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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2226:_Recombination_And_Reionization&diff=182690
Talk:2226: Recombination And Reionization
2019-11-11T21:37:55Z
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I'm pretty sure the joke in the title text is the juxtaposition of the name of the musician Post Malone with the term pre-star-formation, I can't find any info suggesting he's in any way associated with Selena Gomez. Does anyone see anything more to it than a pre- and post- thing? [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 05:11, 9 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
: I feel absolutely certain that the title text is ONLY because "Post" is a ridiculous first name, it isn't a name, so Randall is having fun with it. LOL! I could believe this entire comic was constructed around Randall's desire to make fun of the name. It also serves as another artist to add to the crossover jokes, and is actually the ultimate crossover joke as being a connection between the two concepts of radio station and wave monitoring. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:31, 10 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
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Because it's a convenient number with our unit system, wouldn't millions of devices emit 100MHz noise? I feel that should be added, but I don't know how.<br />
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The comic might also be tangentially referencing the 5G network roll out, which like this radio station will also preclude (specifically weather) science from happening. In the case of the 5G networks, the FCC auctioned off the 24ghz band to telecom companies, where water vapor in our atmosphere actually emits a faint signal around 23.8ghz. Any bleed from the 24ghz band into the 23.8 band can and will (according to NOAA) interrupt weather prediction. [https://www.wired.com/story/5g-networks-could-throw-weather-forecasting-into-chaos/]<br />
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I suspect that "Hot" and "The Vibe" from the radio station are both references to the science behind this, too. [[User:Bobson|Bobson]] ([[User talk:Bobson|talk]]) 23:17, 9 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
: Possibly, but 92.7 The Vibe appears to be an actual radio station in Miami. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.113|172.68.58.113]] 21:37, 11 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
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I'm sure I'm not the only non-science reader to have read that first sentence with the word derived from "union" rather than "un-ionized". I laughed with its juxtaposition to the word "neutral"... Can we break with convention and hyphenate the word please? [[User:John.Adriaan|John.Adriaan]] ([[User talk:John.Adriaan|talk]]) 23:44, 10 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
:Actually, inserting a hyphen after a prefix IS the convention when the meaning of a word might be ambiguous, per online writing style guides. I inserted the hyphen to make the word un-ionized, as chemists are likely in the minority on this site. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 16:27, 11 November 2019 (UTC)<br />
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2066:_Ballot_Selfies&diff=165075
Talk:2066: Ballot Selfies
2018-11-01T12:57:25Z
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What harm do laws banning ballot selfies do? [[User:Ryanker|Ryanker]] ([[User talk:Ryanker|talk]]) 15:51, 31 October 2018 (UTC)ryanker<br />
: You're coming at it from exactly the wrong direction. What harm does taking a ballot selfie do? {{unsigned ip|40.57.163.322}}<br />
:: I'm against anyone who is holding up the line for the rest of us who are trying to vote, especially those egotistical who think anyone wants to see their stupid pictures. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.123.127|162.158.123.127]] 05:24, 1 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: I'm thinking the flavor text is talking as if from the point of view of someone who has grown used to sharing photos of themselves with others, to communicate, encourage, feel connected. Depicting their own behavior so directly might even seem a valid way to sway someone's opinion to such a person. I guess when thinking about it, it would support democracy better to share the act of voting rather than the actual vote made. Curious regarding other opinions. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.83|162.158.91.83]] 16:09, 31 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:: yes, fully agree with this. Just take all the selfies you want on the way there, in front of the place where you vote, on the way back. Just not during that one minute you spend inside the booth, and not showing your actual ballot. If you absolutely want to disclose what you actually voted for, you can still do so by writing a caption. It's that simple, and probably legal in most places around the world.--[[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.140|141.101.77.140]] 16:22, 31 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
: Thought of another reason: if the government were to hack or misrepresent the vote, the people could use proof of voting to prove the fraud. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.50.136|172.68.50.136]] 16:12, 31 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:: If a government can hack your vote, couldn't they hack your phone? ;-) [[User:Kev|Kev]] ([[User talk:Kev|talk]]) 16:28, 31 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
::: But you could just print out the photo, and it becomes physical, unhackable proof. {{unsigned ip|162.158.79.101}}<br />
::: Additionally, to fake your vote, all they need to do is lie. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.93.27|162.158.93.27]] 00:55, 1 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: Banning photos in polling stations is sensible. If I offered you $1,000 to vote for Trump you would be mad not to agree - you could vote how you wanted, and tell me you voted for Trump and get your money. If photos were allowed, to get your money I could request a photo of you with your ballot paper. If people can take photos of their vote, people can buy votes. If they can't, it's much more difficult to do that. [[User:DrDave|DrDave]] ([[User talk:DrDave|talk]]) 12:44, 1 November 2018 (UTC) <br />
::Not just positive coercion but also negative - spouses, religious leaders, or whomever demanding proof that you'd voted the way they told you to "or else." [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.113|172.68.58.113]] 12:57, 1 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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In the United kingdom it is illegal to take a phtograph of the ballot paper even if no vote is recorded - as such an image could reveal the mark used to authenticate the ballot paper. <br />
