program being “Foot” (i.e., International Foot) or “Survey Foot”, many users were unaware of the difference and selected “Foot” even when a project’s field survey was performed in survey feet. In the US, most states have their own coordinate systems, referred to as State Plane Coordinates, to correct for the approximation of projecting the Earth’s spherical surface into a cartesian X,Y plane. Some states have coordinate zones which span their entire length, so a project’s coordinates can be millions of feet from the origin, a scale on which the minuscule difference between Survey and International feet conversion becomes whole feet.<br />
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In another famous example, a building in Arizona was required to be built one story shorter than planned. The building was going to be 20 stories tall and almost in line with an international airport runway. It was designed to be one foot north of the FAA mandated flight path for runway approaches, which it would otherwise violate due to its height. However, the building was surveyed in international feet (the legal standard in Arizona) while the flight path was defined in survey feet (used nationally by the FAA). The baseline that defined coordinates in this part of Arizona was about a million feet away, which added up to a difference of about two feet. As a result the building would have been inside the FAA flight path, and to avoid this the building had to be reduced to 19 stories so it was below the exclusion zone.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Closeup on Cueball.]<br />
:Cueball: We thought it was over. After 60 years of struggle, the US survey foot was dead, deprecated by NIST in 2023.<br />
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:[Cueball is shown to be talking to Ponytail, Hairy, and Megan. He has a presentation behind him.]<br />
:Cueball: We thought architects and engineers could rest easy, free of the headaches of having two conflicting definitions of the foot that differ by 610 nanometers.<br />
:International foot: 0.304 800 000 m<br />
:US survey foot [crossed over in gray] <span style="color:gray">R.I.P.</span>: 0.304 800 609... m<br />
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:[Cueball points at an image of Black Hat with unreadable writing above it.]<br />
:Cueball: But I bring dire news:<br />
:Cueball: ''Someone has started using the US survey foot again.''<br />
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:[Closeup on Cueball again.]<br />
:Off-panel voice: Why!?<br />
:Cueball: We don't know.<br />
:Cueball: Some people just want to drag the world 610nm closer to madness.<br />
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:[Farther view of Cueball only. He clenches a fist.]<br />
:Off-panel voice: What can we do!?<br />
:Cueball: A NIST team is already in the air. We will capture the scofflaw and end this nightmare.<br />
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:[Two helicopters flying, with mountains in the background.]<br />
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:Caption: 8,000 miles away<br />
:[Two operatives in a forest by a pond with NIST helmets. One talks on a walkie-talkie.]<br />
:Operative: We've reached the coordinates of the target's device. There's no one here.<br />
:Voice from walkie-talkie: How!?<br />
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:Caption: 8,000.016 miles away<br />
:[Black Hat walking elsewhere in the forest, apparently by the same pond. He is holding something resembling a phone.]<br />
:Black Hat: ♫ ♪<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
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The number of miles in the last panel was [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/5/5f/20240131173446%21us_survey_foot_2x.png originally] 8,000.014, but was changed to 8,000.016. The latter matches the 2 ppm difference between the international foot and the US survey foot.<br />
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== Me ==<br />
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I'm a high school junior taking chemistry 1, trig/precalc, english 11, world history, survey of ag, programming 3, and media communications.<br />
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CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
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NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
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[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
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[[File:nqh_sit_name.png|32x32px]] is my pfp on github specifically<br />
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* How I must speak<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
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* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
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The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
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I am 5'10". I think.<br />
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There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
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I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
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It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My brain ==<br />
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Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
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Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
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As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
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Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My code ==<br />
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I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, html, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, and mindustry processor.<br />
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I mostly use C# along with YAML, XAML, and FTL, though.<br />
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I do use luau at points (in life you have roblox).<br />
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Anything related to scripting is done on Windows 10, because I abandoned Fedora.<br />
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My HTML magic happens on chromebook between the hours of 9 pm and 1 am.<br />
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I'm busy learning HTML, CSS, and JS. I'm best at CSS.<br />
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I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
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I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
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I have read every comic. <br />
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Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
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== This site ==<br />
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I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
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Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
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Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
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I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
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I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
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Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
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=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
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Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
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Sometimes I don't look.<br />
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* xkcd.explaincom<br />
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* explonkxkcd.com<br />
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* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
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* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
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[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
