https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=141.101.96.40&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T22:26:37ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094512445: Checkbox2021-04-02T01:00:48Z<p>141.101.96.40: /* Special Responses */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
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The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
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Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
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By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
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The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
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The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
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For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
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===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
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xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
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[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
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SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
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[... --- ...]<br />
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HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
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[.... ..]<br />
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HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
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[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
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HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
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WHAT -> ECHO<br />
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[.-- .... .- -]<br />
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ECHO -> ECHO<br />
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[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
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CHECK -> MATE<br />
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[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
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MORSE -> SAY AGAIN<br />
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[-- --- .-. ... .]<br />
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AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
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[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
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E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
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[.]<br />
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EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
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[. . . . .]<br />
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T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
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[-]<br />
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WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
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[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
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CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
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[-.-. --.-]<br />
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SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
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[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
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QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
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[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
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MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
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QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
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QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
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QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
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QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
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QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
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QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
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[--.- - ....]<br />
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QSL -> QSL<br />
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[--.- ... .-..]<br />
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ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
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[. -]<br />
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LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
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DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
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(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
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MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
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[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
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SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
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[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
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F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
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[..-.]<br />
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FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
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FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
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[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
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OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
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OPEN -> YOU WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS BOTH IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND SOCIETY<br />
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OPEN -> CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE SO GO WITH THE FLOW<br />
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OPEN -> YOUR MOODS SIGNAL A PERIOD OF CHANGE<br />
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[--- .--. . -.]<br />
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OPEN -> HUH (if after something other than "FORTUNE")<br />
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[--- .--. . -.]<br />
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<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
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UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
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[--- .-- ---]<br />
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STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