Until recently this was a pattern of holed stamped into the paper as it is issued, though now printed bar codes are used. Theoretically if you know the mark, you could then stuff a ballot box. Although if the number of papers does not match that recorded by the returning clerk then the entire box would be declared invalid and the election rerun. [[User:Arachrah|Arachrah]] ([[User talk:Arachrah|talk]]) 16:45, 31 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
: I think you're saying that in states where vote selfies are legal, somebody might be able to use such a selfie to produce counterfeit ballots, and submit them. Also that the ballots are counted and a vote is rerun whenever the count is wrong, to additionally deter this. It's hard to believe that count is always correct for such huge numbers of physical objects each handled by a human being: does this rerun happen commonly? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.93.27|162.158.93.27]] 00:55, 1 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:: Why would someone need to look at someone else's selfie to produce counterfeit ballots? Seems like a very round about way when it's easy enough to get an actual ballot yourself. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.58|108.162.245.58]] 01:40, 1 November 2018 (UTC)</div>
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2062:_Barnard%27s_Star&diff=164547
Talk:2062: Barnard's Star
2018-10-22T16:46:47Z
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Uh . . . I'm pretty sure that stars don't talk.</div>
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2060:_Hygrometer&diff=164341
Talk:2060: Hygrometer
2018-10-17T16:59:03Z
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Interestingly, Google search for ometerometer returns porn results. If there is an xkcd comic about rule 34 (if it exists, there is porn about it), it could be linked here.--[[User:Pere prlpz|Pere prlpz]] ([[User talk:Pere prlpz|talk]]) 15:48, 17 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Yeah, and now xkcd is prominently displayed. Good for you!<br />
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Which meters do you enjoy?<br />
I'm a particular fan of the Crookes radiometer [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.116|141.101.77.116]] 16:33, 17 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
: Based almost solely on the exotic name, I'm a particular fan of the {{w|sphygmomanometer}} (blood pressure cuff), and I'm disappointed that Randall didn't take the opportunity to mention it anywhere. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.46.41|172.68.46.41]] 16:44, 17 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Here's the Rule 34 comic: https://xkcd.com/305/<br />
:Thank you. I added it to the description.--[[User:Pere prlpz|Pere prlpz]] ([[User talk:Pere prlpz|talk]]) 16:52, 17 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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But no mention of an alethiometer. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.113|172.68.58.113]] 16:59, 17 October 2018 (UTC)</div>
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1173:_Steroids&diff=164284
1173: Steroids
2018-10-16T19:00:58Z
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| number = 1173<br />
| date = February 13, 2013<br />
| title = Steroids<br />
| image = steroids.png<br />
| titletext = A human is a system for converting dust billions of years ago into dust billions of years from now via a roundabout process which involves checking email a lot.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic is about '''steroid''' usage to {{w|Performance-enhancing substance|enhance humans performance}}; it is likely inspired by {{w|Lance Armstrong}}'s then-recent confession to {{w|blood doping}} in a televised interview with {{w|Oprah Winfrey}} (although Armstrong's confessions did not itself include {{w|anabolic steroid}} use; "steroids" is a common catch-all phrase often misused to reference other forms of {{w|Doping in sport|doping}}).<br />
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This comic is making the point of the opinion that the criterion about which chemicals (steroids) humans may or may not take in to be considered the strongest or fastest is an artificial criterion. This is demonstrated by [[Megan]] explaining the whole concept to an energy sphere representing a non-humanoid intelligence; when framed the way Megan explains it, the explanation sounds rather trivial and silly. A better explanation would be to say that some chemicals make humans faster and stronger but also damage the human body, so these chemicals are banned so the competitors won't destroy themselves. Another point Megan has missed is that the competitions are regulated with rules, and competitors make an agreement to follow by these rules; taking substances banned by the rules is inherently deceitful, such deceit being a horrible violation in the eyes of fans and fellow competitors.<br />
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This comic is one of many instances where [[Randall]] attempts to trivialize sports.<br />
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The title text changes the perspective again by suggesting that humanity itself is trivial in the grand scheme of things and that really all we are is a "transition" state between old dust and new dust, with a bunch of emailing in between. This is a version of the saying that the Universe is just trying to turn itself into Iron, which is the atom with least energy, and it can thus neither be fused in stars or decay radioactively.<br />
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The comic was published on {{w|Ash Wednesday}} (Western liturgical start of Lent). The dust to dust reference calls to mind the charge, "Remember man that thou art dust and unto dust you shall return," which is traditionally spoken by priests as they place ashes on the foreheads of observers on Ash Wednesday, in addition to the idea that all atoms in the universe other than Hydrogen, Helium, and some Lithium, were created after the big-bang via {{w|Stellar nucleosynthesis}}, with further production and dispersal via {{w|Supernova nucleosynthesis}}. Thus the reference by {{w|Joni Mitchell}} in the song {{w|Woodstock (song)|Woodstock}}: "We are stardust..."; and echoed by {{w|Carl Sagan}}: "We are star stuff."<br />
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Similar talking floating energy spheres have been used later in [[1450: AI-Box Experiment]], where it was clearly a different sphere and then in the [[:Category:Time traveling Sphere|Time traveling Sphere]] series. There is no indication of it here, but the sphere here could be another time traveler as well, back to try and understand humanity.<br />
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:[Megan is walking while an energy sphere (Sphere) floats behind her and talks to her. The sphere is black but surrounded by six outwardly-curved segments that are shaded gray. The white parts in between makes it look like it irradiates light out along these lines.]<br />