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{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
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[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
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{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
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And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
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== Did you know... ==<br />
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<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
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== log ==<br />
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23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
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:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
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18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
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21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
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22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
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23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
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09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
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09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
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21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
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09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
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11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
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22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
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09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
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20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
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09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
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11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
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09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
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10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
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10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
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16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
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06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
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21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
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23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
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11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
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00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
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11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
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08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
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:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
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11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
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10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
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15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
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17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
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18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
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11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
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08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
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:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
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14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
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10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
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00:08, 28 November 2023 (CST): JETPACKS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND HEAVY SNIPERS AND DRUM SHOTGUNS AND AIR STRIKES AND RIFT-TO-GOS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUEHLUGHEULGHUOBNGJHG<br />
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08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
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10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
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11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
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14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
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10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
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20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
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13:05, 26 August 2024 (CST): i had a job and then i didn't<br />
</noinclude></div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Certified_nqh&diff=349410User talk:Certified nqh2024-08-26T18:00:37Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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<div>first [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 16:24, 5 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
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last [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 16:56, 3 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Re: ''Let me make my signature bounce.'' ==<br />
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There ...are ways. A couple of which I've just tried over in an unrelated sandbox Preview (not saved), with varying degrees of usefulness for here. But might I highly suggest you consider not doing it, because if humanity hasn't even learnt from the whole {{w|Blink element|<BLINK>}} thing then I really have no hope for the world... Don't let me stop you learning, just don't go all [https://websitesfromhell.net/view/yvettesbridalformal.com-10/ Yvette's Bridal Formal]! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.162|172.71.242.162]] 17:36, 12 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== meow ==<br />
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yore mothre [[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]] ([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk]]) 23:17, 18 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
: right back at ya buckaroo [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 03:39, 19 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== hi henlo hi nqh hai ==<br />
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could you check out my silly dark mode and tell me if there's anything (not main page/bullet points they're broken i cant change them) and tell me if i can improv e anything okai bai <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 15:53, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
: please use * to set text color i promise you everything will not explode<br />
: you can target redlinks using <nowiki>a[href$="redlink=1"]</nowiki> <br />
: i'll think of better criticism probably in about 9 hours or so [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 16:09, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
:: I did test * after seeing your theme but it ended up breaking links half the time so i decided against it lol. Was fairly early on so i could try it again i suppose <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:25, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
::: you just need to use !important again in the link styles and it should work [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 16:29, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
