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Is this a parody of anti-vaxxers? that's what my first thought was, but the way Cueball seems so polite about it just being his opinion makes me think otherwise. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.255.164|162.158.255.164]] 01:19, 12 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:It is, but I could definitely see a milder-than-stereotypical "Karen" saying that—I think it'd be more clear on the politeness if Cueball had, y'know, a face. <span style="font-family:serif">[[User:Bubblegum|<span style="color:#00BFFF">bubblegum</span>]]-[[User_talk:Bubblegum|<span style="color:#BF7FFF">talk</span>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Bubblegum|<span style="color:#FF7FFF">contribs</span>]]</span> <span style="font-family:serif">06:33, 12 December 2020 (UTC)</span><br />
::I say it in only two words: YOU FIRST[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 18:37, 12 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:::William Shakespeare was the second person to be given the vaccine, is that good enough for you? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.100|162.158.159.100]] 03:47, 13 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
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There's obviously also some reference about the fantastical idea of 'microchip' injections, which the more Conspiracy Theorising anti-vaxxer will try to suggest. Right now there's nothing in the Explanation about that, but it agrees with the particular fervency of the statement made (before the bait-n-switch, at least). But what currently ''is'' said is "Bats, which are unhygeinic (sic) disease-carrying animals rather than rational humans." I'd like to add a real (non-injoke) [Citation Needed] to that 'unhygienic' bit. They do a lot of personal (and social) grooming, and its not lack of hygiene that means they can't handle viral transmission (probably the opposite). Maybe reword it as more obviously tongue-in-cheek, if that was the intention?. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.30|162.158.159.30]] 02:59, 12 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
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There actually _are_ some web pages that would work as a "citation" for lethal things that are "natural", for example, I started one (at <http://map.map-ne.com/Rants/natural.html> for reference) but I'm not really maintaining it, because in researching the info I kept running across other sites that had already done it (and I link to the relevant TVtropes page). [[User:MAP|MAP]] ([[User talk:MAP|talk]]) 06:16, 12 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Were you trying for Markdown-style italics? Those are &apos;&apos;…&apos;&apos; ''double apostrophes (not quotation marks)'' or &lt;i&gt;…&lt;/i&gt; <i>HTML &lt;i&gt; tags</i>.<span style="font-family:serif">[[User:Bubblegum|<span style="color:#00BFFF">bubblegum</span>]]-[[User_talk:Bubblegum|<span style="color:#BF7FFF">talk</span>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Bubblegum|<span style="color:#FF7FFF">contribs</span>]]</span> <span style="font-family:serif">06:33, 12 December 2020 (UTC)</span><br />
::Well, I was habitually typing that because when _I_ started on the net (1974, long before it was the "Internet") that was the way you emphasized things. [[User:MAP|MAP]] ([[User talk:MAP|talk]]) 15:34, 12 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:::Well, Kahn and Cerf coined the term ''in'' 1974, though it wasn't regularly called that for a while, probably had to wait for TCP/IP (easier than X.25, IMO). But, yeah, the good old days where text ''was'' text (and email wasn't bulked out with MIME sections) when you could make things _underlined_, /italics/ or in *bold* ''in the reader's mind'' and everyone was happy about this! I couldn't even spot the 'markup' you hadn't used in the above, because I think I read it as intended. ;) And nice to meet someone maybe a little more senior than me. I believe the young 'uns would say something about kudos. (Well, maybe 20 years ago they would. Not sure what the rad lingo is these days, daddyo!) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.100|162.158.159.100]] 03:47, 13 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
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"While it is usually true that what is "natural" is also "healthy", this is not the case anymore in many modern scenarios that have become more commonplace. Of course, far far more modern things are lethal, than natural things are." Oh, come on. Most plants are poisonous, wood fire is very bad for your langs. Also, what exactly does 'natural' mean. Is it natural or not that some people die from viral disease?<br />
:I refer you to the George Carlin quote from my page. Everything in existence is, in fact, "natural"! [[User:MAP|MAP]] ([[User talk:MAP|talk]]) 15:34, 12 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
::Natural is definitely wide term. All {{w|Baryon#Baryonic_matter|baryonic matter}} is natural. Most {{w|black hole}}s are natural. {{w|Neutrino}}s are natural. If you really happen to have something unnatural, give it to scientist - it can enhance our understanding of universe by centuries. Also, I believe you need some unnatural (also called {{w|exotic matter|exotic}}) matter to create wormholes. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 03:22, 13 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