:Sphere: ''Explain to me this "steroid scandal."''<br />
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:[Zoom in on Megan's face while she holds a hand to her chin.]<br />
:Megan: Well, uh... <br />
:Megan: We humans are sacks of chemicals which stay alive by finding other chemicals and putting them inside us.<br />
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:[Megan has turned around facing towards the Sphere to the left. She holds up one hand palm up.]<br />
:Megan: We hold contests to see which humans are fastest and strongest.<br />
:Megan: But some humans eat chemicals that make them ''too'' fast and strong.<br />
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:[Megan still facing the Sphere holds her arms out.]<br />
:Megan: And they '''win contests!'''<br />
:Sphere: ''That does sound bad.''<br />
:Megan: It's ''awful!''<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=500:_Election&diff=163624
500: Election
2018-10-03T19:19:06Z
<p>172.68.58.113: s/has no affect/has no effect/</p>
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| number = 500<br />
| date = November 5, 2008<br />
| title = Election<br />
| image = election.png<br />
| titletext = Someday I'll be rich enough to hire Nate Silver to help make all my life decisions. 'Should I sleep with her?' 'Well, I'm showing a 35% chance it will end badly.'<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic was published the day after the {{w|United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election}} in the US. [[Cueball]] has been closely following the quantitative aspect of the election for over a year and a half, and he seems to be relieved that it's over. Now that the election has passed, he does not have to follow the many different opinion polls, number-crunching analyses, and news clips about people like {{w|Joe the Plumber}} that he has kept close track of during the election season. As soon as he says this, however, he starts to search for information on the {{w|United States presidential election, 2012|2012 election}}, suggesting that his political obsession has not at all passed.<br />
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A list of the elements Cueball had been thinking about:<br />
* {{w|Opinion poll|Opinion polls}}: These are simply surveys of voters' opinions on various issues and who they plan to vote for. They tend to be the primary source for predicting the outcome of elections as they can be created well in advance.<br />
* {{w|Exit poll|Exit polls}}: These are surveys conducted with people who have just voted. They are useful as they provide data at the very last minute, so that no other unforeseen circumstances can affect people's decisions (and undecided is no longer an option). However they are not available until the last minute, and can be more biased than opinion polls.<br />
* {{w|Margin of error|Margins of error}}: As censuses are expensive and ultimately pointless given that the election is effectively a big census, with did not vote as an option, {{w|pundits}} (or "talking-heads") use surveys, which involves just interviewing a hopefully representative random sample of voters. This however means that the surveys results are not likely to be quite the same as an equivalent census, a margin of error reflects how much variation could likely be expected due to the fact that a sample was used they do not cover issues such a sample being unrepresentative.<br />
* {{w|Attack ad|Attack ads}}: Attack ads are a form of political campaigning where rather than emphasizing their own qualifications and attributes a candidate or a group affiliated with the candidate tries to convince voters that their opponents are unsuitable for the office.<br />
* {{w|Game Change|Game-changers}}: Game-changers are events that pundits claim will lead to significant changes in polls. During an election season, at least one election event a month for each candidate is promoted as a "game-changer" by the media. In actuality, it usually has no effect on the outcome as most voters are already decided in US presidential elections.<br />
* {{w|Opinion_poll#Tracking_polls|Tracking polls}}: A tracking poll is a poll repeated at intervals and averaged. For example, a monthly tracking poll uses the data from the past month and discards older data.<br />
* {{w|Swing State|Swing states}}: In the United States several states have significant support for one party, and hence due to the fact that the electoral college gives all of a states vote to a single candidate, small changes in votes do not change the party which has the majority of the vote, and hence does not change who receives that state's electoral college votes. Other states, which have near equal support for the candidate are referred to as swing states, and are particularly interesting for pundits, as relatively small changes in votes can have significant effects on the end result.<br />
* {{w|Swing Vote|Swing votes}}: Swing votes are similar to swing states, expect that they refer to groups of people. If there is a significant social group a large segment of which could possibly vote for either side, they are of particular interest for pundits.<br />
* {{w|Bradley effect}}: The Bradley effect is a theory that in elections containing a minority candidate, polls will often tend to overstate their level of support. It is theorized that this is due to people not wanting to appear racist whilst being surveyed, so some people who support a non-minority candidate may either claim to be undecided or planning to vote for the minority candidate. However, as voting is private, at that point they may reveal their true preference. The effect is named after Los Angeles Mayor {{w|Tom Bradley (American politician)|Tom Bradley}}, an African-American who lost the 1982 California governor's race despite having appeared to have a significant lead in the opinion polls. This effect was particularly interesting for pundits in the 2008 US Presidential Election because of the running of {{w|Barack Obama}}, the first African American presidential candidate. As there was no precedent for this at this level, some pundits were concerned about how much of his lead in the polls might be due to this effect.<br />
* <name> the <occupation>: A significant event in the 2008 US Presidential Election was a question proposed to the then Democratic nominee Barack Obama by {{w|Joe the Plumber}}. This promoted a variety of hitbacks and counter-hits. Cueball is referring to the tendency of the media at the time to refer to many critics of the two candidates using the {{w|snowclone}} "<name> the <occupation>", where <name> is replaced by the person's first name and <occupation> by their occupation.<br />