::: also add <nowiki>a[href$="/wiki/index.php/User:Certified_nqh"]::after { content: " (very important)";}</nowiki> :trollface: [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 16:52, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
::::I'll give it a shot on the extension i use before throwing it on the page. Also, nice try, you silly goose! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 17:06, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::::It appears i solved it by literally just replacing all the text classes with "body" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 17:09, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
::::::TUrns out in reality that code never went into effect and it absolutely did not work. Oops <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 22:03, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
::::::: * [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 00:09, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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>>> Just for context, the following comment was made on a page for cataloging all of the various edits people have made on [[2852:_Parameterball/Incomplete_Archive|this page]], which I had edited after making an edit to the incomplete thingy on [[2852:_Parameterball|this page]]. - [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup><br />
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'''This is, of course, just 'editing for the sake of editing'. In leiu of anyone having created the relevent Talk page, I am forced to comment here that these are not good faith contributions and diluting the quality of both humour and informativeness in the pursuit of ego. Given the express wish of a certain contributor to be in the 'top 50 all time contributors', I am of course not surprised it has happened on top of all the other micro-edits that they (and another suspiciously similarly-behaving account, who I actually think is the same individual) have been making. Please can we just have less ego and more actual xkcd appreciation? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.53|172.70.85.53]] 20:16, 9 November 2023 (UTC)'''<br />
: mobile device, not logged in - While I understand your concerns, while I cannot speak for others, I have never expressed interest in becoming a top editor, and the other account is unrelated to me. My micro-edits are not for a goal, but simply because I make a lot of mistakes that I fail to notice before shortly after publishing edits. There is no goal to become a top editor. [[User:SomeoneIGuess]] <small>mobile device</small><br />
: :( [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:33, 9 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
: while i do agree, yes, "editing for the sake of editing" so i could get to the top 50 is something i did, i still put time and effort into most of them. for the ones that i barely changed, i could either not find anything else wrong with it or was just really tired. sorry if i came off as someone who just wants to be on The Scoreboard instead of enjoying the actual comic. and if you have an issue with something i do, i'd prefer if you didn't put it on a page i've edited once and moved it somewhere you can guarantee i'd see it [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 9 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
: moved to your Talk page [[User:SomeoneIGuess]] <small>mobile device</small><br />
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test [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 17:08, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Well, ==<br />
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<big>[https://i.imgur.com/MhzwmF5.png fuck]</big><br />
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--[[User:FaviFake|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake|talk]]) 16:22, 13 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
: lol [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 17:45, 13 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== there's already an actual citation needed template ==<br />
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[[Template:actual citation needed]]<br />
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: case sensitivity lol [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 00:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
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== I like your user page ==<br />
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I like your user page<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.16|I like your user page]] 09:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC)<br />
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: me too [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 18:00, 26 August 2024 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Certified_nqh&diff=341670User:Certified nqh2024-05-08T13:06:40Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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== The final word ==<br />
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Here is your designated space for creating the illusion that you have the final word:<br />
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i am a cow. moo. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span> 16:16, 2 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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i think that you're awesome, nqh. i'm glad you and people like you exist. [[User:108.162.242.105|108.162.242.105]] 18:15, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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<strong>SRIMP</strong> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 20:54, 3 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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weeeeeee! [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 18:55, 5 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
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Glad that's over with.<br />
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== Me ==<br />
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I'm a high school junior taking chemistry 1, trig/precalc, english 11, world history, survey of ag, programming 3, and media communications.<br />
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CST (UTC-6) is my time zone.<br />
<br /><span style="background-color: #0000 !important; position: absolute; transform: translateY(-100%)">CDT (UTC-5)</span><br />
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NQH stands for NotQuiteHadouken, which is what I changed it to after I got tired of people making jokes about my last username. NotQuiteHadouken is a Joel reference.<br />
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[[File:nqh_pfp.jpg|32x32px]] is my pfp in most places <br />
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[[File:nqh_sit_name.png|32x32px]] is my pfp on github specifically<br />
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My playlist is 206 songs.<br />
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I don't like...<br />
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* Country songs<br />
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* TV<br />
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* You<sup><i>[dubious]</i></sup><br />
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* Myself<br />
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* Simon Cowell<br />
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* Turbulence<br />
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* Quantum mechanics<br />
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* The US<br />
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* The incentive to publish negative results<br />
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* How I must speak<br />
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* Things being hard<br />
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* Being a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<sup><i>[but a jack of all trades is better than a master of one]</i></sup><br />
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* Game theory<br />
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* People who say that they don't like people with no other context<br />
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My favorite...<br />
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* Browser is firefox.<br />
