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FaviFake at 17:33, 9 May 2025

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 Under the tree:
 * Beret guy looking out of a window in the tree
-* Blondie standing at the base of the tree
+* Miss Lenhart standing at the base of the tree
 * One happy little tree on top of the turtle
 * Ponytail in a balloon, throwing out an anchor towards the turtle

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 *Images of the dynamic changes and other pictures relating to this comic can be found here [[2601: Instructions/Images]].
-Once the voice begins describing the instructions, it is possible to mute the audio by pressing a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/2/20/2601_Instructions_Radio_on.png muted button] at the bottom right of the screen. This fades into view when the radio button is pushed. Pressing it will change the button to a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/78/2601_Instructions_Radio_on_muted.png non muted loudspeaker]. These were the same buttons that were in the previous April fool's comic [[2445: Checkbox]]. That was the first xkcd [[:Category:Comics with audio|comic with audio]], and thus these were two April Fools' Day comics with audio in a row, and these are the only comics with audio. In the Checkbox comic, the mute buttons meaning are reversed, so the sound is on when the loudspeaker is shown and muted when the mute button is shown. It could be another layer to the April fool's joke or just an error by Randall.
+Once the voice begins describing the instructions, it is possible to mute the audio by pressing a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/2/20/2601_Instructions_Radio_on.png muted button] at the bottom right of the screen. This fades into view when the radio button is pushed. Pressing it will change the button to a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/78/2601_Instructions_Radio_on_muted.png non muted loudspeaker]. These were the same buttons that were in the previous April fool's comic [[2445: Checkbox]]. That was the second xkcd [[:Category:Comics with audio|comic with audio]], and thus these were two April Fools' Day comics with audio in a row, and these are the only comics with audio. In the Checkbox comic, the mute buttons meaning are reversed, so the sound is on when the loudspeaker is shown and muted when the mute button is shown. It could be another layer to the April fool's joke or just an error by Randall.
 The [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/e/e3/20220402201427%21instructions.png image originally displayed] on this page was of a small turtle crawling in the center where the radio button is in the real comic. That was the image that would be downloaded by web crawlers like explain xkcd's bot, as it is what was placed here on xkcd: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/instructions_2x.png. This is of course not the real comic, which cannot be downloaded in that manner.

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 {{series
 | series        = April
-| number        = 13
+| number        = 14
 | date          = April 1, 2022
 | days_late     =

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 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Interactive comics]]
 [[Category:Dynamic comics]]

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 The title text alludes to {{w|Bob Ross}}'s catchphrase "happy little trees" in ''{{w|The Joy of Painting}}'', a PBS TV show in which Ross leads the viewer through the painting of a nature scene. The audio file itself is also presented in the style of ''The Joy of Painting''; it begins with greeting the viewer and introducing the color palette to be used (just one color, in this case, as Logo and all computer monitors of the time were monochrome).  The speaker then reads out some helper functions to be used in programming the scene, which is more analogous to Ross's palette of paints (titanium white, carmine red, etc.) along with words of encouragement as each is completed.  The functions are DIST, to calculate the {{w|Euclidean distance}} between two points, LERP, to perform {{w|linear interpolation}}, MIX to average two numbers (with LERP), and CUBIC to draw {{w|cubic Hermite spline}}s.  From there, the speaker alternates between sketching parts of the scene and offering more words of encouragement, mixed in with turtle facts.
-Transcribing the audio into text was organized as a [https://github.com/theinternetftw/xkcd2601 project on GitHub]. This is not the first time that Randall made an interactive comic where turtles played a big part. In [[1416: Pixels]], he jokes with the idea of turtles all the way down, which is [https://xkcd.com/2601/radio.mp3#t=10403 also mentioned] in the audio file, and in [[3074: Push Notifications]], mapping out the coordinates sent via the notifications generates [[3074:_Push_Notifications/Table_of_Notifications#Zoom_notifications|a pixelated drawing of a turtle and a squirrel]]. He also made a comic simply called [[889: Turtles]].
+Transcribing the audio into text was organized as a [https://github.com/theinternetftw/xkcd2601 project on GitHub]. This is not the first time that Randall made an interactive comic where turtles played a big part. In [[1416: Pixels]], he jokes with the idea of turtles all the way down, which is [https://xkcd.com/2601/radio.mp3#t=10403 also mentioned] in the audio file, and in [[3074: Push Notifications]], mapping out the coordinates sent via the notifications generates [[3074:_Push_Notifications#Notifications|a pixelated drawing of a turtle and a squirrel]]. He also made a comic simply called [[889: Turtles]].
 ===Resulting image===

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 ==Explanation==
-This is the 12th [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous April fools' comic was [[2445: Checkbox]], which was released on Thursday, April 1st, 2021. The next became [[2765: Escape Speed]] released on Friday April 19th, 2023 (a regular release day, but 18 days late).
+This is the 12th [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous April Fools' Day comic was [[2445: Checkbox]], which was released on Thursday, April 1st, 2021. The next became [[2765: Escape Speed]] released on Friday April 19th, 2023 (a regular release day, but 18 days late).
 The comic displays just a small {{w|radio button}} (or option button). Usually, there would be more than one to give the user options. Once it has been selected it cannot be deselected. Once pressed the [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/2/20/2601_Instructions_Radio_on.png button turns blue] and this starts the real part of this April fool's comic.
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 *Images of the dynamic changes and other pictures relating to this comic can be found here [[2601: Instructions/Images]].
-Once the voice begins to describe the instructions (hence the title) it is possible to mute the audio by pressing a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/2/20/2601_Instructions_Radio_on.png muted button] at the bottom right of the screen. This fades into view when the radio button is pushed. Pressing it will change the button to a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/78/2601_Instructions_Radio_on_muted.png non muted loudspeaker]. These were the same buttons that were in the previous April fool's comic [[2445: Checkbox]]. That was the first xkcd [[:Category:Comics with audio|comic with audio]], and thus these were two April fools' comics with audio in a row, and these are the only comics with audio. In the Checkbox comic, the mute buttons meaning are reversed, so the sound is on when the loudspeaker is shown and muted when the mute button is shown. It could be another layer to the April fool's joke or just an error by Randall.
+Once the voice begins to describe the instructions (hence the title) it is possible to mute the audio by pressing a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/2/20/2601_Instructions_Radio_on.png muted button] at the bottom right of the screen. This fades into view when the radio button is pushed. Pressing it will change the button to a [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/78/2601_Instructions_Radio_on_muted.png non muted loudspeaker]. These were the same buttons that were in the previous April fool's comic [[2445: Checkbox]]. That was the first xkcd [[:Category:Comics with audio|comic with audio]], and thus these were two April Fools' Day comics with audio in a row, and these are the only comics with audio. In the Checkbox comic, the mute buttons meaning are reversed, so the sound is on when the loudspeaker is shown and muted when the mute button is shown. It could be another layer to the April fool's joke or just an error by Randall.
 The [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/e/e3/20220402201427%21instructions.png image originally displayed] on this page was of a small turtle crawling in the center where the radio button is in the real comic. That was the image that would be downloaded by web crawlers like explain xkcd's bot, as it is what was placed here on xkcd: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/instructions_2x.png. This is of course not the real comic, which cannot be downloaded in that manner.
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 {{comic discussion}}
-[[Category:April fools' comics]]
+[[Category:April Fools' Day comics]]
 [[Category:Interactive comics]]
 [[Category:Dynamic comics]]