::The 'best' thing I've heard from that side is someone promoting Natural Products (sic) because "Natural products don't have side-effects". I really wanted to say that the only things that have no side-effects are the ones with absolutely no effects at all... (In light of Hkmaly's comment... Dark matter?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.100|162.158.159.100]] 03:47, 13 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I believe aluminum salts, formaldehyde, mercury, and nanoparticles all are or were used in vaccines, and are toxic in higher amount. The idea is that the amount present in vaccine is small enough to be safe. Also, at least mercury is being phased out. Generally, vaccines are not supposed to be completely safe - they are supposed to be safer than the illness they are against. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 03:22, 13 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:They need to be a ''little'' unsafe (traditional types with adjuvants, that is) to better prime the body against the thing they're trying to show it. But it shouldn't be a problem in itself because of the miniscule amounts. These days they're (wrongly) complaining about DNA being re-written, of course. And then being far more reckless 'free' from the perceived threat than they otherwise would be even by being a guinea-pig. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.100|162.158.159.100]] 03:47, 13 December 2020 (UTC)</div>162.158.159.100https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=697:_Tensile_vs._Shear_Strength&diff=196440697: Tensile vs. Shear Strength2020-08-25T18:57:11Z<p>162.158.159.100: Citation for the shared etymology of shear and shear strength</p>
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| number = 697<br />
| date = February 3, 2010<br />
| title = Tensile vs. Shear Strength<br />
| image = tensile_vs_shear_strength.png<br />
| titletext = Although really, the damage was done when the party planners took the hole punch to the elevator ribbon to hang up the sign.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
Tensile strength represents how hard you can pull on something without it breaking. Shear strength represents how hard you can try to cut it without it breaking. Many materials have great tensile strength but low shear strength (such as dental floss — try to break it by just pulling on two ends), including whatever this space elevator is made of. The material clearly has extremely high tensile strength because it can hold the elevator in place, with one end on the ground and one in space, but it can be cut with a simple pair of pruning shears. This also highlights the fact that "shear strength" and "shears" are etymologically related [https://www.etymonline.com/word/shear].<br />
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A {{w|space elevator}} is a proposed construction that would make space travel easier. It consists of a long string attached to the Earth (near equator) on one end and a counterweight (beyond the {{w|geostationary orbit}}) on the other end, kept taut and in one place by the gravity and centrifugal forces. This would make it possible to carry spacecraft into the orbit by simple mechanical means, as opposed to requiring the use of rockets as is the case nowadays, saving lot of energy and resources.<br />
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The phrase "a modern Babel" is often used to describe huge projects (especially buildings or human-made structures) that are too ambitious and therefore fail. It refers to the biblical story of the {{w|Tower of Babel}}, in which humans wanted to build a tower reaching the sky, which angered God and caused him to sabotage the project.<br />
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The title text makes the point that even before [[Black Hat]] cut the space elevator's cable in two, it was ruined by the holes in it for the banner. The holes would reduce the surface area of the cross section of the pole, dwarfing its ability to keep the elevator attached to the ground. The flag and holes would also potentially make it impossible for the elevator to travel up the pole, making the entire elevator useless.<br />
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:[A space elevator occupies the height of the frame, consisting of a base, a cable extending out into space, and an elevator unit with standard elevator features such as sliding doors and up/down buttons. A banner flutters in the breeze attached to the cable going up above the elevator there is text on the banner. Text appear in four lines split across the elevator cable itself, the rhyming portions of the text is on the right side of the cable. Five individuals stand at the base of the elevator. To the left are Megan, a Cueball-like guy, with his arms up, and Ponytail who has recently opened a bottle of champagne holding it up while spilling some of the liquid out the top of the bottle because she holds it and her other arm up. To the right is Black Hat, who cuts the cable with a pruning shear like it was part of the ceremony as a ribbon cutting. Finally further right is Cueball who sees what Black Hat is doing. He is very alarmed holding a hand to his mouth while holding the other out towards Black Hat.]<br />
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:Banner: Space Elevator<br />
:Banner: Grand opening<br />
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|style="text-align:right;"|After countless<br />
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|style="text-align:right;"|spend trillions over<br />
|style="text-align:left;"|fifty years,<br />
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|style="text-align:right;"|a modern babel<br />
|style="text-align:left;"|disappears<br />
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|style="text-align:right;"|because some fuck brought<br />
|style="text-align:left;"|pruning shears.<br />
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:Pruning shears: ''Snip''<br />