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* Thing from McDonalds is the McDouble.<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><li> Thing from taco bell is Tacos Locos without sour cream.</li></ul><br />
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* Thing from subway is footlong white bread toasted with turkey, bacon, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.<br />
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* Soda is A&W cream soda.<br />
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* Mode of transportation is public transportation, second is walking. This will change.<br />
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* Mode of long-distance communication is Signal, second is Facebook Messenger.<br />
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* Circle of hell is wrath.<br />
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* Anime is JJBA, second is Parasyte.<br />
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The practical thing I am best at is coding. The impractical thing I am best at is sleeping.<br />
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I am 5'10". I think.<br />
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Cool things I own are...<br />
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* A weather radio that runs on a 9V battery<br />
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* Two rectangular prisms with 3D laser engravings in them of flowers<br />
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There are 4 computers that I use regularly and 2 broken in my closet.<br />
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I have an HP Pavilion with a broken screen that has Arch Linux installed on it.<br />
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It is entirely capable of hosting a website, but cox routers suck ass and block all the necessary ports. <br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My brain ==<br />
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Languages I know are English (native), Spanish (pretty good), and toki pona.<br />
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Languages I have tried to learn at some point are Russian, German, and Japanese.<br />
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As far as I can remember, my IQ is 160-ish.<br />
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Scripts I can read are Latin, Cyrillic, Hindu-Arabic numerals, katakana, hiragana, and some kanji.<br />
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I can read.<br />
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== My code ==<br />
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I can code in C, C#, C++, yaml, xaml, html, lua, luau, python, brainfuck, lisp, and mindustry processor.<br />
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I mostly use C# along with YAML, XAML, and FTL, though.<br />
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I do use luau at points (in life you have roblox).<br />
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Anything related to scripting is done on Windows 10, because I abandoned Fedora.<br />
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My HTML magic happens on chromebook between the hours of 9 pm and 1 am.<br />
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I'm busy learning HTML, CSS, and JS. I'm best at CSS.<br />
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I am currently working on whatever I so damn please.<br />
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== XKCD ==<br />
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I have no idea how I found out about xkcd. <br />
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I have read every comic. <br />
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Favorite character is Black Hat.<br />
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== This site ==<br />
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I found out about explainxkcd because I googled something, this site popped up, and I wanted to look at it.<br />
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Here's my signature: {{User:Certified_nqh/signature.css}}<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/sandbox|Here's my sandbox.]]<br />
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Sometimes I end up reading the latest comic here instead of on XKCD.<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/common.css|This is my style sheet on this.]]<br />
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[[User:Certified_nqh/epicdarkmode.css|This is the dark mode I came up with. It's pretty good.]]<br />
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I've made {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|changes}} changes to {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|pages}} pages and have a score of {{#cscore:Certified_nqh|score}}.<br />
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I was trying to show up on the top 50 before I realized I wasn't actually getting anything out of it and stopped.<br />
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Because numbers redirect to comics, you can just go into the URL of an xkcd comic, put "explain" before xkcd.com, and get to the explanation.<br />
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By the way, </noinclude><includeonly><b><i style="font-size:20px !important; color: #F00 !important; background-color: #000 !important; font-family: Courier !important;">Stop trying to embed my user page into shit.</i></b></includeonly><noinclude><br />
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=== Times I have accidentally mistyped the site URL ===<br />
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Since you can just put "explain" before "xkcd" in any of the comics, I usually use that to go to the explanation for that comic.<br />
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Sometimes I don't look.<br />
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* xkcd.explaincom<br />
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* explonkxkcd.com<br />
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* exokaubxkcd.com<br />
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* explinxkcd.com (redirected to some weird URL that i closed immediately)<br />
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=== Templates I have made ===<br />
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{{tl|soup}} (not shown due to divs sucking)<br />
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{{tl|wikidata}} {{wikidata|2|Earth}}<br />
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{{tl|Actual Citation Needed}} {{Actual Citation Needed}}<br />
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== People who are pretty cool ==<br />
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[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]], [[User:Theusaf|theusaf]]<br />
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{{W|John Conway}}, {{W|Isaac Newton}}, {{W|Albert Einstein}}<br />
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[https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths Matt Parker], [https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould Steve Mould], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg Mark Rober], [https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague Sebastian Lague], [https://youtube.com/@CodeParade CodeParade], [https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo Tom Scott]<br />
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{{W|Mark Z. Danielewski}}, {{W|Suzanne Collins}}<br />
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And you, for deciding to read my user page. :).<br />
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== Did you know... ==<br />
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<ul style="list-style: circle;"><br />
<li><span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: blue !important;">Gradients are possible with spans?</span> </li><br />
<li><div style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#888,#CCC); color: red !important;">CSS is hard?</div><br />
<li>You can [https://patents.google.com/patent/US3689289A/en synthesise the flavor of chicken]? </li><br />
<li>Most HTML tags work in wikimedia sites?</li><br />
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== log ==<br />
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23:30, 21 October 2023 (CDT): I just loaded in this page and the "I am not an artist" image decided to have some graphics glitch where the top half broke and I thought the world was ending for some reason.<br />
