Talk:1930: Calendar Facts - Revision history

172.70.126.211 at 15:15, 8 November 2021

2021-11-08T15:15:47Z

GreatWyrmGold: It really is random.

2021-04-19T21:05:08Z

It really is random.

Lupo at 13:03, 18 February 2020

2020-02-18T13:03:25Z

162.158.38.8 at 11:19, 18 February 2020

2020-02-18T11:19:30Z

198.41.238.82: added my missing comment

2018-10-13T03:13:02Z

added my missing comment

198.41.238.76: added my implementation to the Generators section

2018-10-13T03:12:02Z

added my implementation to the Generators section

172.68.34.100: Update to generator

2018-05-18T21:22:54Z

Update to generator

Zetfr at 15:09, 2 May 2018

2018-05-02T15:09:11Z

141.101.76.16 at 09:11, 3 January 2018

2018-01-03T09:11:32Z

172.69.22.86 at 20:14, 31 December 2017

2017-12-31T20:14:28Z

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	The explanation says the comic generates facts. But as most of them are false it should refer to them as factoids. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.8\|162.158.38.8]] 11:19, 18 February 2020 (UTC)		The explanation says the comic generates facts. But as most of them are false it should refer to them as factoids. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.8\|162.158.38.8]] 11:19, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
	:I don't see it... it clearly says it "appears to be a generator of 156,000 facts [...], about calendars, most of which are false or have little meaning" with the word appears and the statement following right after, that most are false.--[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 13:03, 18 February 2020 (UTC)		:I don't see it... it clearly says it "appears to be a generator of 156,000 facts [...], about calendars, most of which are false or have little meaning" with the word appears and the statement following right after, that most are false.--[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 13:03, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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		+	this is the same general pick-and-choose idea as the star wars spoiler one [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.211\|172.70.126.211]] 15:15, 8 November 2021 (UTC)BUmpf

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	My personal favorite: “Did you know that Toyota Truck Month happens at the wrong time every year because of a decree by the pope in the 1500s? Apparently it’s getting worse and no one knows why. While it may seem like trivia, it is now recognized as a major cause of World War 1. [[User:PotatoGod\|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod\|talk]]) 02:06, 19 December 2017 (UTC)		My personal favorite: “Did you know that Toyota Truck Month happens at the wrong time every year because of a decree by the pope in the 1500s? Apparently it’s getting worse and no one knows why. While it may seem like trivia, it is now recognized as a major cause of World War 1. [[User:PotatoGod\|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod\|talk]]) 02:06, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
		+	:Did you know that the Blood Moon might happen twice this year because of a decree by the pope in the 1500s? Apparently there's a proposal to fix it, but it actually makes things worse. While it may seem like trivia, it is now recognized as a major cause of World War 1. (I suspect the WW1 line will feature in a lot of people's favorite combinations—it's just so random!) [[User:GreatWyrmGold\|GreatWyrmGold]] ([[User talk:GreatWyrmGold\|talk]]) 21:05, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

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	The explanation says the comic generates facts. But as most of them are false it should refer to them as factoids. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.8\|162.158.38.8]] 11:19, 18 February 2020 (UTC)		The explanation says the comic generates facts. But as most of them are false it should refer to them as factoids. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.8\|162.158.38.8]] 11:19, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
		+	:I don't see it... it clearly says it "appears to be a generator of 156,000 facts [...], about calendars, most of which are false or have little meaning" with the word appears and the statement following right after, that most are false.--[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 13:03, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

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	What's incomplete in this explanation? Seems pretty exhaustive to me. Can't we remove the incomplete tag? Zetfr 15:09, 2 May 2018 (UTC)		What's incomplete in this explanation? Seems pretty exhaustive to me. Can't we remove the incomplete tag? Zetfr 15:09, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
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		+	The explanation says the comic generates facts. But as most of them are false it should refer to them as factoids. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.8\|162.158.38.8]] 11:19, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