:Cueball: ''!!''<br />
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[[Category:Science]]</div>162.158.159.100https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2316:_Hair_Growth_Rate&diff=1952202316: Hair Growth Rate2020-07-27T12:01:29Z<p>162.158.159.100: /* Explanation */</p>
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| date = June 5, 2020<br />
| title = Hair Growth Rate<br />
| image = hair_growth_rate.png<br />
| titletext = Hourly haircuts would be annoying, but they'd be easier to do yourself, since you'd have adjacent hairs as a guide. Growing it out would be a huge pain, though.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This strip is one of the simpler jokes that xkcd has done, being an observation on mathematics, biology, and human expectation. White Hat starts by sharing various facts about hair with Ponytail; hair count, individual hair growth rate, and finally total hair growth rate. Ponytail proceeds to snark about how unpleasant it would be if, rather than 100,000 hairs growing at a gross total of five feet (1.524m) per hour, humans grew a single hair at five feet per hour. The comic then delves into the absurdity of gradual versus spontaneous growth, and then the sound effects involved therein.<br />
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The comic touches on what information can be obscured by just looking at aggregate values. A person whose 100,000 hairs grow a half-inch (1.27cm) per month experiences the same total new hair growth as a person with one hair growing five feet in an hour, but their grooming experiences would be very different. Likewise, a person with one hair growing steadily for an hour has the same average rate of hair growth as a person experiencing sudden hair growth on the hour, but the profile of instantaneous energy conversion and protein production would be very different. One of Ponytail's suggestions for what five feet of instantaneous hair growth might sound like is a sound effect generally used for directed-energy weapons (''Pew!'').<br />
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We never see what sort of hairstyle White Hat has under his hat, but Ponytail's hair is fairly long. If she had to grow it out by one hair per hour, as in the title text, then it would take over eleven years before all 100,000 hairs had grown out.<br />
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:[White Hat and Ponytail are walking to the right.]<br />
:White Hat: The average head has about 100,000 hairs.<br />
:White Hat: And hair grows at about ½" per month.<br />
:White Hat: Plus or minus.<br />
:Ponytail: Okay...<br />
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:[They continue to walk while White Hat lift a hand up palm up.]<br />
:White Hat: So our heads are producing an inch of hair every minute.<br />
:Ponytail: I see.<br />
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:[They continue to walk.]<br />
:Ponytail: I'm just glad it's evenly distributed. It would suck if we grew a single new five-foot-long hair every hour.<br />
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:[White Hat and Ponytail are seen in silhouette from a distance. White Hat has lifted a finger up and while Ponytail has thrown both her arms out to the sides.]<br />
:White Hat: Hmm, would the hair grow steadily, or would it suddenly shoot out 5 feet on the hour?<br />
:Ponytail: If the latter, what noise would it make?<br />
:Ponytail: ''Ziiip? Pwiff?''<br />
:White Hat: ''Fwip?''<br />
:Ponytail: Blip.<br />
:White Hat: ''Zhooop.''<br />
:Ponytail: Pew!<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]</div>162.158.159.100https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2323:_Modeling_Study&diff=1952192323: Modeling Study2020-07-27T12:00:55Z<p>162.158.159.100: /* Explanation */</p>
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| number = 2323<br />
| date = June 22, 2020<br />
| title = Modeling Study<br />
| image = modeling_study.png<br />
| titletext = You've got questions, we've got assumptions.<br />
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In this comic, a humorous comparison is drawn between two common types of scientific studies: {{w|empirical research}}, where an experiment is designed to test a scientific theory, and {{w|mathematical modeling}}, where mathematical formulations are produced to predict how physical systems behave under given circumstances. In empirical studies, hard questions about the limitations of existing theory tend to be addressed in the abstract, which is the brief summary of the paper that is presented at the beginning of most scientific articles. In modeling studies, assumptions based on existing theory are built into the model, and any problems associated with these assumptions tend to be discussed in the methods section, which outlines the design of an experiment in the case of an empirical study, or how the model was designed and the reasoning behind the choices made in the case of a modeling study. In the empirical study, the proverbial "big red problem box" is stated up-front where everyone who finds the paper will read it, while in the modeling study, it's buried in the middle of the paper, where it's less likely to be read.<br />
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The caption opens like a typical statement in favor of modeling studies, "A mathematical model is a powerful tool for taking hard problems," but while a researcher who works with models might go on to say "...and breaking them down," or "...and studying them in ways that would be impractical for empirical studies," Randall concludes that they can't actually make hard problems any easier. His title text, "You've got questions, we've got assumptions," plays on the slogan of the now-defunct electronics chain Radio Shack of "You've got questions, we've got answers" by pointing out that any answers provided are built on assumptions by the modelers. In other words, {{w|garbage in, garbage out}}.<br />