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:20:58, 21 November 2023 (CST): Bit late, but the image has glitched twice so far.<br />
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18:17, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i own a flask<br />
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21:29, 22 October 2023 (CDT): i'm tired<br />
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22:43, 22 October 2023 (CDT): decided to go and press random and on like my 4th click it sent me to the latest comic. 0.5% lookin a<br />
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23:26, 22 October 2023 (CDT): common is more dull now<br />
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09:07, 23 October 2023 (CDT): miracle tablets of screw you<br />
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09:50, 23 October 2023 (CDT): i am the only one in my entire math class who manages to find errors in the answer key<br />
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21:49, 23 October 2023 (CDT): my [https://github.com/space-wizards/space-station-14/pull/21183 best work] happens when i use the github editor<br />
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09:31, 24 October 2023 (CDT): i own a musket for home defense. <small>four ruffians break into my house "what the devil?" as i grab my powdered wig and kentucky rifle. <small>blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot, <small>draw my pistol on the second man, <small>miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbor's dog. <small>i have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with <i style="font-weight:bold;">G R A P E S H O T. TALLY HO LADS!</i><small> The grape shot shreds two men in the blast, <small>the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. <small>Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. <small>He bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. </small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small><big>Just as the founding fathers intended.</big><br />
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11:14, 24 October 2023 (CDT): [deleted]<br />
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22:05, 24 October 2023 (CDT): stood up in the shower and fainted<br />
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09:30, 26 October 2023 (CDT): womp womp<br />
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20:22, 26 October 2023 (CDT): i am tilted at the towers :godo:<br />
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09:52, 28 October 2023 (CDT): raiiiiin<br />
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11:40, 31 October 2023 (CDT): i put water in a hip flask to confuse the people around me<br />
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09:22, 1 November 2023 (CDT): i don't comprehend halloween<br />
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10:38, 2 November 2023 (CDT): my father once told me there would be incredibly annoying people in my life and that i must do nothing but tolerate them<br />
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10:43, 2 November 2023 (CDT): i'm going to be putting these in my current time zone now.<br />
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16:02, 3 November 2023 (CDT): <i style="color: #F00 !important; font-family: Times;">Muss es sein?</i><br />
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06:30, 5 November 2023 (CST): DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME IS OVER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
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21:23, 5 November 2023 (CST): My ass just had to spend <i>thirteen and a half fucking hours</i> doing nothing because my stepmother dragged me along because she had to sing for something at church at 6 pm. I hate this. I hate this.<br />
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23:12, 5 November 2023 (CST): my chromebook's screen just had a strok<br />
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11:35, 6 November 2023 (CST): my english teacher is monologuing about MLA citations<br />
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00:00, 1 January 1970 (CST): editsection10 <!-- Epoch fail! ;) --><br />
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11:29, 7 November 2023 (CST): <sup><i>[citation not needed]</i></sup><br />
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08:08, 8 November 2023 (CST): starting on the 10th i ride with one of my friends to school<br />
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:22:01, 29 February 2024 (CST): i lied. apparently it isn't guaranteed<br />
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11:54, 8 November 2023 (CST): I WAS going to make a joke about "hey guys!! what should my thousandth edit be???" until I realized that I already had 1003 edits. Darn you, me.<br />
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10:25, 9 November 2023 (CST): Put <nowiki>*::after {content:" This element has been claimed by NQH.";font-size:2em;}</nowiki> into your common.css file. (do not actually)<br />
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15:22, 9 November 2023 (CST): I decided to look through the blocked users list and...I...<b><i>what the fuck is quickbooks???</i></b><br />
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17:56, 9 November 2023 (CST): I have just discovered [[Special:MyPage/common.js|common.js]]. You will not see me for a while.<br />
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18:08, 9 November 2023 (CST): It doesn't work.<br />
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11:12, 10 November 2023 (CST): For some ungodly reason my English teacher uses ChromeOS on a windows laptop.<br />
:indeed... why move away from Microsoft closed-source system to a Google/Alphabet closed-source one. Find an actual proper Linix distro, would be my advice. If anybody were to ask. Which nobody does. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.51|172.70.85.51]] 18:35, 10 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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14:07, 10 November 2023 (CST): I made Pelvis Presley in kahoot.<br />
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08:00, 15 November 2023 (CST): I can't wait for Christmas because it means I don't have to listen to what the god damn bell is right now at my school.<br />
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:10:30 (7:55), 27 November 2023 (CST): Oh my god they changed it early.<br />
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14:55, 15 November 2023 (CST): Do you ever get so angry at someone you physically dash out of your chair and scream directly into their face?<br />
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10:29, 27 November 2023 (CST): Fortnite actually runs on my computer without lagging violently now. This is a miracle.<br />
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00:08, 28 November 2023 (CST): JETPACKS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND HEAVY SNIPERS AND DRUM SHOTGUNS AND AIR STRIKES AND RIFT-TO-GOS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BLUEHLUGHEULGHUOBNGJHG<br />
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08:48, 6 December 2023 (CST): They ruined it.<br />
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10:13, 14 December 2023 (CST): I think my chromebook is dying.<br />
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11:37, 15 December 2023 (CST): i am exempt from every single semester test at my school oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh boy oh yeah oh b<br />
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14:49, 8 January 2024 (CST): was i supposed to say happy new year<br />
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10:16, 26 February 2024 (CST): I clicked random and got a 500 internal server error. Thanks, Randall.<br />
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20:24, 30 April 2024 (CST): It has been more than one month since I last updated the log. XKCD still randomly decides it doesn't support https or just dies entirely. This is a recent issue. Oh lord.<br />
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<div>Why ''almost''? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.217|173.245.55.217]] 16:39, 4 December 2013 (UTC)BK<br />
:Maybe because Cueball realizes that this prom brings him to an ordinary life, no LAN parties any more, but he just wants go back to that parties.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:58, 4 December 2013 (UTC)<br />
