https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=162.158.202.58&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T04:49:28ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1043:_Ablogalypse&diff=169554Talk:1043: Ablogalypse2019-02-13T19:59:11Z<p>162.158.202.58: </p>
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<div>Actually, the august 18 date was premature; blog beat tumblr over the rest of august and so they didn't cross in August. Revised data showed that the crossing actually occurred for the first time in november 2012. [[Special:Contributions/75.103.23.206|75.103.23.206]] 22:32, 7 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
:I updated it. Randall's guess was only a month off. --[[Special:Contributions/98.203.241.55|98.203.241.55]] 17:41, 26 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
Guys this is sad: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=xkcd&cmpt=q&tz= {{unsigned ip|173.245.56.180}}<br />
: This one's sadder. [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0fzd3g%2C%20%2Fm%2F0f22hf%2C%20%2Fm%2F028d4%2C%20%2Fm%2F01tjl%2C%20%2Fm%2F0h6l7y&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B7 All of them] are in decline.<br />
XKCD seems to be accurate: https://trends.google.fr/trends/explore?date=all&q=blog,tumblr,wordpress,livejournal {{unsigned ip|162.158.89.175}}<br />
:Guys, check again, we are entering the penumbra, the sun will shine again on the blogospheroid.</div>162.158.202.58https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1043:_Ablogalypse&diff=169553Talk:1043: Ablogalypse2019-02-13T19:58:43Z<p>162.158.202.58: added cringy comment</p>
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<div>Actually, the august 18 date was premature; blog beat tumblr over the rest of august and so they didn't cross in August. Revised data showed that the crossing actually occurred for the first time in november 2012. [[Special:Contributions/75.103.23.206|75.103.23.206]] 22:32, 7 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
:I updated it. Randall's guess was only a month off. --[[Special:Contributions/98.203.241.55|98.203.241.55]] 17:41, 26 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
Guys this is sad: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=xkcd&cmpt=q&tz= {{unsigned ip|173.245.56.180}}<br />
: This one's sadder. [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0fzd3g%2C%20%2Fm%2F0f22hf%2C%20%2Fm%2F028d4%2C%20%2Fm%2F01tjl%2C%20%2Fm%2F0h6l7y&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B7 All of them] are in decline.<br />
XKCD seems to be accurate: https://trends.google.fr/trends/explore?date=all&q=blog,tumblr,wordpress,livejournal {{unsigned ip|162.158.89.175}}<br />
:Guys, check again, we are entering the penumbra, the will shine again on the blogospheroid.</div>162.158.202.58https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2019:_An_Apple_for_a_Dollar&diff=160019Talk:2019: An Apple for a Dollar2018-07-13T16:39:30Z<p>162.158.202.58: </p>
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Is this a reference to how shops in America don't include VAT in price labels?<br />
(It's my first time trying to contribute to this so sorry if I get some format stuff wrong)<br />
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:Yeah, Randall would love it in Europe! (you should sign your posts with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> though) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.51.22|172.68.51.22]] 15:53, 13 July 2018 (UTC)<br />
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:It is a commentary on overly complex taxes and fees on things that really shouldn't have fees applied (I can think of hardly anything that really should have a fee applied, or be taxed really, but that's a political-philosophical discussion for another space-time coordinate) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.239|172.69.70.239]] 16:18, 13 July 2018 (UTC) Sam<br />
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:We call it sales tax, and it doesn't have the chaining-effect on every stage of production that VAT does, but yeah. It's rarely calculated into the sticker price. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.246|162.158.106.246]] 16:27, 13 July 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Is food taxed where Randall lives? It's not where I live and I was under the impression that it's not in most of the US. It's not uncommon for me to go to a store after working out and buying a protein bar for exactly $1. <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki><br />
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:Living smack-dab in the center of the US and I can tell you that pretty much everything has a sales tax. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.239|172.69.70.239]] 16:18, 13 July 2018 (UTC) Sam<br />
::Groceries, such as apples, should not be taxed, but I believe that processed foods are taxed. Actually, nevermind, this is state dependent: [https://blog.taxjar.com/states-grocery-items-tax-exempt/] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.46.137|172.68.46.137]] 16:27, 13 July 2018 (UTC)<br />
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:In my experience food is indeed taxed like everything else, but businesses will sometimes set the actual price of the item slightly below $1, such that the tax makes it cost exactly $1. The example that comes to mind is the soft-serve ice cream at IKEA. [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 16:31, 13 July 2018 (UTC)<br />
::That has been my experience as well, although it varies by region. — AfroThundr <sup>([[User:AfroThundr3007730|u]] · [[User talk:AfroThundr3007730|t]] · [[Special:Contributions/AfroThundr3007730|c]])</sup> 16:37, 13 July 2018 (UTC)<br />