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[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
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UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
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[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
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GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
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[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
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YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
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[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
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HAHA -> SAY AGAIN<br />
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[.... .- .... .-]<br />
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SAY AGAIN -> NOT FOLLOWING<br />
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[... .- -.-- / .- --. .- .. -.]<br />
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AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
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[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
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YO -> YO<br />
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[-.-- ---]<br />
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DROP TABLE -> HAHA NO<br />
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[.... .- .... .- / -. ---]<br />
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ID -> HUH<br />
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[.. -..]<br />
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CS -> TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
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[-.-. ...]<br />
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REPAIR -> ENTERING ENCABULATOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. OPTIONS 1 INITIATE SIDE FUMBLING 2 ALIGN SPURVING BEARINGS 3 REVERSE TREMIE PIPE<br />
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[.-. . .--. .- .. .-.]<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>141.101.96.40https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2445:_Checkbox&diff=209448Talk:2445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:57:08Z<p>141.101.96.40: </p>
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If left alone, the morse code produced spells "WHAT" (.-- .... .- -) [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 22:50, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I'm early enough that there isn't a summary yet, and I'm not confident enough to start one, so I'll just drop my thoughts. If you click the checkbox repeatedly, at some point it starts playing Morse code. Presumably, there are a whole lot of different sequences. So far, I've gotten .- - .-- .... (which translates to ATWS; no idea what that means) and ..... (just 5, I think). Meanwhile, the mouseover text is ... --- ..., which is SOS. Any thoughts? What other sequences are there? Or am I totally missing something? (Edit conflict. Looks like Ezist has another one.) [[User:Aerin|Aerin]] ([[User talk:Aerin|talk]]) 22:56, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
: I got something like ATWS at first, but that's just cause I misheard one of the letters, and misinterpreted where the word started/ended. [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 23:03, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
:: Oh yes, you're right - what I was hearing ''was'' just WHAT. When I put it into a translator, I must have mistyped .... (H) as ... (S). [[User:Aerin|Aerin]] ([[User talk:Aerin|talk]]) 23:58, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Wait, sorry, I'm back. It apparently has to do with user input. No idea what I pressed to get those results lol. [[User:Aerin|Aerin]] ([[User talk:Aerin|talk]]) 22:57, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Just a note, but a Morse code legend as well as translations of your input and the website's output are available in the console in browser DevTools. Helpful for those that don't know Morse. [[User:Toadtoad|Toadtoad]] ([[User talk:Toadtoad|talk]])<br />
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It looks like Samuel Morse died on April 2, 1872, so that might be why this comic appears today. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.212.218|162.158.212.218]] 23:07, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"Hi" returns [.... . .-.. .-.. --- -.-.-- / .- -. -.-- -... --- -.. -.-- / --- ..- - / - .... . .-. . ..--..] "HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?" [[User:Piano|Piano]] ([[User talk:Piano|talk]]) 23:09, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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a sequence of repeating "T", or at least more than one "E" [ - - - ] or [ . . . ] will respond back the same sequence, just one "E" will give "WHAT" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.25.253|172.68.25.253]] 23:18, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"QTH" gives "QTH ARES VALLIS". "QTH" is a code used to ask for position, and Ares Vallis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_Vallis is a place on Mars.] [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 23:27, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"CHECK" replies "MATE." "CHECKMATE" and "MATE" each reply "WHAT." [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.146|162.158.126.146]] 23:34, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The js: has anyone tried viewing the JS? There seems to be a file that is just filled with undecipherable Morse. Can anyone interpret this? Just press f12 and look for comic.js or morse.js [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.161|162.158.62.161]] 23:35, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I tried decoding it. Certainly looks like something binary encoded into text. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.153|162.158.183.153]] 23:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Adding onto that, what does the ';D' in .split(';D') (at the very end of morse.js) do? AFAIK it's not a special character in JS<br />
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morse.js decodes comic.js into the following script: [https://pastebin.com/XcHV4Z5h] (Also, pretty sure the .split(';D') is just an emoji - it results only in an array of 1 element, so no splitting really occurred.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.78|108.162.219.78]] 23:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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running window.BeepComic.hurryUp() in console gives you immediate response in logs, without waiting for all the beeping to cease<br />
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Ah so that's where that script comes from [[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.153|162.158.183.153]] 23:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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`BeepComic.send(morse.encode('sudo make me a sandwich'))` <-- convenience, in addition to the hurryUp --rcombs<br />
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Does someone else get this uuid DB334AAB-92A1-11EB-8001-8C16454FB02A? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.228|162.158.238.228]] 23:42, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
