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<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:17, 19 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l34" >Line 34:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 34:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What's incomplete about the transcript? [[User:Xkdvd|Xkdvd]] ([[User talk:Xkdvd|talk]]) 23:48, 18 February 2026 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What's incomplete about the transcript? [[User:Xkdvd|Xkdvd]] ([[User talk:Xkdvd|talk]]) 23:48, 18 February 2026 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:Tried to finish it up and removed the tag. [[User:42.book.addict|&lt;span style=&quot;font:11pt Cormorant Garamond&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#5CA7CF&quot;&gt;tor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#F08DB0&quot;&gt;i :3&lt;/span&gt;]]&lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:42.book.addict|&lt;span style=&quot;font:8pt Cormorant Garamond&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#9E9E9E&quot;&gt;talk &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#F08DB0&quot;&gt;to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#5CA7CF&quot;&gt;me!&lt;/span&gt;]]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; 17:17, 19 February 2026 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

42.book.addict https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3179:_Fishing&diff=406564&oldid=prev 2026-02-18T23:48:57Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:48, 18 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l32" >Line 32:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 32:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: The Earth's mass is 5.97 x 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms. The actual mass of the Earth is around 6 times 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;. [[Special:Contributions/47.152.132.12|47.152.132.12]] 03:25, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: The Earth's mass is 5.97 x 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms. The actual mass of the Earth is around 6 times 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;. [[Special:Contributions/47.152.132.12|47.152.132.12]] 03:25, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::: Yes, pretty darned close, given the magnitude. Almost 97% the same, comparing ln/ln. [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:43, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::: Yes, pretty darned close, given the magnitude. Almost 97% the same, comparing ln/ln. [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:43, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">What's incomplete about the transcript? [[User:Xkdvd|Xkdvd]] ([[User talk:Xkdvd|talk]]) 23:48, 18 February 2026 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Xkdvd https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3179:_Fishing&diff=401524&oldid=prev 2025-12-15T08:57:17Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:57, 15 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5" >Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::[[123:_Centrifugal_Force]] --[[Special:Contributions/88.65.244.212|88.65.244.212]] 20:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::[[123:_Centrifugal_Force]] --[[Special:Contributions/88.65.244.212|88.65.244.212]] 20:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::He can't be weighing the object, it is under water. He can only be estimating its mass. BTW, the Earth is weightless, as it is in free fall. [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 15:02, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::He can't be weighing the object, it is under water. He can only be estimating its mass. BTW, the Earth is weightless, as it is in free fall. [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 15:02, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>YAY BERET GUY![[User:Mathmaster|Mathmaster]] ([[User talk:Mathmaster|talk]])</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>YAY BERET GUY![[User:Mathmaster|Mathmaster]] ([[User talk:Mathmaster|talk]])</div></td></tr> </table>

82.13.184.33 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3179:_Fishing&diff=401463&oldid=prev 2025-12-13T19:43:40Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:43, 13 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l32" >Line 32:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 32:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:What different mass? &quot;At least 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms&quot; is pretty darn close. ''And'' not even slightly excessive. Seems like a (very) good estimate of the Earth's mass to me. [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:29, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:What different mass? &quot;At least 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms&quot; is pretty darn close. ''And'' not even slightly excessive. Seems like a (very) good estimate of the Earth's mass to me. [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:29, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: The Earth's mass is 5.97 x 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms. The actual mass of the Earth is around 6 times 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;. [[Special:Contributions/47.152.132.12|47.152.132.12]] 03:25, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: The Earth's mass is 5.97 x 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms. The actual mass of the Earth is around 6 times 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;. [[Special:Contributions/47.152.132.12|47.152.132.12]] 03:25, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::: Yes, pretty darned close, given the magnitude. Almost 97% the same, comparing ln/ln. [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:43, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