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The closest thing this can relate to a for a European is buying dinners or hotel rooms if you come from a corrupt East or Southern European country where "tourists tax" is a real thing and added out of nowhere on top of the regular price, because the regular price only have to include regular taxes.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.202.58|162.158.202.58]] 16:39, 13 July 2018 (UTC)</div>162.158.202.58https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1799:_Bad_Map_Projection:_Time_Zones&diff=135255Talk:1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones2017-02-15T08:06:25Z<p>162.158.202.58: </p>
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"Screw Hawaii and the rest of the Pacific!" [[User:Z|Z]] ([[User talk:Z|talk]]) 04:56, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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It is actually way less distorting than I expected [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.239|141.101.104.239]] 06:38, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Aahhhh, why are Suriname and French Guiana switched? They have the same timezone ... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.150.22|162.158.150.22]] 06:52, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Can anyone explain why Russia has all the hills and valleys? East-west distortion I understand, but what is the reason for the north-south distortion? [[User:Nonnal|Nonnal]] ([[User talk:Nonnal|talk]]) 07:06, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:I actually know this one - Russia has 11 timezones, but some of these form "islands" in the South of the country. From West to East, the North has: (+2 Kaliningrad), +3, +5, +7,+9, +10, +11, +12. Going West to East through the South adds back in +4 (Samara), +6 (Omsk), and +8 (Irkutsk), each corresponding to one of the "dips" in the projection. [[User:Atmarsden95|Atmarsden95]] ([[User talk:Atmarsden95|talk]]) 07:15, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Why is Morocco labeled as U.S. and the Sahrawi Republic as Morocco? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.88|141.101.88.88]] 07:24, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:That actually says "W.S", for Western Sahara, but either way I can't see a good reason for the inversion. Both are on UTC+0, and Morocco is on UTC+1 in summer, while WS doesn't use DST, apparently... So even if that was being taken into account, the countries are STILL the wrong way around. Possibly, this is related to the French Guiana/Suriname inversion. [[User:Atmarsden95|Atmarsden95]] ([[User talk:Atmarsden95|talk]]) 07:55, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:And Western Sahara is the name used for the disputed area south of Marocco by the United Nations. The Sahrawi Republic have only limited recognition and does not control all of the disputed area. [[User:Pmakholm|Pmakholm]] ([[User talk:Pmakholm|talk]]) 07:59, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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It would be cool to see countries moving in and out of Daylight saving time. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.69.69|141.101.69.69]] 07:56, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Why did he use 6 colors? And do the colors code for something? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.202.58|162.158.202.58]] 08:06, 15 February 2017 (UTC)</div>162.158.202.58https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1799:_Bad_Map_Projection:_Time_Zones&diff=135254Talk:1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones2017-02-15T08:05:30Z<p>162.158.202.58: </p>
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"Screw Hawaii and the rest of the Pacific!" [[User:Z|Z]] ([[User talk:Z|talk]]) 04:56, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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It is actually way less distorting than I expected [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.239|141.101.104.239]] 06:38, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Aahhhh, why are Suriname and French Guiana switched? They have the same timezone ... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.150.22|162.158.150.22]] 06:52, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Can anyone explain why Russia has all the hills and valleys? East-west distortion I understand, but what is the reason for the north-south distortion? [[User:Nonnal|Nonnal]] ([[User talk:Nonnal|talk]]) 07:06, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:I actually know this one - Russia has 11 timezones, but some of these form "islands" in the South of the country. From West to East, the North has: (+2 Kaliningrad), +3, +5, +7,+9, +10, +11, +12. Going West to East through the South adds back in +4 (Samara), +6 (Omsk), and +8 (Irkutsk), each corresponding to one of the "dips" in the projection. [[User:Atmarsden95|Atmarsden95]] ([[User talk:Atmarsden95|talk]]) 07:15, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Why is Morocco labeled as U.S. and the Sahrawi Republic as Morocco? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.88|141.101.88.88]] 07:24, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:That actually says "W.S", for Western Sahara, but either way I can't see a good reason for the inversion. Both are on UTC+0, and Morocco is on UTC+1 in summer, while WS doesn't use DST, apparently... So even if that was being taken into account, the countries are STILL the wrong way around. Possibly, this is related to the French Guiana/Suriname inversion. [[User:Atmarsden95|Atmarsden95]] ([[User talk:Atmarsden95|talk]]) 07:55, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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:And Western Sahara is the name used for the disputed area south of Marocco by the United Nations. The Sahrawi Republic have only limited recognition and does not control all of the disputed area. [[User:Pmakholm|Pmakholm]] ([[User talk:Pmakholm|talk]]) 07:59, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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It would be cool to see countries moving in and out of Daylight saving time. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.69.69|141.101.69.69]] 07:56, 15 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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