: Yep, that's what I get too. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.132.239|172.68.132.239]] 00:29, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Audio does not work on Safari as of right now - however, inputting `const AudioContext = webkitAudioContext;` into the browser console before unmuting will allow audio to work on Safari. May want to note this as a 'fix' for the experience? --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.6|162.158.63.6]] 23:44, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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In addition to muting/unmuting, BEEP and MUTE reply CQM (I can't find a reference to what that means). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.146|162.158.126.146]] 23:51, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The statements at line 458 of the gist mentioned earlier seem interesting.<br />
handleAction(text) {<br />
if (text.startsWith('//')) {<br />
this.client.open(text.substr(2));<br />
}<br />
}<br />
: Nevermind, it was just how the response to "dir" opened links) [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.101|172.68.189.101]] 23:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Parsed the JS (morse obfuscation, weird) and cut this small bit out:<br />
e = await fetch(`/2445/morse/.../${morse.encode('pog')}`);<br />
f = await e.text();<br />
[state, ...respMorse] = f.split('/');<br />
morse.decode(respMorse.join('/'));<br />
Use this if you'd like to play around with inputs. (replace pog, obviously) :) [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 23:53, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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No need to document UniXKCD here, there's already [[UniXKCD|a page for that]]. --rcombs<br />
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Here's all the two character inputs: https://pastebin.com/5JhsVwM1 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.244|162.158.238.244]] 00:16, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I got a different response for FORTUNE, it just tells me "OPEN ME" maybe Fortune gives multiple possible answers depending on luck, IP or something else, like a fortune cookie can have different answers inside it? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.81|141.101.104.81]] 00:19, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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For me FORTUNE responds with "OPEN ME", then I send OPEN, it responds with "YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU" [[Special:Contributions/141.101.96.40|141.101.96.40]] 00:31, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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For me CHECKBOX responds with RADIO BUTTON and vice versa. Also, putting in a number doesn't seem to redirect me, but 11 does respond with "HUH"--[[User:Yodofrna|Yodofrna]] ([[User talk:Yodofrna|talk]]) 00:46, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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For me YOUTUBE provides what appears to be a URL, but it's so long I'm having a hard time transcribing it [[User:Dextrous Fred|Dextrous Fred]] ([[User talk:Dextrous Fred|talk]]) 00:49, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.245|162.158.238.<br />
245]] 00:51, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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FORTUNE is a reference to the Unix 'fortune' program, but responses seem to be consistent for each user and not randomized like the Unix version. Use of a VPN confirms that responses are randomized by IP address. Sending OPEN only returns a fortune if it is sent immediately following FORTUNE. [[User:LordPants|LordPants]] ([[User talk:LordPants|talk]]) 00:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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One possible ending: HYDROCOPTIC -> Y -> https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sojourner_repaired.png [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.244|162.158.238.244]] 00:54, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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It appears that unknown inputs produce WHAT, NOT FOLLOWING, SAY AGAIN, TRY THAT AGAIN, COME AGAIN, HUH depending on some properties of the input text. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.96.40|141.101.96.40]] 00:57, 2 April 2021 (UTC)</div>141.101.96.40https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094342445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:46:01Z<p>141.101.96.40: /* Special Responses */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
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The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
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Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
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By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
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The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
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The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
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For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
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===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
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xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
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[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
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SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
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[... --- ...]<br />
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HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
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[.... ..]<br />
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HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
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[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
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HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
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[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
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WHAT -> ECHO<br />
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[.-- .... .- -]<br />
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ECHO -> ECHO<br />
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[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
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CHECK -> MATE<br />
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[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
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MORSE -> SAY AGAIN<br />
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[-- --- .-. ... .]<br />
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AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
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[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
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[.]<br />
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EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
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[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
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[-]<br />
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WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