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 I created a human-readable file format to represent structures like the one in the comic, then wrote a '''C''' program to parse those files, so now you can write your own calendar facts.
-* Source: https://github.com/saucecode/adventure-sets
+* Source: https://github.com/saucecode/adventure-sets [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.82|198.41.238.82]] 03:13, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
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 * Package: https://npmjs.com/package/xkcd-calendar-facts
 * Source: https://github.com/shreyasminocha/calendar-facts {{unsigned ip| 172.68.144.211}}
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	Here's one I wrote on jsFiddle. Glad I'm not the only one who read this and immediately thought, "I must code this!" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.64\|172.68.34.64]] 21:29, 18 December 2017 (UTC)		Here's one I wrote on jsFiddle. Glad I'm not the only one who read this and immediately thought, "I must code this!" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.64\|172.68.34.64]] 21:29, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

−	https://jsfiddle.net/qa290hss/	+	https://jsfiddle.net/qa290hss/3/

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	Is no one going to mention that "Shark Week" sometimes is used as slang to refer to menstruation? That's what I thought of the moment I saw it, and since cycles are roughly every 28 days but can change length slowly to re-synchronize (with others or for various reasons) that might be another valid interpretation. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.86\|172.69.22.86]] 20:14, 31 December 2017 (UTC)Rowan		Is no one going to mention that "Shark Week" sometimes is used as slang to refer to menstruation? That's what I thought of the moment I saw it, and since cycles are roughly every 28 days but can change length slowly to re-synchronize (with others or for various reasons) that might be another valid interpretation. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.86\|172.69.22.86]] 20:14, 31 December 2017 (UTC)Rowan
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		+	What's incomplete in this explanation? Seems pretty exhaustive to me. Can't we remove the incomplete tag? Zetfr 15:09, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

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 https://codepen.io/DouglasMeyer/full/YYqKzX/
 I made one too! https://jsfiddle.net/kr661rhy/
 Here's my python implementation (it ain't pretty, but then I'm not very good at python yet, either):
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 I don't think this is the correct definition for equinox, the plane comprising the Earth orbit around the Sun is never perpendicular to the Earth's axis. During the equinox the sun rays arrive to the Earth perpendicular to the equator line, this would be better. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.62.238|172.68.62.238]] 22:10, 18 December 2017 (UTC)CBM
-I agree with the comment above; the Earth's axis is always tilted 23 degrees from the plane of the orbit. There are times the North pole is tilted toward the Sun and times it is tilted away from the Sun. Twice a year (at the equinoxes) the tilt is perpendicular to the Sun. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.239|108.162.221.239]] 22:47, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
+:I agree with the comment above; the Earth's axis is always tilted 23 degrees from the plane of the orbit. There are times the North pole is tilted toward the Sun and times it is tilted away from the Sun. Twice a year (at the equinoxes) the tilt is perpendicular to the Sun. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.239|108.162.221.239]] 22:47, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
-I've edited the descriptions - do they look better now? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.28|162.158.126.28]] 00:32, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
+:I've edited the descriptions - do they look better now? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.28|162.158.126.28]] 00:32, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
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 :While it may seem like trivia, it triggered the 2003 Northeast Blackout.
 Damn sharks and pope decree. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:08, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 "Did you know that Shark Week might happen twice this year because of..." Sold. Don't care about the rest. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.64|172.68.34.64]] 23:28, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
 Is no one going to mention that "Shark Week" sometimes is used as slang to refer to menstruation? That's what I thought of the moment I saw it, and since cycles are roughly every 28 days but can change length slowly to re-synchronize (with others or for various reasons) that might be another valid interpretation. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.86|172.69.22.86]] 20:14, 31 December 2017 (UTC)Rowan

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	"Did you know that Shark Week might happen twice this year because of..." Sold. Don't care about the rest. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.64\|172.68.34.64]] 23:28, 20 December 2017 (UTC)		"Did you know that Shark Week might happen twice this year because of..." Sold. Don't care about the rest. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.64\|172.68.34.64]] 23:28, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
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		+	Is no one going to mention that "Shark Week" sometimes is used as slang to refer to menstruation? That's what I thought of the moment I saw it, and since cycles are roughly every 28 days but can change length slowly to re-synchronize (with others or for various reasons) that might be another valid interpretation. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.86\|172.69.22.86]] 20:14, 31 December 2017 (UTC)Rowan