78.144.255.82 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3179:_Fishing&diff=401450&oldid=prev 2025-12-13T15:02:18Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:02, 13 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4" >Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Yes, but he is not measuring the force, he is measuring the &quot;weight&quot; (mass) of the thing he thinks he hooked. (e.g. a 5 lb fish)[[Special:Contributions/2603:8000:5E00:2913:EE02:2D56:E960:2CDE|2603:8000:5E00:2913:EE02:2D56:E960:2CDE]] 05:21, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Yes, but he is not measuring the force, he is measuring the &quot;weight&quot; (mass) of the thing he thinks he hooked. (e.g. a 5 lb fish)[[Special:Contributions/2603:8000:5E00:2913:EE02:2D56:E960:2CDE|2603:8000:5E00:2913:EE02:2D56:E960:2CDE]] 05:21, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::[[123:_Centrifugal_Force]] --[[Special:Contributions/88.65.244.212|88.65.244.212]] 20:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::[[123:_Centrifugal_Force]] --[[Special:Contributions/88.65.244.212|88.65.244.212]] 20:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::He can't be weighing the object, it is under water. He can only be estimating its mass. BTW, the Earth is weightless, as it is in free fall. [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 15:02, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>YAY BERET GUY![[User:Mathmaster|Mathmaster]] ([[User talk:Mathmaster|talk]])</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>YAY BERET GUY![[User:Mathmaster|Mathmaster]] ([[User talk:Mathmaster|talk]])</div></td></tr> </table>

SDSpivey https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3179:_Fishing&diff=401429&oldid=prev 2025-12-13T03:25:25Z

<p>The Earth&#039;s mass is 5.97 x 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms.</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:25, 13 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l29" >Line 29:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 29:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Has anyone considered that Beret Guy might be fishing on a different PLANET entirely? That would the explain the different mass&#160; he found. [[Special:Contributions/47.152.132.12|47.152.132.12]] 19:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Has anyone considered that Beret Guy might be fishing on a different PLANET entirely? That would the explain the different mass&#160; he found. [[Special:Contributions/47.152.132.12|47.152.132.12]] 19:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:What different mass? &quot;At least 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms&quot; is pretty darn close. ''And'' not even slightly excessive. Seems like a (very) good estimate of the Earth's mass to me. [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:29, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:What different mass? &quot;At least 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms&quot; is pretty darn close. ''And'' not even slightly excessive. Seems like a (very) good estimate of the Earth's mass to me. [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:29, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:: The Earth's mass is 5.97 x 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; kilograms. The actual mass of the Earth is around 6 times 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt;. [[Special:Contributions/47.152.132.12|47.152.132.12]] 03:25, 13 December 2025 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

47.152.132.12 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3179:_Fishing&diff=401402&oldid=prev 2025-12-12T20:18:15Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:18, 12 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3" >Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: It's at least a C+ [[Special:Contributions/65.35.15.18|65.35.15.18]] 05:12, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: It's at least a C+ [[Special:Contributions/65.35.15.18|65.35.15.18]] 05:12, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Yes, but he is not measuring the force, he is measuring the &quot;weight&quot; (mass) of the thing he thinks he hooked. (e.g. a 5 lb fish)[[Special:Contributions/2603:8000:5E00:2913:EE02:2D56:E960:2CDE|2603:8000:5E00:2913:EE02:2D56:E960:2CDE]] 05:21, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: Yes, but he is not measuring the force, he is measuring the &quot;weight&quot; (mass) of the thing he thinks he hooked. (e.g. a 5 lb fish)[[Special:Contributions/2603:8000:5E00:2913:EE02:2D56:E960:2CDE|2603:8000:5E00:2913:EE02:2D56:E960:2CDE]] 05:21, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::[[123:_Centrifugal_Force]] --[[Special:Contributions/88.65.244.212|88.65.244.212]] 20:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>YAY BERET GUY![[User:Mathmaster|Mathmaster]] ([[User talk:Mathmaster|talk]])</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>YAY BERET GUY![[User:Mathmaster|Mathmaster]] ([[User talk:Mathmaster|talk]])</div></td></tr> </table>