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[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
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CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
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[-.-. --.-]<br />
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SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
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[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
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QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
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[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
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MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
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[-- ..- - .]<br />
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BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
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QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
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QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
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QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
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QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
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QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
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[--.- - ....]<br />
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QSL -> QSL<br />
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[--.- ... .-..]<br />
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ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
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[. -]<br />
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LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
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DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
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(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
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MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
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[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
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SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
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[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
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F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
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[..-.]<br />
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FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
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FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
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[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
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OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
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[--- .--. . -.]<br />
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<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
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[---... ---]<br />
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UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
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[--- .-- ---]<br />
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STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
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[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
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UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
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[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
HAHA -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .-]<br />
<br />
SAY AGAIN -> NOT FOLLOWING<br />
<br />
[... .- -.-- / .- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
YO -> YO<br />
[-.-- ---]<br />
<br />
DROP TABLE -> HAHA NO<br />
[.... .- .... .- / -. ---]<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
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[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>141.101.96.40https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094282445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:42:04Z<p>141.101.96.40: /* Special Responses */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
HAHA -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .-]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
I LOVE YOU -> TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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<br />
[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>141.101.96.40https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094272445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:39:09Z<p>141.101.96.40: /* Special Responses */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
HAHA -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .-]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>141.101.96.40https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094262445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:36:32Z<p>141.101.96.40: /* Special Responses */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
HAHA -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .-]<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>141.101.96.40https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2445:_Checkbox&diff=209424Talk:2445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:31:40Z<p>141.101.96.40: </p>
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If left alone, the morse code produced spells "WHAT" (.-- .... .- -) [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 22:50, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I'm early enough that there isn't a summary yet, and I'm not confident enough to start one, so I'll just drop my thoughts. If you click the checkbox repeatedly, at some point it starts playing Morse code. Presumably, there are a whole lot of different sequences. So far, I've gotten .- - .-- .... (which translates to ATWS; no idea what that means) and ..... (just 5, I think). Meanwhile, the mouseover text is ... --- ..., which is SOS. Any thoughts? What other sequences are there? Or am I totally missing something? (Edit conflict. Looks like Ezist has another one.) [[User:Aerin|Aerin]] ([[User talk:Aerin|talk]]) 22:56, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
: I got something like ATWS at first, but that's just cause I misheard one of the letters, and misinterpreted where the word started/ended. [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 23:03, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
:: Oh yes, you're right - what I was hearing ''was'' just WHAT. When I put it into a translator, I must have mistyped .... (H) as ... (S). [[User:Aerin|Aerin]] ([[User talk:Aerin|talk]]) 23:58, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Wait, sorry, I'm back. It apparently has to do with user input. No idea what I pressed to get those results lol. [[User:Aerin|Aerin]] ([[User talk:Aerin|talk]]) 22:57, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Just a note, but a Morse code legend as well as translations of your input and the website's output are available in the console in browser DevTools. Helpful for those that don't know Morse. [[User:Toadtoad|Toadtoad]] ([[User talk:Toadtoad|talk]])<br />