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The title text is about statistician {{w|Nate Silver}}, who became something of a geek celebrity for his analysis during the campaign. He correctly predicted the outcomes of 49 of the 50 states in the 2008 election on his blog. It jokes that having him predict the outcomes of life decisions would make choosing the best thing to do very easy. So if Cueball ask Nate - "Should I sleep with her?" Then Nate could give him a forecast like this: "Well, I'm showing a 35% chance it will end badly." Later, in 2016, Nate Silver's website, FiveThirtyEight, launched [http://fivethirtyeight.com/tag/survey-says/ an advice column] thus making the title text partially come true.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball sits at his computer desk, staring at his computer.]<br />
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:Cueball: It's over.<br />
:Cueball: After twenty months it's finally over.<br />
:Cueball: I don't have to be an election junkie anymore.<br />
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:[Closeup of Cueball's face and screen.]<br />
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:Cueball: I don't have to care about opinion polls, exit polls, margins of error, attack ads, game-changers, tracking polls, swing states, swing votes, the Bradley effect, or <name> the <occupation>.<br />
:Cueball: I'm free.<br />
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:[Cueball staring at his computer screen, full shot.]<br />
:[Cueball types on his computer.]<br />
:''Tap Tap''<br />
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:[On screen:]<br />
:Google '2012 polling statistics'<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Nate Silver]]<br />
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https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1987:_Python_Environment&diff=156758
1987: Python Environment
2018-05-07T23:41:12Z
<p>172.68.58.113: Explained what an "environment" is in computing, and reorganized so the table is at the bottom.</p>
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| number = 1987<br />
| date = April 30, 2018<br />
| title = Python Environment<br />
| image = python_environment.png<br />
| titletext = The Python environmental protection agency wants to seal it in a cement chamber, with pictoral messages to future civilizations warning them about the danger of using sudo to install random Python packages.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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A development environment is the collection of tools used to create a computer program. It generally includes an {{w|Interpreter_(programming)|interpreter}}, a {{w|package manager}}, and various {{w|Library_(computing)|libraries}} that the project needs. Computer programs often depend on a specific version of these tools, such as a program that only runs on Python 2.7. A badly configured build environment can lead to mysterious errors as the program looks for libraries or features that aren't there, making it hard to write working programs.<br />
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{{w|Python_(programming_language)|Python}} is a {{w|computer}} {{w|programming language}} which has been around for quite a while, especially on {{w|Linux}} platforms. [[Randall]] has likely used it on his computer for quite a few years, from the early years where it wasn't so easy to install, through newer versions where there is a more defined way to install it. Because standards change over time (in particular, although the newest version of Python is Python 3.x, many people prefer Python 2.x and it's still widely used for backwards-compatibility), and he didn't completely uninstall old versions before installing new versions (likely to not break what was already working), he's ended up with a mess where different pieces and versions of Python and its related components litter his {{w|hard drive}}'s {{w|directory structure}}.<br />
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{{w|Superfund}} is a US federal government program created for cleaning up contaminated land. The comic is saying that his computer's Python environment is so messed up that it's comparable to a real-world environmental disaster.<br />
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The title text may refer to the philosophical debate surrounding the construction of warning features around the [[wikipedia:Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant#Warning_messages_for_future_humans|WIPP]] site in New Mexico, and other nuclear waste disposal sites. In particular, it may refer to [https://web.archive.org/web/20090320054657/http://www.wipp.energy.gov/picsprog/articles/wipp%20exhibit%20message%20to%2012,000%20a_d.htm this article]. These would have to last and be understandable for tens of thousands of years, longer than any known human-made structure or language to date.<br />
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| $PATH refers to the {{w|PATH (variable)|PATH}} environment variable, which determines where to search for executable files. In this case, it indicates that the pip, Homebrew Python (2.7), and OSX's pre-installed Python are accessible on path, with ~/newenv/ and a mysterious ???? as part of PATH.<br />
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| pip<br />
| {{w|pip (package manager)|pip}} is the Python {{w|package management system}}, and is used to install and manage python packages. As it is written in Python, it requires Python to run. It leads to easy_install, Homebrew Python (2.7), "(misc folders owned by root)", and ????.<br />
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| Homebrew Python (2.7)<br />
| {{w|Homebrew (package management software)|Homebrew}} is the de facto standard third-party OSX package manager. Homebrew Python (2.7) is the Python 2 version installed through Homebrew. This leads to Python.org binary (2.6) and /usr/local/Cellar.<br />
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| Apple bundles an (out of date) version of Python with OSX. This only leads to ????.<br />
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| easy_install<br />
| easy_install, much like pip, is a cpan-like tool to download and install Python packages. As of the creation of the comic, many people discourage its use. (e.g., [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3220404/why-use-pip-over-easy-install this question on stack exchange.]<br />
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| Anaconda Python<br />
| {{w|Anaconda (Python distribution)|Anaconda}} is a Python distribution for data science and machine learning related applications.<br />
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| Homebrew Python (3.6)<br />
| As of the creation of the comic, Python 3.6 is the current stable version of Python.<br />
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| Python.org binary (2.6)<br />
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| Both <code>/usr/local</code> and <code>/opt</code> are directories that store files that do not belong to a Unix-like operating system. Usually, files in <code>/usr/local</code> were created with a {{w|make (software)|make command}}, and files in <code>/opt</code> are unbundled packages. The joke is that <code>/usr/local/opt</code> should really, really not exist.<br />