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Randall doesn't call this a [[:Category:Tips|"tip"]], but it does fit in with his [[:Category:Science tip|science tip]] in [[2311: Confidence Interval]], namely, that "If your model is bad enough, the confidence intervals will fall outside the printable area." Much as that tip suggests that a model's results can be made to look more impressive by hiding the error bounds outside the printed area of a graph, this comic strip suggests that acknowledgments of problems can be moved to less-trafficked parts of the paper by switching from empirical to modeling studies.<br />
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:[There are two columns.]<br />
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:[The column on the left is a piece of paper labeled "Empirical Study". The paper consists of the sections "Abstract", "Introduction", "Methods", "Results", and "Discussion". Each section consists of several horizontal lines meant to represent blocks of text. In the middle of the "Abstract" section, there is a large red rectangle. Inside this rectangle is the word "Problem" in large red letters.]<br />
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:[The column on the right is a piece of paper labeled "Modeling Study". It consists of the same sections, but the large red rectangle with the word "Problem" is in the "Methods" section instead of the "Abstract" section.]<br />
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:[There is a curvy arrow pointing from the red box in the paper on the left to the red box in the paper on the right.]<br />
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:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:A mathematical model is a powerful tool for taking hard problems and moving them to the methods section.<br />
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[[Category:Comics with color]]</div>162.158.159.100https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2336:_Campfire_Habitable_Zone&diff=194969Talk:2336: Campfire Habitable Zone2020-07-23T01:58:30Z<p>162.158.159.100: </p>
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Amazingly how similar my aborted (edit-conflicted) edit matched what I found had gazumped me within the prior few minutes. Almost paragraph-for-paragraph on the same topic, with very similar details. Great minds think alike! (Fools never differ...) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.100|162.158.159.100]] 01:58, 23 July 2020 (UTC)</div>162.158.159.100https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2336:_Campfire_Habitable_Zone&diff=1949662336: Campfire Habitable Zone2020-07-23T01:54:10Z<p>162.158.159.100: /* Explanation */ A couple of changes.</p>
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| number = 2336<br />
| date = July 22, 2020<br />
| title = Campfire Habitable Zone<br />
| image = campfire_habitable_zone.png<br />
| titletext = Oh no, my marshmallow became tidally locked!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic plays on the concept of the astronomic "habitable zone" applied at the scale of people sitting around a campfire.<br />
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The {{w|Circumstellar habitable zone|habitable zone}} for a star (also known as the "Goldilocks Zone") is the range of distances in which a planet might support liquid water, and hence life. Too close, and the amount of stellar radiation would be too great, causing water to boil. Too far, and the water would freeze. For liquid water to actually exist, the planet itself must also have the right mass (in order to maintain a life-compatible atmosphere) and meet other requirements. For our sun, the habitable zone is estimated to range from about 0.38 to 10 astronomical units, where 1.0 is the distance from the sun to the Earth.<br />
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Marshmallow roasting is a popular American camping activity in which people place a marshmallow (a soft, sugary blob made of gelatin and covered in corn starch) on a stick near a fire. As it cooks, the middle becomes gooey while the outside becomes crispy and perhaps slightly charred, making it tastier.<br />
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In the context of the campfire, a similar "habitable zone" is posited to exist: close enough to the fire that the person can comfortably {{w|Marshmallow#Toasted_marshmallows|toast marshmallows}}, presumably on a stick of reasonable length - the ones shown seem to be about 1.5 times an arm's normal reach; yet far enough that the person is not uncomfortably hot, or even burnt by the flames.<br />
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In the comic, Ponytail is sitting in the habitable zone (marked in green), and appears to be enjoyably toasting a marshmallow. Cueball is sitting half outside the habitable zone on the right, too close to the fire, and appears to be getting singed on his arm, which is too close to the fire. Megan is well outside the habitable zone on the cool side. She is waving a marshmallow on a stick, but presumably it will not toast, as it is further from the fire even than Cueball.<br />