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It looks like Samuel Morse died on April 2, 1872, so that might be why this comic appears today. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.212.218|162.158.212.218]] 23:07, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"Hi" returns [.... . .-.. .-.. --- -.-.-- / .- -. -.-- -... --- -.. -.-- / --- ..- - / - .... . .-. . ..--..] "HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?" [[User:Piano|Piano]] ([[User talk:Piano|talk]]) 23:09, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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a sequence of repeating "T", or at least more than one "E" [ - - - ] or [ . . . ] will respond back the same sequence, just one "E" will give "WHAT" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.25.253|172.68.25.253]] 23:18, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"QTH" gives "QTH ARES VALLIS". "QTH" is a code used to ask for position, and Ares Vallis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_Vallis is a place on Mars.] [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 23:27, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"CHECK" replies "MATE." "CHECKMATE" and "MATE" each reply "WHAT." [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.146|162.158.126.146]] 23:34, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The js: has anyone tried viewing the JS? There seems to be a file that is just filled with undecipherable Morse. Can anyone interpret this? Just press f12 and look for comic.js or morse.js [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.161|162.158.62.161]] 23:35, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I tried decoding it. Certainly looks like something binary encoded into text. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.153|162.158.183.153]] 23:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Adding onto that, what does the ';D' in .split(';D') (at the very end of morse.js) do? AFAIK it's not a special character in JS<br />
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morse.js decodes comic.js into the following script: [https://pastebin.com/XcHV4Z5h] (Also, pretty sure the .split(';D') is just an emoji - it results only in an array of 1 element, so no splitting really occurred.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.78|108.162.219.78]] 23:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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running window.BeepComic.hurryUp() in console gives you immediate response in logs, without waiting for all the beeping to cease<br />
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Ah so that's where that script comes from [[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.153|162.158.183.153]] 23:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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`BeepComic.send(morse.encode('sudo make me a sandwich'))` <-- convenience, in addition to the hurryUp --rcombs<br />
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Does someone else get this uuid DB334AAB-92A1-11EB-8001-8C16454FB02A? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.228|162.158.238.228]] 23:42, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
: Yep, that's what I get too. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.132.239|172.68.132.239]] 00:29, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Audio does not work on Safari as of right now - however, inputting `const AudioContext = webkitAudioContext;` into the browser console before unmuting will allow audio to work on Safari. May want to note this as a 'fix' for the experience? --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.6|162.158.63.6]] 23:44, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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In addition to muting/unmuting, BEEP and MUTE reply CQM (I can't find a reference to what that means). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.146|162.158.126.146]] 23:51, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The statements at line 458 of the gist mentioned earlier seem interesting.<br />
handleAction(text) {<br />
if (text.startsWith('//')) {<br />
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: Nevermind, it was just how the response to "dir" opened links) [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.101|172.68.189.101]] 23:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Parsed the JS (morse obfuscation, weird) and cut this small bit out:<br />
e = await fetch(`/2445/morse/.../${morse.encode('pog')}`);<br />
f = await e.text();<br />
[state, ...respMorse] = f.split('/');<br />
morse.decode(respMorse.join('/'));<br />
Use this if you'd like to play around with inputs. (replace pog, obviously) :) [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 23:53, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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No need to document UniXKCD here, there's already [[UniXKCD|a page for that]]. --rcombs<br />
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Here's all the two character inputs: https://pastebin.com/5JhsVwM1 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.244|162.158.238.244]] 00:16, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I got a different response for FORTUNE, it just tells me "OPEN ME" maybe Fortune gives multiple possible answers depending on luck, IP or something else, like a fortune cookie can have different answers inside it? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.81|141.101.104.81]] 00:19, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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For me FORTUNE responds with "OPEN ME", then I send OPEN, it responds with "YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU" [[Special:Contributions/141.101.96.40|141.101.96.40]] 00:31, 2 April 2021 (UTC)</div>141.101.96.40https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1429:_Data&diff=207146Talk:1429: Data2021-03-05T20:00:46Z<p>141.101.96.40: </p>
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<div>What should "off-screen" be called in the transcript? I just put that since I didn't know what else to say. Also, someone needs to a) explain the Kirk/Picard situation and b) explain the title text. Sorry for not doing it myself, but I'm editing on my phone so there are probably errors that people need to fix and other people know far more about it anyway. [[User:Athang|Athang]] ([[User talk:Athang|talk]]) 04:42, 3 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:Based on looking through some other transcripts, it looks like the convention is "off-screen". Also, fixed some typos in your comment. [[User:Cheeselover724|Cheeselover724]] ([[User talk:Cheeselover724|talk]]) 06:06, 3 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The comic refers tp "pedants '''on all sides'''", which implies there is some kind of debate/dispute about the issue in the grammatical world. If someone who is aware of this dispute were to explain the details of it and/or provide links to sites that discuss it, I think the explanation would be greatly improved. {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.180}}<br />
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::There seems to be an ongoing dispute of whether to rigidly stick to the latin form (datum singular, data plural), or adjust to the way it is far more commonly used. There appears to be divided opinion amongst grammar pedants, hence the 'on all sides'. [http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/jul/16/data-plural-singular Data are or data is? - Guardian Newspaper], [http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/07/05/is-data-is-or-is-data-aint-a-plural/ Is Data Is, or Is Data Ain’t, a Plural? - WSJ]{{unsigned|Pudder}}<br />