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| There should only be one PIP (package management system) in place. More that one would lead to them contradicting each other. Randall is confused as to how the second one got there.<br />
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| Probably a virtualenv. Virtualenvs are mechanisms for having Python environments that don't conflict with the system Python. They include the Python interpreter, independent library paths, and usually a copy of pip. The user typically installs packages using the virtualenv's pip such that they can only be accessed by the virtualenv's Python instances, while more common packages are still referenced via the system Python paths.<br />
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:[A single frame depicting a flowchart is shown. Many chaotic arrows are arranged between the items which are:]<br />
:$PYTHONPATH<br />
:EASY_INSTALL<br />
:ANACONDA PYTHON<br />
:HOMEBREW PYTHON (3.6)<br />
:ANOTHER PIP??<br />
:HOMEBREW PYTHON (2.7)<br />
:PYTHON.ORG BINARY (2.6)<br />
:PIP<br />
:EASY_INSTALL<br />
:$PATH<br />
:(MISC FOLDERS OWNED BY ROOT)<br />
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:[The endpoints are:]<br />
:/usr/local/Cellar <br />
:/usr/local/opt<br />
:/(A BUNCH OF PATHS WITH "FRAMEWORKS" IN THEM SOMEWHERE)/<br />
:~/python/ <br />
:~/newenv/<br />
:/usr/local/lib/python3.6<br />
:/usr/local/lib/python2.7<br />
<br />
:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:My Python environment has become so degraded that my laptop has been declared a superfund site.<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Computers]]<br />
[[Category:Programming]]<br />
[[Category:Flowcharts]]</div>
172.68.58.113
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1920:_Emoji_Sports&diff=148316
Talk:1920: Emoji Sports
2017-11-24T11:52:47Z
<p>172.68.58.113: </p>
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It seems like in addition to the destructive sports thing, he's also playing on the emojis made from other emojis in multi character Unicode, but as it's 3 in the morning and I can't even remember what things are called I'm not gonna even try to edit right now. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.33|162.158.62.33]] 07:50, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Hey! An early published comic! 3AM Me And Randall time Thursday night right now. Fun since I only read on Monday and Thursday nights. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 08:14, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Actually candle eating isn't so far out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXg3l_Lnmdo<br />
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It seems like the joke in the title is about the fact that a horse winning a HorseHole race wouldn't actually be able to compete anymore (dead or hurt). Which would explain why no horse ever won the 4 different races. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.150.40|162.158.150.40]] 09:58, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Re. " the mailbox seems to be missing mail" - If there was mail in there, there wouldn't be room to stuff the owl in.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.239|141.101.104.239]] 11:22, 24 November 2017 (UTC)<br />
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What a dumb idea for a comic. It's kinda like comedy central when they run out of ideas, they run South Park day and night, or TruTV running Impractical Jokers episodes because they ran out of other remotely funny stuff. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.113|172.68.58.113]] 11:52, 24 November 2017 (UTC)</div>
172.68.58.113
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1902:_State_Borders&diff=146629
1902: State Borders
2017-10-14T01:23:08Z
<p>172.68.58.113: sort to order shown in transcript</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1902<br />
| date = October 13, 2017<br />
| title = State Borders<br />
| image = state_borders.png<br />
| titletext = A schism between the pro-panhandle and anti-panhandle factions eventually led to war, but both sides spent too much time working on their flag designs to actually do much fighting.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Add a table of all the proposed changes, explain title text... Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
In this comic, graphic designers take control of the United States, but the only thing they do is to change the state and national borders, as well as to some extent the coast line, using primarily aesthetic criteria. <br />
<br />
Despite the caption's rather blasé reaction to the graphic designers' master plan, the changes they propose could be rather tumultuous. Many U.S. residents will be made to live in new states, and thus be required to pay different taxes and obey different state laws, and even root for different sports teams. Some particularly unlucky U.S. citizens living in Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, and Minnesota could be required to file for citizenship in Mexico or Canada if they wish to continue living in their current homes. And given that the comic implies that the Trump administration has been ousted by the graphic designer regime, there would probably be no upside to the ensuing international bureaucratic nightmare.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Proposed change !! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
| Give to Canada || {{w|Minnesota}} has a small northern exclave (the {{w|Northwest Angle}}) which is accessible from the rest of the US only via the {{w| Lake of the Woods}} or by travelling through Canada. The new borders suggest giving this territory to Canada to simplify the state and national border.<br />
|-<br />
| This should be {{w|Wisconsin}} || {{w|Michigan}} is divided into two parts by {{w|Lake Michigan}}. The graphic designers suggest eliminating a boundary line by assigning the upper peninsula of Michigan to Wisconsin. <br />
|-<br />
| Move Long Island to NJ or CT, or make it its own state || {{w|Connecticut}} and {{w|New Jersey}} are very close to each other but don't actually border, separated only a few miles by {{w|New York State}}. {{w|Long Island}} is part of New York State, which visibly juts out into the Atlantic (extending so far to the east that it gives New York a maritime border with Rhode Island) and apparently drives graphic designers crazy who see an association with New Jersey or Connecticut or even becoming its own state more logical than being a part of New York State. This would have some issues, not least of which is that Long Island contains two of {{w|New York City}}'s five boroughs ({{w|Brooklyn}} and {{w|Queens}}) and more than half the city's population.<br />
|-<br />
| Align to Grid || Most of the Western states are variations on "Let's have a large box", but there's something a bit irregular about them. Never fear, the Design Team has fixed!<br />
|-<br />