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The title text introduces the concept of {{w|tidal locking}}. This is when one astronomical body synchronises its rotation with its orbit around another, such that one side always faces the other body. This is the case of Earth's moon, which always presents the same face to the Earth. The joke here is that if a marshmallow became tidally locked to the fire, then one side would become more and more cooked, perhaps burnt, while the other side never became toasted at all.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[The scene consists of 3 people sitting near a campfire with two green areas to the left and right of the fire. Ponytail is sitting to the left of the fire, with her body fully in the green habitable zone and is holding a stick with a marshmallow pointed at the fire. Cueball is sitting to the right of the fire, half sitting in the white area where the fire is and half in the green habitable zone. He is visibly sweating. Megan is crouching to the right of Cueball, outside the habitable zone with a marshmallow on a stick pointing into the green zone. Below the scene two arrows point to the two green areas marked with a label.]<br />
:Label: Habitable zone<br />
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:[Caption below panel:]<br />
:Astronomers define the Campfire Habitable Zone as the region where you're far enough not to be burned but close enough to roast marshmallows.<br />
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[[Category:Astronomy]]</div>162.158.159.100https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2336:_Campfire_Habitable_Zone&diff=1949642336: Campfire Habitable Zone2020-07-23T01:50:30Z<p>162.158.159.100: /* Explanation */ As you edit-conflicted with me (much the same text), I'll just move the Incomplete box to where it should be, for now.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2336<br />
| date = July 22, 2020<br />
| title = Campfire Habitable Zone<br />
| image = campfire_habitable_zone.png<br />
| titletext = Oh no, my marshmallow became tidally locked!<br />
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{{incomplete|Created by a FIRE-PROOF ORBITING SMORE-MAKING ROBOT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic plays on the concept of the astronomic "habitable zone" applied at the scale of people sitting around a campfire.<br />
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The {{w|Circumstellar habitable zone|habitable zone}} for a star (also known as the "Goldilocks Zone") is the range of distances in which a planet might support liquid water, and hence life. Too close, and the amount of stellar radiation would be too great, causing water to boil. Too far, and the water would freeze. For liquid water to actually exist, the planet itself must also have the right mass (in order to maintain a life-compatible atmosphere) and meet other requirements. For our sun, the habitable zone is estimated to range from about 0.38 to 10 astronomical units, where 1.0 is the distance from the sun to the Earth.<br />
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Marshmallow roasting is a popular American camping activity in which people place a marshmallow (a soft, sugary blob made of gelatin and covered in corn starch) on a stick near a fire. As it cooks, the middle becomes gooey while the outside becomes crispy and perhaps slightly charred, making it tastier.<br />
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In the context of the campfire, a similar "habitable zone" is posited to exist: close enough to the fire that the person can comfortably {{w|Marshmallow#Toasted_marshmallows|toast marshmallows}}, presumably on a stick of reasonable length; yet far enough that the person is not uncomfortably hot, or even burnt by the flames.<br />
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In the comic, Ponytail is sitting in the habitable zone (marked in green), and appears to be enjoyably toasting a marshmallow. Cueball is sitting half outside the habitable zone on the right, too close to the fire, and appears to be getting singed on his arm, which is too close to the fire. Megan is well outside the habitable zone on the cool side. She is waving a marshmallow on a stick, but presumably it will not toast, as it is too far from the fire.<br />
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The title text introduces the concept of {{w|tidal locking}}. This is when one astronomical body synchronises its rotation with its orbit around another, such that one side always faces the other body. This is the case of Earth's moon, which always presents the same face to the Earth. The joke here is that if a marshmallow became tidally locked to the fire, then one side would become more and more cooked, perhaps burnt, while the other side never became toasted at all.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[The scene consists of 3 people sitting around a fire with two green areas to the left and right of the fire marked as the habitable zone<br />
:Ponytail is sitting to the left with her body fully in the green habitable zone and is holding a stick with a marshmallow pointed at the fire<br />
:Cueball is sitting to the right half sitting in the white area where the fire is and half in the green habitable zone<br />
:Megan is sitting to the left outside the habitable zone with a marshmallow on the stick pointing into the green zone]<br />
:Below the scene two arrows point to the two green areas marked with the label: Habitable zone <br />
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:[Caption below panel:]<br />
:Astronomers define the campfire habitable zone as the region where you're far enough not to be burned by close enough to roast marshmallows.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
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[[Category:Astronomy]]</div>162.158.159.100https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2335:_Photo_Deposit&diff=194918Talk:2335: Photo Deposit2020-07-21T10:01:05Z<p>162.158.159.100: </p>