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I always thought the noun data was non-quantifiable like "gasoline" which you'd need a unit to pluralize. "This piece of data suggests more than those gallons of gasoline"... [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.79|173.245.48.79]] 05:03, 3 October 2014 (UTC)BLuDgeons<br />
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I added some info on Kirk vs. Picard, but I'm not sure how useful or understandable it is. Sorry in advance. [[User:Cheeselover724|Cheeselover724]] ([[User talk:Cheeselover724|talk]]) 06:01, 3 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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As someone pretending (for purposes of this comment) to speak with a classic British Cockney, what's the matter with "an hypercorrection habit"? [[User:Brettpeirce|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce|talk]]) 14:34, 3 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:Agreed. The consonant 'h' sound is not always preceded by "a". Is it quite common for other words starting with consonant 'h' to be preceded by "an". One is example is "An historic occasion". [[User:MrBigDog2U|MrBigDog2U]] ([[User talk:MrBigDog2U|talk]]) 14:28, 3 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
::"Hotel" (yes, with the French connection) is the classic test, IME, for dropped or kept haiches (or 'aiches), with the middle-classes tending towards using "a hotel" whilst both the lower ''and'' upper classes gravitate towards "an 'otel" (for different reasons, with different empheses). Of course, if the person has an affectation (or "haffectation") "an hotel" (or, more like, "ane hotel") or even "han 'otel" can arise, to frankly ridiculous degrees. But this is just personal observation, and may not survive even inter-regional train travel, never mind transatlantic relocation... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.247|141.101.98.247]] 16:11, 3 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
::: An hero. Just sayin. [[User:Diszy|Diszy]] ([[User talk:Diszy|talk]]) 17:49, 5 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I always took "fora" to be tongue-in-cheek mockery of pedantry rather than a frank insistence on proper grammar [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 13:22, 4 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
:You were lucky that accusative and nominative in second declension neuter have matching endings, otherwise pedants would prey on "I always took fora" part of your comment :) Either way, please consider giving forīs a benefit of the doubt. Without forōrum and their memorable name, xkcd wouldn't be the same :) [[User:Nyq|Nyq]] ([[User talk:Nyq|talk]]) 14:12, 4 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Would it be worthwhile emphasizing that "hypercorrection" is a specialist term, employed by those studying language, grammar, and its development over time/history. Some might think that the term is merely descriptive, something along the lines of "hyper/taking-to-the-max tendencies to do stuff correctly". Rather, a definition would be something like "a non-standard usage that results from over application of a perceived grammatical rule" [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.218|108.162.250.218]] 08:12, 5 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Another thing to annoy grammar pedants is that it should always be "character is" or "characters are": consider a clearly plural character: "..., the most popular ''Star Trek'' characters are The Tribbles" versus "..., the most popular ''Star Trek'' character is The Tribbles" and cf the equivalent to the comic: "..., the most popular ''Star Trek'' character are The Tribbles". IMHO each of my quoted examples are more likely to be viewed correct than the next. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 01:07, 6 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Yet nobody complains about "everybody/everyone is" [[User:International Space Station|International Space Station]] ([[User talk:International Space Station|talk]]) 02:35, 1 February 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:Compare "every person is" to "all people are." ''Every'' and ''all'' are both determiners, but they belong to different subclasses. ''Every'' enumerates over a group or class, as it is a distributive determiner like ''each'', ''either'', and ''neither''. ''All'' indicates a quantity, as it is a quantifier like ''both'', ''enough'', and ''some''. In "every person is X," ''every'' applies the statement to each element in the entire class to which ''person'' belongs (people); for each person in all people, the person is X. In "all people are X," ''all'' gives a size (the entire class) to the group or class that is the subject (people). 'Everybody' and 'everyone' evolved from "every body" and "every one," so the syntax used for the two-word form got applied to the pronouns. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.137|108.162.237.137]] 12:57, 17 April 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Is it just me, or does "ypercorrection" not make any sense as a pronounciation? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.46.41|172.68.46.41]] 05:59, 12 May 2018 (UTC)<br />
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With the increasing prevalence of the use of singular "they" as a gender neutral pronoun on the internet and the use of prural forms together with it ("they are" used to refer to a single person of an unknown or nonbinary gender), referring to the android as "Data are" might be atually becoming somewhat correct... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.96.40|141.101.96.40]] 20:00, 5 March 2021 (UTC)</div>141.101.96.40https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:533:_Laptop_Hell&diff=202292Talk:533: Laptop Hell2020-11-25T14:33:15Z<p>141.101.96.40: </p>
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<div>The alt text is a reference to a hilarious post in bash.org, which is at this moment the #12 in the top 100 list:<br />
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Only the devil is traditionally shown with a pitchfork. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.217.89|108.162.217.89]] 15:05, 1 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Do you mean a trident? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 22:57, 22 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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What's with the incomplete tag? This article has links to the wikipedia page for both devil and laptop. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.155|108.162.238.155]] 05:38, 2 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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"the smarter devil is a sony sales rep" What does this mean? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.217.155|108.162.217.155]] 16:05, 2 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
:That Sony execs can ruin you computer and not have to reacall all their CDs so that you can buy the evil ones at car boot sales decades later.<br />
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[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 19:06, 30 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Related: https://blog.xkcd.com/2009/02/11/a-math-problem/ -- jonas [[Special:Contributions/141.101.96.40|141.101.96.40]] 14:33, 25 November 2020 (UTC)</div>141.101.96.40