| Clean Up (Maryland/Pennsylvania/Virginia/West Virginia) || Maryland's western panhandle and both of West Virginia's to the east and north would be smoothed out to have nice, straight, shorter lines. <br />
|-<br />
|Enlarge Rhode Island & Delaware || {{w|Rhode Island}} and {{w|Delaware}}, the two {{w|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area#Area_by_state.2Fterritory|smallest U.S. states by area}}, are often difficult to make out on a map of the United States. Expanding Delaware to occupy the entire {{w|Delmarva_Peninsula|Delmarva peninsula}} eliminates some boundary lines the designers apparently consider excessively fiddly; expanding Rhode Island eastward would reduce the number of land borders it has to two (one to its west with Connecticut and one to its north with Massachusetts) and make it easier to see on a map.<br />
|-<br />
| If we're going to have a panhandle, why not commit to it? || {{w|Oklahoma}} has a "panhandle" to its west, which is a kind of {{w|Salient (geography)|Salient}}. The obvious fix would be to give it to Texas. In a twist, the graphic designers suggest extending it even further, across the northern parts of {{w|Arizona}} and {{w|New Mexico}}.<br />
|-<br />
| Fix this thing || The border of {{w|Missouri}} cuts into {{w|Arkansas}}, in the so-called {{w|Missouri Bootheel}}. The Design Team has awarded that piece to {{w|Arkansas}}, straightening the border.<br />
|-<br />
| Unlabelled cleanup at the junction of {{w|Kentucky}}/{{w|Virginia}} || Virginia's western border is shifted east to align it with the borders to the north and south, forming a continuous line along the {{w|Appalachian_Mountains|Appalachians}}.<br />
|-<br />
| Unlabelled cleanup at the junction of {{w|Nevada}}/{{w|Arizona}} || Continue the line of Utah's western border and Arizona's far northwestern border south (replacing part of the {{w|Colorado River}} boundary), transferring part of Arizona's {{w|Mohave_County,_Arizona|Mohave county}} to Nevada.<br />
|-<br />
| Unlabelled cleanup at the junction of {{w|Texas}}/{{w|Oklahoma}}/{{w|Arkansas}}/{{w|Louisiana}} || Square off {{w|Southwest Arkansas}}, and move {{w|Lousiana's}} northwest border to meet up, presumably because square corners are better.<br />
|- <br />
| Clean up (Arizona/New Mexico/Texas) || One of {{w|New Mexico}}'s borders should be extended into a single line. This results in ceding some land to Mexico, having {{w|El Paso}} split across New Mexico and Texas, and Highway 62 alternating between two states. <br />
|-<br />
| Straighten to fix survey errors (Tennessee) || {{w|Tenneesse}}'s southern border is supposed to be the 35th parallel north, but due to surveying errors made in the 19th Century the marked border is one mile south of that line. At many times since, Georgia has sought to fix this by various means (at least partly because doing so would net them some rights to the water from the Tennessee River) including bringing its case to the US Supreme Court - with the Design Team in charge, they wouldn't need those lawyers any more. Farther westward, Tennessee's actual southern border suddenly juts south at the Tennessee River between Alabama and Mississippi - again, the Design Team would rather see it smoothed out. Tenneesse's northern border with Kentucky has similar hitches that prevent it from being a straight line that the Design Team wants to address.<br />
|-<br />
| Good Curve! Keep (Florida/Georgia/South Carolina) || The only thing the design team likes already about the shape of the US is the shape of the Atlantic coast in northern {{w|Florida}}, Georgia, and {{w|South Carolina}}, as it seems to bend into the US smoothly. Given the curve is the border between land and water, it's good they like it as changing it would be very difficult and expensive.<br />
|-<br />
| Let's be honest, this should be Canada too || {{w|Southeast Alaska}} should be given to {{w|Canada}}, presumably because it more neatly fits with {{w|British Columbia}}. This is slightly problematic, as the state capital, {{w|Juneau}}, is within this section.<br />
|-<br />
| Why should Florida get Alabama's coastline? It has plenty. || <br />
The {{w|Florida Panhandle}} borders southern {{w|Alabama}} denying the state all but a sliver of coastline. Given that Florida already has an abundance of coast, the Graphic Designers consider the present arrangement unfair. Ceding the Florida counties west of the {{w|Apalachicola River}} have actually been {{w|Florida_Panhandle#Alabama_annexation_proposals|raised since the 19th century}}. This change would have the additional benfit of more neatly aligning Florida's western border with that of neighboring {{w|Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia}}.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
In the title text, the graphic designers have a civil war between the ones that favor "panhandles" in the borders, such as the Oklahoma one which is enlarged in the map, the Florida one which is removed in the map, and maybe others such as the Texas region known as the "Texas panhandle". However, they get too caught up in making the flag designs for their faction to actually fight. Randall has shown interest for vexillology (the study of flags) in the past.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[An outline map of the United States is shown, including state boundaries. The following edit marks are shown in red text:]<br />
:[Minnesota's Northwest Angle is circled] Give to Canada<br />
:[Border between Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula is crossed out] This should be Wisconsin<br />
:[New York's Long Island is circled, with arrows and question marks pointing to New Jersey and Connecticut] Move Long Island to NJ or CT or make it its own state<br />
:[New York's eastern border has been straightened]<br />
:[Wyoming's western border is moved to align with that of Colorado. The Montana/Idaho and Idaho/Utah borders are extended to reach the new border. Similarly, Colorado's eastern border is moved to align with that of Wyoming, and the Nebraska/Kansas border has been extended] Align to grid<br />
:[West Virginia's northern panhandle has been given to Ohio and part of its eastern panhandle has been given to Maryland. In return, Western Maryland has been given to West Virginia. The altogether effect is that West Virginia and Maryland have more compact shapes] Clean Up<br />
:[Rhode Island has been enlarged to encompass southeastern Massachusetts, and Delaware now takes up the entire Delmarva Peninsula] Enlarge Rhode Island & Delaware<br />
:[The Oklahoma Panhandle has been extended west until it reaches Nevada, taking the northernmost parts of Arizona and New Mexico with it] If we're going to have a panhandle, why not commit to it?<br />
:[The Missouri Bootheel has been given to Arkansas] Fix this thing<br />
:[The part of Virginia west of the Appalachian Mountains has been given to Kentucky]<br />
:[The southwestern and eastern borders of Nevada have been extended into Arizona until they meet a point. A part of California is slightly extended to reach the revised border]<br />