:My guess is it's because high school itself isn't ''necessarily'' all that pleasant (though your mileage may vary); would you really enroll in four more years of high school just for a single LAN party in formal attire at the end? Even if you could be the appropriate age for the duration? The title text indicates that he doesn't ''quite'' consider the trade-off likely to be worth it. [[User:Nyperold|Nyperold]] ([[User talk:Nyperold|talk]]) 20:00, 27 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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This could be looked at as exactly the reverse as well, and I don't see any clear way to pick one over the other as the intended meaning of the strip. Cueball could have simply dumped his date and gone to the LAN party. Now in hindsight he regrets that he chose the LAN party over the possibility of a continued relationship with his prom date. (Who we assume would have dumped him on the spot!)[[User:ExternalMonolog|ExternalMonolog]] ([[User talk:ExternalMonolog|talk]]) 21:27, 21 January 2014 (UTC)ExternalMonolog<br />
:Why are we assuming Cueball is the one interested in the LAN part instead of Megan? The comic gives no indication whether Cueball, Megan, or both are enticed by the prospect. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.169|162.158.69.169]] 21:19, 26 September 2017 (UTC)<br />
I always assumed that "LAN party in formal attire" was a joke that combined "LAN party" and "lawn party in formal attire."[[User:Birdsinthewindow|Birdsinthewindow]] ([[User talk:Birdsinthewindow|talk]]) 02:32, 25 April 2022 (UTC)<br />
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if you can find more than one use of "promenade" outside of a dictionary or name then i'll believe that "prom is short for promenade" is something worth including [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 02:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2598:_Graphic_Designers&diff=341353Talk:2598: Graphic Designers2024-05-05T03:15:40Z<p>Certified nqh: </p>
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I think a better analogy would be with garlic. The threshold barrier is a magical force that blocks them, while vampires just find garlic really off-putting. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 04:12, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
: Depends on the lore. In some settings garlic is entirely ineffective (example: World of Darkness) and in other it's outright poisonous/harmful (example: Dresdenverse Black Court). [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 11:16, 28 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone think we should add the hex color codes of all the walls to the explanation? [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 04:23, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I suspect Randall didn't ACTUALLY use different colours in this comic. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:42, 26 March 2022 (UTC):<br />
::I've just gone over the comic with a colour picker... I have bad and/or good news: You are incorrect. [[User:Tantusar|Tantusar]] ([[User talk:Tantusar|talk]]) 04:52, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::Yup, should have known, LOL! I see as suggested (which in such case I totally agree) someone added the different colours, and wonderful touch with the saturation picture. I had figured he'd make a slightly bigger difference so someone with a good eye (like myself) could spot SOMETHING. But I forgot how Randall gets into "You need graphic software" territory, LMAO! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 22:58, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:I can't see any difference but I bow to your greater geekery [[User:Kev|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev|talk]]) 16:57, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::Why can I clearly see the difference despite not using graphic software, this is too effective aaaaaaaa [[User:Birb|Birb]] ([[User talk:Birb|talk]]) 05:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)<br />
:::HE'S A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, <big><i>GET HIM!</i></big> [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 03:15, 5 May 2024 (UTC)<br />
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Hey! As of tonight I'm caught up on XKCD for the first time in 2 years! I read them at the bar, at karaoke, and my last time out before staying in for the pandemic was mid-March 2020. I needed to share. :) First comic reading it ON the release day in that long. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:42, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Hey, Randall! You made the floor FFFFFF, but that isn't a shade of off-white. It's just white. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 09:12, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Who paints the floor, anyway? Varnish, maybe, in a suitably wooden-floored residential situation, but not paint. But I'd say it's (however, whether carpet or laminate or whatever) that is the white from which all the other whites are suitably 'off-'...<br />
:(Also, the 'innocuous things that repel' vibe reminds me of the end-game for the vampire family in {{w|Carpe Jugulum}}, after being inadvertently highly trained to appreciate religious symbology.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.147|172.70.162.147]] 09:28, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::This DOES specify "walls", :) As it is, it's nuts he included the rug. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 22:58, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::No it says ''every surface''. So actually the floor should have been off-white as well since it is a surface. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 19:24, 27 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::Yeah, I should REALLY confirm the wording before I say such things, LOL! In my defence, we can't see the comic when adding a comment, :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 01:00, 2 April 2022 (UTC)<br />
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My dentist will not allow off-white colours in the front room of his house because the colour is too much like work related thoughts. He has told his wife that she can choose any colour style as long as it does not include off-white. (My hobby is to ask people how their job changes aspects of their non-job life.) [[User:Punchcard|Punchcard]] ([[User talk:Punchcard|talk]]) 12:54, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Could have been one of Randall's hobbies...--[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 19:24, 27 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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It would be helpful to add a version of the comic with the color saturation cranked up, like this: https://i.imgur.com/gMpmJlp.png .<br />
However, I cannot upload images. Also note that the window ledges have their own colors, too. [[User:Hknl|Hknl]] ([[User talk:Hknl|talk]]) 14:48, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Got there before me. I was going to do a version of my own (fullest saturation, probably) as soon as I was on something sensible like my desktop with good old GIMP.<br />
:PS... That's surprisingly close to a (muted) accumulation of my house colour-scheme, minus a few others I also used. Though not in the same room. Frexample, the walls of my hallway and stairs are Etruscan Orange (no, I don't know what makes it {{w|Etruscan}}, but that was the paint name!) while those in the adjoining living room are Lime Green. The ceilings and smirting-boards tend to be standard white, but the covings are matching-but-darker hues of the walls. I'm planning the repainting/redecorating of another property and I'm using the 20-odd years living within the above pallette (with no complaints, but maybe additional or alternative ideas) to perhaps be a bit more adventurous in some places. Like trying graduated countershading/hue-shifting in some corners... ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.63|172.70.90.63]] 16:15, 26 March 2022 (UTC) <br />
::Hi, got here first with paint.net :) [[User:Kev|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev|talk]]) 17:08, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Interesting colour distribution, if I didn't somehow mess up the conversion in a scratch script I made. Here's the number of pixels (that are not black/white/grey; i.e. 260,817 out of the entire 517,470 present in the _2x image) that inhabit each hue-position.<br />