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Depositing cash through a smartphone app was one of the silliest and most useful features in GTA V. Unfortunately, depositing money would not duplicate it. Presumably the characters in the game are very honest and trustworthy, destroying any cash instantly after scanning it in. This honesty is to be expected from thieving killers such as these.<br />
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You can also withdraw cash via the app. How that works is beyond me.<br />
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A frequent joke in "The Goon Show" on 1950s British radio was the offer of a printed photograph of usually a small sum of money, treated as the photograph actually having value itself. Sometimes it's a phonograph disc. And sometimes the money represented turns out to be a forgery. In a less silly context, the photograph might be considered as an I.O.U., as evidence that the money exists and will be paid... which is what a banknote is, really. But in practice someone influencing you with pictures of money might be dishonest. Bank advertising for instance.<br />
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Wikipedia's article on "The Goon Show running jokes" (!) doesn't mention money photographs, although there is a reference to handing out pictures of Queen Victoria, especially in historical stories. Pictures of Queen Victoria may be on older money, but these ones don't seem to be.<br />
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Robert Carnegie rja.carnegie@excite.com [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.26|141.101.98.26]] 08:18, 21 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
: Search for "photo"(graph) in http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e07_foiled_by_president_fred for the instant(s) that came straight to my mind, being recently broadcast. (I assume you're familiar with LSD?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.14|162.158.159.14]] 09:38, 21 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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"Other nations ... have started introducing plastic banknotes" Lol. Australia had *finished* introducing plastic bank notes 30 years ago. [https://csiropedia.csiro.au/polymer-banknotes/] [[User:Boatster|Boatster]] ([[User talk:Boatster|talk]]) 01:43, 21 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Hmm. How much money would that be? Say each photo is 4MB and your upload speed is 25 or so Mb/s. Each upload would take about 1.3 secs. We'll round up to 1.5. To keep it simple, we'll say that they have a stack of bills, and are able to scan each new bill within those 1.5 seconds. Now, if the bank allows you to upload $100 bills, without any rate limiting, you'd be able to make $400/min (the same as the what if article, weird). Which means that in six hours, they could make $144,000 dollars! Of course, this is mostly guesswork, but it should be somewhere in the ballpark. <br />
Could be a little more: Smaller photos, better network.<br />
Or a lot less: Most people don't have $144,000 in cash ready at a moment's notice, and scanning could take more than 1.5 secs. <br />
Of course, if this was a feature that was announced, and they had time to prepare....<br />
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The feature of depositing check is this new or old... Is it something from before or after the Corona outbreak? It is a smart feature to avoid visits to banks during the pandemic - also the money thing, which of course is not realistic irl. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:19, 21 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:depositing checks by smartphone is old, going back to 2018 if not earlier, and the depositing of currency could be realistic if bills used blockchain ledger entries instead of easily guessed serial numbers and everyone verified every currency transaction against the blockchain every time (this would end counterfeiting as a side effect). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.172|162.158.63.172]] 09:53, 21 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Is it by the way illegal to even take a picture of banknote? I know printing one out is... Even if only one side and not very good quality. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:27, 21 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:if taking pictures of banknotes is illegal then bank security cameras (and security cameras in many retail establishments and casinos) are routinely breaking the law. Also, aren’t change machines taking a picture as part of their anti-counterfeiting circuits? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.172|162.158.63.172]] 09:58, 21 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I know it's acceptable in the 'colonial' idiom, but seeing "cheques" spelt as "checks" always confuses me for a micromoment. As well as imagining a test/verification being somehow a bartered service, I'm only just getting past it also being a bill-of-fare (in the UK we may pay a bill with a cheque, over there you can pay a check with a bill). But carry on carrying on! I'll get my coat. (If I can find the coat-check.) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.100|162.158.159.100]] 10:01, 21 July 2020 (UTC)</div>162.158.159.100https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2333:_COVID_Risk_Chart&diff=194769Talk:2333: COVID Risk Chart2020-07-17T09:00:38Z<p>162.158.159.100: </p>