88.65.244.212 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3179:_Fishing&diff=401401&oldid=prev 2025-12-12T20:03:04Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:03, 12 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l22" >Line 22:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 22:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: He did say it was *at least* 10^24, which is not wrong... But you're right, he is off by quite a bit. [[User:R128|R128]] ([[User talk:R128|talk]]) 13:44, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: He did say it was *at least* 10^24, which is not wrong... But you're right, he is off by quite a bit. [[User:R128|R128]] ([[User talk:R128|talk]]) 13:44, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: I'd like to see you do any better. ;) [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:31, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:: I'd like to see you do any better. ;) [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:31, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">::: Just gave a rock a tug. Feels like six trillion trillion kilos, roughly. lmao [[User:R128|R128]] ([[User talk:R128|talk]]) 20:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any reason to believe this is an ocean instead of a lake?&#160; I changed the transcript to make it more generic, but like &quot;seafloor&quot; better than &quot;bottom,&quot; so would change it back if there is some reason to know it is an ocean.&#160; [[User:Bobthegoat123|Bobthegoat123]] ([[User talk:Bobthegoat123|talk]]) 19:48, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any reason to believe this is an ocean instead of a lake?&#160; I changed the transcript to make it more generic, but like &quot;seafloor&quot; better than &quot;bottom,&quot; so would change it back if there is some reason to know it is an ocean.&#160; [[User:Bobthegoat123|Bobthegoat123]] ([[User talk:Bobthegoat123|talk]]) 19:48, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> </table>

R128 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3179:_Fishing&diff=401396&oldid=prev 2025-12-12T19:31:46Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:31, 12 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l21" >Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: I was wondering about that, and at first considered that he was either only referring to the mass of the Earth's crust (two orders of magnitude lighter), or including the mantle (factor or 4 heavier). Both options are way off. It's probably just a Fermi estimate. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:590:1200:E001:EC09:A5D:4C27:42F3|2A02:590:1200:E001:EC09:A5D:4C27:42F3]] 21:32, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: I was wondering about that, and at first considered that he was either only referring to the mass of the Earth's crust (two orders of magnitude lighter), or including the mantle (factor or 4 heavier). Both options are way off. It's probably just a Fermi estimate. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:590:1200:E001:EC09:A5D:4C27:42F3|2A02:590:1200:E001:EC09:A5D:4C27:42F3]] 21:32, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: He did say it was *at least* 10^24, which is not wrong... But you're right, he is off by quite a bit. [[User:R128|R128]] ([[User talk:R128|talk]]) 13:44, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>: He did say it was *at least* 10^24, which is not wrong... But you're right, he is off by quite a bit. [[User:R128|R128]] ([[User talk:R128|talk]]) 13:44, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:: I'd like to see you do any better. ;) [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:31, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any reason to believe this is an ocean instead of a lake?&#160; I changed the transcript to make it more generic, but like &quot;seafloor&quot; better than &quot;bottom,&quot; so would change it back if there is some reason to know it is an ocean.&#160; [[User:Bobthegoat123|Bobthegoat123]] ([[User talk:Bobthegoat123|talk]]) 19:48, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Any reason to believe this is an ocean instead of a lake?&#160; I changed the transcript to make it more generic, but like &quot;seafloor&quot; better than &quot;bottom,&quot; so would change it back if there is some reason to know it is an ocean.&#160; [[User:Bobthegoat123|Bobthegoat123]] ([[User talk:Bobthegoat123|talk]]) 19:48, 11 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> </table>

78.144.255.82 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3179:_Fishing&diff=401395&oldid=prev 2025-12-12T19:29:54Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:29, 12 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l25" >Line 25:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Has anyone considered that Beret Guy might be fishing on a different PLANET entirely? That would the explain the different mass&#160; he found. [[Special:Contributions/47.152.132.12|47.152.132.12]] 19:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Has anyone considered that Beret Guy might be fishing on a different PLANET entirely? That would the explain the different mass&#160; he found. [[Special:Contributions/47.152.132.12|47.152.132.12]] 19:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:What different mass? &quot;At least 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">kilogras</del>&quot; is pretty darn close. ''And'' not even slightly excessive. Seems like a (very) good estimate of the Earth's mass to me. [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:29, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:What different mass? &quot;At least 10&lt;sup&gt;24&lt;/sup&gt; <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">kilograms</ins>&quot; is pretty darn close. ''And'' not even slightly excessive. Seems like a (very) good estimate of the Earth's mass to me. [[Special:Contributions/78.144.255.82|78.144.255.82]] 19:29, 12 December 2025 (UTC)</div></td></tr> </table>

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