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!Colour Sextant !! 0+60n !! 10+60n !! 20+60n !! 30+60n !! ... !! 40+60n !! ... !! 50+60n<br />
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|Red->Yellow || 0° x 544|| n/a || 20° x69|| 30° x29955|| n/a || 40° x31|| n/a || n/a<br />
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|Yellow->Green || 60° x 766|| n/a || 80° x 4|| 90° x13962|| 96° x1514||100° x91||105° x48|| n/a<br />
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|Green->Cyan ||120° x23188|| n/a || n/a ||150° x 6790|| n/a ||160° x 2|| n/a || n/a<br />
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|Cyan->Blue ||180° x91337|| n/a || n/a ||210° x72433|| n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a<br />
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|Blue->Magenta || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a<br />
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|Meganta->Red ||300° x 1093|| n/a ||320° x93||330° x18801|| n/a ||340° x96|| n/a || n/a<br />
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:It looks like Randall used ''mostly'' 10-degree spots (two were not), in fact actually even more restricted to the combination of 20-degree spots ''plus'' the 30-degree ones, and nothing at all in the whole 'Blue>Red'-dominant segment. I rounded some to the nearest degree, but my initial figures were all no more than 4x10<sup>-13</sup> away from whole numbers, which is probably just the level of precision achievable with my ad-hoc calculations. I really ought to check that I've not reflected or rotated or otherwise messed up the hue calculation but I feel sure that the basic idea is correct. It shouldn't change the 'interesting coincidences', but could revise ''where'' the pattern actually lies.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.223|172.69.79.223]] 22:03, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::He missed the ancient geek joke though. He should have just filled all shapes with #FFFFF2-#FFFFFF, in one bit increments, so that ALL surfaces would appear white to the human eye, but still be different.[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 16:04, 28 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Hey! Now that the saturated version is in, I note that the windows aren't included in the list of colours! I suspect each window frame matches each window ledge (which ARE mentioned for their angle). Looks to me like the left window is about the same pink as the front of the window seat, and the right window is the same tan as the left wall. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 23:15, 26 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Well, nobody has done it in the past week so I checked this out on my computer and added them. And no, they weren't the same! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 01:00, 2 April 2022 (UTC)<br />
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It might not be needed, but my hypernormalised version (all valid hues fully saturated) can be found [https://imgur.com/a/Csc7r2H here]... it's the _2x version that I altered, if you'd prefer to know that before checking it. You can compare it to the currently off-linked 'increased saturation' image, and see that it 'rounded up' some areas of near- and nearer-white to basically the same values via my hue-only preservation while removing the whole shade subtlety. Like I said above, my house features much of a similar conglomoration of colours. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.63|172.70.90.63]] 05:49, 27 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone who has made one of those pictures, that can allow us to download it and upload it to explain xkcd, so it is a permanent addition to this page, and not depending on the linked pages keeping the image? I can upload it if so. In case you do have a version that is yours to share, answer both here, but also in my talk page, or I might forget --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 19:42, 27 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:As the creator of the [https://imgur.com/a/Csc7r2H 'hypernormalised version'] (not the best words, but my internal thinking about the process of going fully saturated), do whatever you want with it. I could flood you with loads of other versions (the ones that isolated just the saturation level, for example, so that I could then produce some reworked animated gifs of the scene I thought might be a good idea) but that'd be overkill. ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.153|172.69.79.153]] 22:13, 27 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::Thanks, could you make one we may use, that are closer to the one [https://i.imgur.com/gMpmJlp.png linked at present]. I think your over saturated version is a bit too much. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:47, 28 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::In reply to the above point, and a couple below:<br />
::::* When I'm back home on Friday, where the computer is that has the conversions (and scripts I fine-tuned to create them) I'll do a 50% saturation (or something) version.<br />
::::* The ceiling and adjacent wall are (practically) the same hue but different SV/SL combos (by HSV or HSL calculations). In both #F3F7F8 and #F2F3F4, the B-channel is valued one higher than the G. As they are both almost maximal, the degree of (smallest value) R doesn't significantly affect the final direction of the vector obtained by combining only the primary and secondary values, and is almost exactly the opposing direction (but not enough to invert the hue by ±180°, obviously) and so it's practically identical within rounding limits. Or so it seems to me.<br />
::::* In the (say) half-saturated version, or whatever proportion looks best to me (I'm no artist, hence I went for the absolute as one less thing to decide myself) I could put the relatively whiter #F2F3F4 (less red, but slightly more red in proportion to green/blue!) at quarter saturation, or whatever does it justice. (75% and 50%? 90% and 80%?)<br />
::::* For a batch of my personal 'for fun' transforms, I found out that the median Saturation of all validly-hued pixels was at roughly 0.015 (1.5%), or at least it was in my version - this of course includes darker anti-aliased pixels associated with the edges of the black lines, though does not count the strictly black/white/grey pixels themselves, wherever they appear.<br />
::::* (NB, I used HSV's version of S, not HSL's, because I emperically found that the L-controlled colourspace complicates things in ways that the V-controlled one does not, in this situation at least. See also chroma-radial biconic and conic 3d plots, respectively. I can't remember the threshold I found under HSL analysis, just that it was less useful/consistent when I tried to use it.) <br />
::::* From memory, the maximum Saturation was 11.1%, give or take, but only a handful of pixels, I forgot where they were. But by rewriting the target output hue as 240*9*saturation was an interesting transform to show where weird pixel-saturations happened, totally changing the scene, of course... ;)<br />
::::* If I used that 0.015 value as a threshold, I could 'separate' the ceiling and far wall in hue-bending ways (e.g. hue=hue+180° where Sat<0.015, or else hue=hue-offset° instead of +offset°; I used both, to good effect)... I think the box-seat-top was the only other major component this twisted, so I just had to stop that becoming too like the hue of ''its'' immediate neighbours and not encounter a different violation of the four-colour problem.<br />
::::* I made a number of animated gifs, mostly pyschedelic in nature. I won't subject you to them, but I'll perhaps recode the automation I used for that to ramp up and down from 'raw' to top-note maximised (keeping lightness in proportion for those that started less sarurated?) and back.<br />
:::: ...or, given these few clues, any idiot with GIMP (or Photoshop?) can probably do a good enough job quickly enough with a few use of sliders, before I even get back to my homegrown scratch Perl code. I might even just do it in GIMP myself, but I think better in raw data and my own idea of the necessary transforms than with some pre-coded visual tools.<br />