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I'm sticking to the green, except for grocery shopping. It'll be a pain to make any kind of table for this. The columns are much better defined than the rows, though. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.150|108.162.245.150]] 18:37, 15 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:Same! I think we do need to make a table or similar structure to explain each item though. Not exiting, but necessary! Do you think we should switch everything to columns? Since we've started with rows, maybe we should just continue...[[User:Cow|Cow]] ([[User talk:Cow|talk]])<br />
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Staying home is a death trap. Here some random numbers (Germany 2019): Deadly accidents at home - 8000, Deadly accidents in traffic - 3500. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.54.199|172.69.54.199]] 07:50, 16 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Singing in a church: is this where the expression "mass contamination" comes from?[[Special:Contributions/141.101.107.166|141.101.107.166]] 08:31, 16 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
: Or "weapons of mass destruction"? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.100|162.158.159.100]] 09:00, 17 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Not all the things on the far right seem to have equal covid risk. Simply going to a restaurant or some of the others that are simply dangerous by being around a lot of other people in close proximity doesn't seem to compare to opening a kissing booth at a covid testing site, the eating test tube things, and the mosh pit on a cruise ship for instance.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.154|108.162.216.154]] 09:03, 16 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:There's no inherent extra disease risk in _opening_ a kissing booth (beyond the possible proximity to others). However, the people working/volunteering at the booth you opened that might have a higher-than-average risk due to kissing all the testers and people coming to be tested. :p [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.140|108.162.216.140]] 12:08, 16 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
:: (Required to make a choice between them and someone else, for which all else is equal) I'd kiss an off-duty Covid-tester, because they're probably far more protected by PPE during their shift (and know how to don and doff safely) than most other people, and screened with even more caution. The tester would probably not want to kiss ''me'', in my booth, due to at least the latter point. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.43|162.158.158.43]] 14:04, 16 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I feel like [[1252: Increased Risk]] is quite relevant here. But I can't decide whether it should be linked as general trivia, or directly related to the paragraph about dangers of going to the beach. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 09:16, 16 July 2020 (UTC)<br />
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There have been cases of known transmission of COVID-19 during choir rehearsals and performances, so it belongs where it is shown. The choir at my church is down to two people, at opposite ends of their area. [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 16:01, 16 July 2020 (UTC)</div>162.158.159.100https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=709:_I_Am&diff=194212709: I Am2020-07-02T18:03:24Z<p>162.158.159.100: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number =709<br />
| date =March 3, 2010<br />
| title =I Am<br />
| image =i_am.png<br />
| titletext =Great, LO-M. Do you speak Bocce? I'm supposed to find one that speaks Bocce.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In the {{w|Book of Exodus}} in the {{w|Hebrew Bible}}, God announces his presence to {{w|Moses}} by way of a {{w|burning bush}}. The quotation in this comic is a combination of Exodus 3:14 - "I am that I am", and Exodus 3:16 - "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob."<br />
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The punchline comes when God introduces "His counterpart, {{w|R2-D2}}"; theoretically, in the mind of the reader, God's voice would go from booming and sepulchral to snooty and British, much like the voice of {{w|C-3PO}} in ''{{w|Star Wars}}''. (Though C-3PO's programming forbids him to "impersonate a deity", according to his character in ''{{w|Return of the Jedi}}'')<br />
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The joke is that "I AM", the name of God in the Bible, is represented in the Hebrew by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton Tetragrammaton], YHWH. This abbreviation coincidentally{{Citation needed}} follows the 4-character naming convention of ''Star Wars'' droid characters such as C-3PO and R2-D2 and, like the latter, contains identical characters in the 2nd and 4th positions. (In English translations of the text, this is the part rendered as "LORD" in capitals.)<br />
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The reference to [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Bocce Bocce] in the title text refers to a language that Owen Lars wanted his protocol droid purchase to be able to speak. C-3PO claimed that it was "like a second language to me." LO-M is a model of droid in the ''Star Wars'' universe that was made to compete commercially with 3PO droid like C-3PO (and sounds like "Elohim", a Hebrew word for "God".)<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[The Burning Bush of Exodus fame speaks to Moses, who is shielding himself with his arm, as if a great gust of wind is overtaking him.]<br />
:Bush: I AM THAT I AM, THE '''LORD''' YOUR GOD AND THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, OF ABRAHAM, OF ISAAC, AND OF JACOB.<br />
:[A droid comes into frame, Moses looks down at it.]<br />
:Bush: AND THIS IS MY COUNTERPART, R2-D2.<br />
:''BLEEP BLOOP''<br />
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