:[Parts of Arizona and New Mexico have been ceded to Mexico, and part of Texas has been given to New Mexico, so that the southern borders of Arizona and New Mexico and the northern border of the Trans-Pecos area of Texas collectively form a straight line] Clean Up<br />
:[Parts of northeastern Texas have been given to Arkansas and Louisiana]<br />
:[The northern and southern borders of Tennessee have been straightened] Straighten to fix survey errors<br />
:[A line has been traced along the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida] Good curve! Keep.<br />
:[Alaska's southeastern panhandle has been circled] Let's be honest - this should be Canada, too.<br />
:[The Alabama/Florida border has been erased, and Alabama's eastern border has been extended south until it meets the Gulf of Mexico] Why should Florida get Alabama's coastline? It has plenty.<br />
<br />
:[Caption below the panel:] <br />
:It was scary when graphic designers seized control of the country, but it turned out they just wanted to fix some things about the state borders that had always bothered them.<br><br />
<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>
172.68.58.113
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1902:_State_Borders&diff=146604
1902: State Borders
2017-10-13T19:13:46Z
<p>172.68.58.113: Added: Clean Up (Arizona/New Mexico/Texas)</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1902<br />
| date = October 13, 2017<br />
| title = State Borders<br />
| image = state_borders.png<br />
| titletext = A schism between the pro-panhandle and anti-panhandle factions eventually led to war, but both sides spent too much time working on their flag designs to actually do much fighting.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Add a table of all the proposed changes, explain title text... Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
In this comic, graphic designers take control of the United States, but the only thing they do is to change the state and national borders, as well as to some extent the coast line, using primarily esthetic criteria. <br />
<br />
Despite the caption's rather blasé reaction to the graphic designers' master plan, the changes they propose could be rather tumultuous. Many U.S. residents will be made to live in new states, and thus be required to pay different taxes and obey different state laws. Some particularly unlucky U.S. residents living Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska and Minnesota will be required to file for citizenship in Mexico or Canada if they wish to continue living in their current homes.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Proposed change !! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
| Give to Canada || {{w|Minnesota}} has a small northern enclave (the {{w|Northwest Angle}}) which is accessible from the rest of the US only via the {{w| Lake of the Woods}} or by travelling through Canada. The new borders suggest giving this territory to Canada to simplify the state and national border.<br />
|-<br />
| This should be Wisconsin || {{w|Michigan}} is split to the Northwest with {{w|Wisconsin}} by {{w|Lake Michigan}}. The graphic designers suggest, by reassigning land, water and land again, to assign {{w|Ottawa National Park}} and {{w|Hiawatha National Park}} to Wisconsin. <br />
|-<br />
| If we're going to have a panhandle, why not commit to it? || {{w|Oklahoma}} has a "panhandle" to its west, which is a kind of {{w|Salient (geography)|Salient}}. The graphic designers don't want to go with this thing, but if it must, they suggest including the Northern parts of {{w|Arizona}} and {{w|New Mexico}} to go with it, as it shows commitment.<br />
|-<br />
| Let's be honest, this should be Canada too || {{w|Southeast Alaska}} should be given to {{w|Canada}}, presumably because it more neatly fits with {{w|British Columbia}}. This is slightly problematic, as the state capital, {{w|Juneau}}, is within this section.<br />
|-<br />
| Unlabelled cleanup at the junction of {{w|Texas}}/{{w|Oklahoma}}/{{w|Arkansas}}/{{w|Louisiana}} || Square off {{w|Southwest Arkansas}}, and move {{w|Lousiana's}} northwest border to meet up, presumably because square corners are better.<br />
|-<br />
| Unlabelled cleanup at the junction of {{w|Nevada}}/{{w|Arizona}} || Continue the line of Utah's western border and Arizona's far northwestern border south (replacing part of the {{w|Colorado River}} boundary), transferring part of Arizona's {{w|Mohave_County,_Arizona|Mohave county}} to Nevada.<br />
|-<br />
| Unlabelled cleanup at the junction of {{w|Kentucky}}/{{w|Virginia}} || Virginia's western border is shifted east to align it with the borders to the north and south, forming a continuous line along the {{w|Appalachian_Mountains|Appalachains}}.<br />
|-<br />
| Fix this thing || The border of {{w|Missouri}} cuts into {{w|Arkansas}}, in the so-called {{w|Missouri Bootheel}}. The Design Team has awarded that piece to {{w|Arkansas}}, straightening the border.<br />
|-<br />
| Align to Grid || Most of the Western states are variations on "Let's have a large box", but there's something a bit irregular about them. Never fear, the Design Team has fixed!<br />
|-<br />
| Why should Florida get Alabama's coastline? It has plenty. || <br />
The {{w|Florida Panhandle}} borders southern {{w|Alabama}} denying the state all but a sliver of coastline. Given that Florida already has an abundance of coast, the Graphic Designers consider the present arrangement unfair. Ceding the Florida counties west of the {{w|Apalachicola River}} have actually been {{w|Florida_Panhandle#Alabama_annexation_proposals|raised since the 19th century}}. This change would have the additional benfit of more neatly aligning Florida's western border with that of neighboring {{w|Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia}}.<br />
|-<br />
|Enlarge Rhode Island & Delaware || {{w|Rhode Island}} and {{w|Delaware}}, the two {{w|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area#Area_by_state.2Fterritory|smallest U.S. states by area}}, are often difficult to make out on a map of the United States. Expanding Delaware to occupy the entire {{w|Delmarva_Peninsula|Delmarva peninsula}} eliminates some boundary lines the designers apparently consider excessively fiddly.<br />
|-<br />
| Clean Up (Arizona/New Mexico/Texas) || One of {{w|New Mexico}}'s borders should be extended into a single line. This results in ceding some land to Mexico, having {{w|El Paso}} split across New Mexico and Texas, and Highway 62 alternating between two states. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
In the title text, the graphic designers have a civil war between the ones that favor "panhandles" in the borders, such as the Oklahoma one which is enlarged in the map, the Florida one which is removed in the map, and maybe others such as the Texas region known as the "Texas panhandle". However, they get too caught up in making the flag designs for their faction to actually fight. Randall has shown interest for vexillology (the study of flags) in the past.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[An outline map of the United States is shown, including state boundaries. The following edit marks are shown in red text:]<br />
