1416: Pixels/Transcript
- Below each image is mentioned by the title used by Randall and they are listed alphabetically
- The headlines are links to the actual picture as can be found here on explain xkcd.
- Below the explanation of a given picture can be seen which pictures can be found in the white and black pixels of the picture.
- Please add descriptions in each section.
- The comic starts with turtles
assembly-1
(Cueball is assembling a rocket containing Randall's What If? book.)
White: assembly-2
Black: assembly-planet-3
assembly-2
White: assembly-3
Black: assembly-planet-3
assembly-3
White: assembly-4
Black: assembly-planet-1, assembly-planet-3
assembly-4
White: assembly-5
Black: assembly-planet
assembly-5
White: assembly-6
Black: assembly-planet
assembly-6
White: assembly-7
Black: assembly-planet-1
assembly-7
White: assembly-7, upgoer
assembly-planet
White: assembly-6
Black: assembly-planet
assembly-planet-1
White: assembly-6, assembly-7
Black: assembly-planet
assembly-planet-3
White: assembly-3, assembly-4
Black: assembly-planet-3, chess-b
atom
White: string
blank-figure
White: book-launch, cantor, chess-w
book-launch
White: assembly-1, book-launch, particles, turtles, whatif-trade
Black: atom, launch-planet, moon, saturn
cantor
White: du, evolution, server-1, time-turner
chess-b
White: chess-w
Black: chess-b
chess-w
White: chess-w, du, evolution, server-1, time-turner
Black: chess-b
clouds-1
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, evolution, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, server-1, time-turner
clouds-2
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, evolution, fire-hydrant, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, server-1
clouds-3
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, evolution, fire-hydrant, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, server-1, time-turner
Black: sky-4
clouds-4
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, evolution, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, server-1
clouds-5
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, evolution, fire-hydrant, mario-entry, mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3, particles, quiet-turtle
Black: sky-3
du
~$ du -s video/ 4170882256 ~$ du -hs video/ A lot. ~$
White: blank-figure, chess-w, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, e1, evolution, server-1, time-turner, what-if-trade
Black: sky-4
e1
Black: eb
e2
Black: eb
e3
Black: eb
e4
Black: eb
e5
Black: eb
e6
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5
Black: sky-4
eb
White: e5
Black: eb
evolution
White: blank-figure, chess-w, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, e1, evolution, server-1, time-turner, what-if-trade
Black: sky-4
fire-hydrant
Black hat: "To be fair, what else would you expect to come out of a fire hydrant?"
White: blank-figure
holism
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, mu
holism-b
White: reductionism
Black: reductionism-b
i-am-a-turtle
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, particles, quiet-turtle
Black: atom, moon, stars-1, stars-2
launch-planet
White: assembly-1
Black: launch-planet, stars-1, stars-2
mario-entry
White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3
Black: sky-4
mario-n1
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5
Black: mario-n2
mario-n2
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5
Black: mario-n3
mario-n3
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5
mario-sitting-1
White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3
Black: mario-n1, mario-sitting-b
mario-sitting-2
White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3
Black: mario-n1, mario-sitting-b
mario-sitting-3
White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3
Black: mario-n1, mario-sitting-b
mario-sitting-b
White: mario-sitting-1, mario-sitting-2, mario-sitting-3
Black: mario-n1
moon
White: holism, reductionism
Black: launch-planet, moon, mu-b, saturn, stars-1, stars-2, sun
mu
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, holism
Black: holism-b
mu-b
White: holism
particles
Black: atom
quiet-turtle
White: i-am-a-turtle, quiet-turtle
Black: atom, saturn, stars-1, stars-2
reductionism
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, mu, stockholm
Black: holism-b
reductionism-b
White: holism
Black: moon, saturn, stars-1, stars-2
rope
White: cantor
saturn
White: holism, reductionism
Black: launch-planet, moon, saturn, stars-1, stars-2, sun
server-1
White: blank-figure, chess-w, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, e1, evolution, server-1, time-turner, what-if-trade
Black: sky-4
sky
White: clouds-1, mario-entry
sky-2
White: clouds-1, mario-entry
sky-3
White: clouds-4, mario-entry, quiet-turtle
sky-4
White: clouds-1, clouds-4, mario-entry
stars-1
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, quiet-turtle
Black: atom, launch-planet, moon, saturn, stars-1, stars-2
stars-2
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, quiet-turtle
Black: atom, launch-planet, saturn, stars-1, stars-2, sun
stockholm
Black: moon, mu-b, saturn, sun
string
White: clouds-2, clouds-3, particles
Black: rope
sun
White: holism, mario-entry, reductionism
Black: launch-planet, moon, saturn, stars-1, stars-2, sun
time-turner
(Megan and Cueball are walking together.)
Megan: "But if time-turners worked after book 3, Rowling would have used one to go back and remove the time turner from book 3."
White: blank-figure, chess-w, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, du, e1, evolution, server-1, time-turner, what-if-trade, whatif-king
Black: sky-4
turtles
White: book-launch, whatif-trade
Black: launch-planet, stars-1, stars-2
[Cueball is stacking turtles, and is about to put the fourth turtle on his pile. At the bottom right there is a small panel. Inside this is written:]
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upgoer
White: upgoer-2
Black: upgoer-planet
upgoer-2
Black: upgoer-planet
upgoer-3
Black: upgoer-planet
upgoer-4
Black: upgoer-planet, upgoer-planet-2
upgoer-5
Black: upgoer-planet-4
upgoer-6
White: walking
upgoer-planet
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5
Black: upgoer-planet-2
upgoer-planet-2
White: upgoer-5
Black: upgoer-planet-3
upgoer-planet-3
White: upgoer-5
Black: upgoer-planet-4
upgoer-planet-4
White: upgoer-6
Black: upgoer-space
upgoer-space
White: upgoer-6
walking
White: clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, stockholm, walking
Black: walking-b
walking-b
White: walking
Black: walking-b
whatif-king
White: book-launch, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, holism, reductionism
Black: chess-b, launch-planet
whatif-trade
White: book-launch, clouds-1, clouds-2, clouds-3, clouds-4, clouds-5, turtles, whatif-king, whatif-trade
Black: chess-b, launch-planet