:::: So, yeah, if any of that info is useful/comprehendable, you're welcome to it. I'll be back home on Friday, but until then I leave it up to people with actual artistic bones in their bodies, unlike myself. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.36|172.70.91.36]] 19:36, 28 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:::::Wow, overload ;-) We can wait till Friday if it is. Seems like someone would like to see a gif that ramps up the saturation gradually ;-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:23, 29 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
::::::Sorry for the delay. Life got in the way. (Plus stupid coding errors, etc. Long story, short amount of interestingness.) ((PPE: and imgur has changed something recently, makes it very awkward to upload ''without'' the App, it seems. Still, pressing on.))<br />
::::::Wrestled with imgur (they've changed something... no I don't want the app, no I'm not interested in an account, I can't press 'Esc' because I'm on a tablet, or if I'm not on a tablet then it won't work with my latest-version desktop browser for... reasons, and no use trying to sync with Facebook/etc, I don't use it) and I ''think'' [http://imgur.com/a/3v5F1s2 this link] contains everything I promised (but not everything I actually made, for my own pleasure).<br />
::::::1) The 'optimal' linear multiple of saturation that I could (to my eye) produce. Not sure if it's objectively better or worse than what is already here, though.<br />
::::::2) A transitional GIF, with a homegrown hue/sat histogram of dubious quality, below. Some of the detail I thought might work got swallowed up by the GIF colour-table limitations ''after'' I'd made sure it looked Okish and had moved on.<br />
::::::3) An imperfect "one element at a time" highlighting (same histogram), but needs a bit more work. Also (as with with the prior GIF) there's the optical illusion of when a saturated colour disappears, the eye will see the desaturated area with the ''comparative'' opposite hue. ;)<br />
::::::...And I could have included more 'non-primary' colours into the membership table (the two Window-Frame groups actually have their most numerous) single pixel-type counts of less than three ''secondary'' colours (from Ceiling, Wall 1 and Wall 4) that are just artefacts of the original borderline antialiasing.<br />
::::::Incidentally, my tally of primary (classified) pixels with a hue are distributed as follows:<br />
::::::*Wall 4, 85731 pixels, 32.8%<br />
::::::*Wall 3, 46947 pixels, 18.0%<br />
::::::*Ceiling, 38212 pixels, 14.6%<br />
::::::*Wall 1, 29713 pixels, 11.4%<br />
::::::*Door, 21305 pixels, 8.2%<br />
::::::*Box Front, 18543 pixels, 7.1%<br />
::::::*Box Top, 1482 pixels, 5.7%<br />
::::::*Wall 2, 13597 pixels, 5.2%<br />
::::::*Rug Inner, 7919 pixels, 3.0%<br />
::::::*Rug Outer, 6492 pixels, 2.5%<br />
::::::*Left Window, 336 pixels, ~0.1%<br />
::::::*Right Window, 252 pixels, ~0.1%<br />
::::::(...yes, rounding errors do make that exceed 100%! I actually classified all but around 4000 of the 260k pixels before I decided I could have done it better by flood-fill testing in code, rather than hand-defining in my script.) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.223|172.69.79.223]] 18:11, 3 April 2022 (UTC)<br />
::: Interesting that both hypernormalized and increased saturation show the ceiling as being the same color as the far wall, which they clearly aren't, either to the naked eye, or by their listed hex codes. Would be nice to create a version that showed all the colors as distinct, perhaps by reducing to about 50% brightness while increasing contrast, to essentially equalize the histogram. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.55|172.69.70.55]] 16:30, 28 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Is there a category of strips which use color? --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.55|172.69.70.55]] 16:30, 28 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:Yes [[:Category:Comics_with_color]], to which this comic has already been linked. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.36|172.70.91.36]] 19:36, 28 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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What I'd love to see is a Animated GIF where we step the saturation up slowly, so folks can see when the notice the color shift. I could tell they were different, but I'd not have been able to tell you HOW until I saw full saturation. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.211.18|172.70.211.18]] 16:52, 28 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Ultimately, the way this is stated makes it an inherently flawed analogy for a reason I'm surprised no one else has pointed out yet. Yes, you could compare being repelled by something aesthetically unpleasing to vampires avoiding things like crosses and garlic, but this is specifically about entering a house, and normally the primary thing preventing vampires from entering houses is needing to be invited, and in this instance they are unwilling to enter despite being explicitly invited in the shown dialogue. This would only be comparable if you compared it to making your whole house made out of or stuffed with garlic or something. Things that keep vampires at bay in a similar manner like crosses and garlic are usually either kept carried on you (like a cross normally), or kept near your bed, such as hanging off some strings around it, to protect you while sleeping (with garlic), and is different from the normal criteria of if they can simply walk through your front doors, which is contingent on an invitation from someone in the house, which a vampire would most likely overcome by either pretending to not be a vampire to be invited in for some false innocent seeming purpose, or using some sort of hypnosis ability like they sometimes are portrayed as having.--[[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.33|172.70.178.33]] 00:58, 29 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:First... Remember Vampires don't exist, so it's hard to say what they would really do, as they never do anything irl. Second... Humans can enter a house without being invited, so that would of course not work on his friend, to just no invite him. But I guess the idea is to be polite and invite him in, and then prevent him from entering using this method, which normal people would likely not perceive or be annoyed by. So this would have the effect on the designer that not inviting a vampire into you hose. They will not enter! --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:23, 29 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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It's wild how you can kinda up and down the saturation if you just decide to perceive it all more or less like achromatic grey.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.147.64|172.70.147.64]] 13:10, 6 August 2023 (UTC)</div>Certified nqhhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=422:_A_Better_Idea&diff=341348422: A Better Idea2024-05-04T23:47:59Z<p>Certified nqh: /* Explanation */ Prom is not short for promenade.</p>
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| date = May 12, 2008<br />
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| titletext = It's *almost* enough to make me want to redo high school.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In the United States, prom is a semi-formal (black tie) dance or gathering of high school students. They normally are awkward experiences for nerdy people.<br />
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A LAN party is a temporary gathering of people with computers or game consoles, between which they establish a local area network (LAN), primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer video games. They are normally very informal.<br />
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[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are likely going to prom together, but they stop when they see that there's a LAN party in formal attire, meaning they wouldn't be out of place. The comic title is likely what one or both of them would say in this situation, since the LAN party is probably much more appealing than a formal ball to them.<br />
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The title text indicates that Randall would have loved for such a thing to be possible, so much that he ''very nearly'' would redo high school just to participate.<br />
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:[Cueball wearing a bow tie stands holding hands with Megan wearing a dress. On the left, there is a sign pointing left, which reads "PROM"; on the right, there is a sign pointing right, which reads "LAN PARTY IN FORMAL ATTIRE".]<br />
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