:[Minnesota's Northwest Angle is circled] Give to Canada<br />
:[Border between Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula is crossed out] This should be Wisconsin<br />
:[New York's Long Island is circled, with arrows and question marks pointing to New Jersey and Connecticut] Move Long Island to NJ or CT or make it its own state<br />
:[New York's eastern border has been straightened]<br />
:[Wyoming's western border is moved to align with that of Colorado. The Montana/Idaho and Idaho/Utah borders are extended to reach the new border. Similarly, Colorado's eastern border is moved to align with that of Wyoming, and the Nebraska/Kansas border has been extended] Align to grid<br />
:[West Virginia's northern panhandle has been given to Ohio and part of its eastern panhandle has been given to Maryland. In return, Western Maryland has been given to West Virginia. The altogether effect is that West Virginia and Maryland have more compact shapes] Clean Up<br />
:[Rhode Island has been enlarged to encompass southeastern Massachusetts, and Delaware now takes up the entire Delmarva Peninsula] Enlarge Rhode Island & Delaware<br />
:[The Oklahoma Panhandle has been extended west until it reaches Nevada, taking the northernmost parts of Arizona and New Mexico with it] If we're going to have a panhandle, why not commit to it?<br />
:[The Missouri Bootheel has been given to Arkansas] Fix this thing<br />
:[The part of Virginia west of the Appalachian Mountains has been given to West Virginia]<br />
:[The southwestern and eastern borders of Nevada have been extended into Arizona until they meet a point. A part of California is slightly extended to reach the revised border]<br />
:[Parts of Arizona and New Mexico have been ceded to Mexico, and part of Texas has been given to New Mexico, so that the southern borders of Arizona and New Mexico and the northern border of the Trans-Pecos area of Texas collectively form a straight line] Clean Up<br />
:[Parts of northeastern Texas have been given to Arkansas and Louisiana]<br />
:[The northern and southern borders of Tennessee have been straightened] Straighten to fix survey errors<br />
:[A line has been traced along the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida] Good curve! Keep.<br />
:[Alaska's southeastern panhandle has been circled] Let's be honest - this should be Canada, too.<br />
:[The Alabama/Florida border has been erased, and Alabama's eastern border has been extended south until it meets the Gulf of Mexico] Why should Florida get Alabama's coastline? It has plenty.<br />
<br />
:[Caption below the panel:] <br />
:It was scary when graphic designers seized control of the country, but it turned out they just wanted to fix some things about the state borders that had always bothered them.<br><br />
<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>
172.68.58.113
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1902:_State_Borders&diff=146585
1902: State Borders
2017-10-13T14:45:58Z
<p>172.68.58.113: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1902<br />
| date = October 13, 2017<br />
| title = State Borders<br />
| image = state_borders.png<br />
| titletext = A schism between the pro-panhandle and anti-panhandle factions eventually led to war, but both sides spent too much time working on their flag designs to actually do much fighting.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Add a table of all the proposed changes, explain title text... Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
In this comic, graphic designers take control of the United States, but the only thing they do is change the state borders slightly so that they look more aligned, as shown in the map.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Proposed change !! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
| Give to Canada || {{w|Minnesota}} has a small northern enclave (the {{w|Northwest Angle}}) which is accessible from the rest of the US only via the {{w| Lake of the Woods}} or by travelling through Canada. The new borders suggest giving this territory to Canada to simplify the state and national border.<br />
|-<br />
| This should be Wisconsin || {{w|Michigan}} is split across two landmasses, connected by a bridge. The artists suggest moving the border to respect the natural water boundary. <br />
|-<br />
| If we're going to have a panhandle, why not commit to it? || {{w|Oklahoma}} has a "panhandle" to its west, which is a kind of {{w|Salient (geography)|Salient}}. The graphic designers don't want to go with this thing, but if it must, they suggest including the Northern parts of {{w|Arizona}} and {{w|New Mexico}} to go with it, as it shows commitment.<br />
|-<br />
| Let's be honest, this should be Canada too || {{w|Southeast Alaska}} should be given to {{w|Canada}}, presumably because it more neatly fits with {{w|British Columbia}}. This is slightly problematic, as the state capital, [[w|Juneau]], is within this section.<br />
|-<br />
| Unlabelled cleanup at the junction of {{w|Texas}}/{{w|Oklahoma}}/{{w|Arkansas}}/{{w|Louisiana}} || Square off {{w|Southwest Arkansas}}, and move {{w|Lousiana's}} northwest border to meet up, presumably because square corners are better.<br />
|-<br />
| Fix this thing || Because of the flow of the {{w|Mississippi River}}, the border of {{w|Missouri}} cuts into {{w|Arkansas}}, and oddly has a bit of {{w|Kentucky}} buried in it. The Design Team has awarded all of it to {{w|Arkansas}}.<br />
|-<br />
| Align to Grid || Most of the Western states are variations on "Let's have a large box", but there's something a bit irregular about them. Never fear, the Design Team has fixed!<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
*<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
[An outline map of the United States is shown, including state boundaries. The map has the title "State Borders". The following edit marks are shown:]<br><br />
Give to Canada<br><br />
This should be Wisconsin<br><br />
Move Long Island to NJ or CT or make it its own state<br><br />
Align to grid<br><br />
Clean Up<br><br />
Enlarge Rhode Island & Delaware<br><br />
If we're going to have a panhandle, why not commit to it?<br><br />
Fix this thing<br><br />
Clean Up<br><br />
Straighten to fix survey errors<br><br />
Good curve! Keep.<br><br />
Let's be honest - this should be Canada, too.<br><br />
Why should Florida get Alabama's coastline? It has plenty.<br><br />
<br><br><br />
[Caption below the panel:] It was scary when graphic designers seized control of the country, but it turned out they just wanted to fix some things about the state borders that had always bothered them.<br><br />
<br><br />
[Mouseover text:] A schism between the pro-panhandle and anti-panhandle factions eventually led to war, but both sides spent too much time working on their flag designs to actually do much fighting.<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>
172.68.58.113