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Received — 31 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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AlphaMove 30 January 2025 at 19:00

AlphaMove

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30 January 2025 at 19:00

It struggles a little with complex positions, like when there are an even number of moves and it has to round down, but when run against itself it's capable of finding some novelties. At one point I saw six knights on the board at once; Stockfish rarely exceeds four.

Received — 29 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Humidifier Review 28 January 2025 at 19:00

Humidifier Review

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28 January 2025 at 19:00

They should add a little sticker that certifies that the humidifier supports water conservation, but in the sense of energy conservation or momentum conservation.

Received — 27 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Muons 26 January 2025 at 19:00

Muons

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26 January 2025 at 19:00

Update: I've been banned from the physics department for the way I pronounce "Doppler effect."

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T. Rex Evolution 23 January 2025 at 19:00

T. Rex Evolution

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23 January 2025 at 19:00

Unfortunately, body size and bite force continue to increase.

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Unit Circle 21 January 2025 at 19:00

Unit Circle

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21 January 2025 at 19:00

They're continuing to search for a square with the same area as the circle, as efforts to construct one have run into difficulties.

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Chemical Formulas 19 January 2025 at 19:00

Chemical Formulas

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19 January 2025 at 19:00

Can you pass the nackle?

Received — 18 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Human Altitude 16 January 2025 at 19:00

Human Altitude

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16 January 2025 at 19:00

I wonder what surviving human held the record before balloons (excluding edge cases like jumping gaps on a mountain bridge). Probably it was someone falling from a cliff into snow or water, but maybe it involved something weird like a gunpowder explosion or volcano.

Received — 16 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Uncanceled Units 14 January 2025 at 19:00

Uncanceled Units

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14 January 2025 at 19:00

Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian

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Radon 12 January 2025 at 19:00

Radon

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12 January 2025 at 19:00

A good ²³⁸Umbrella policy should cover it.

Received — 11 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Chess Zoo 9 January 2025 at 19:00

Chess Zoo

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9 January 2025 at 19:00

The zoo takes special care to keep kings separated from opposite-color pieces as part of their conservation program to prevent mating in captivity.

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Trimix 7 January 2025 at 19:00

Trimix

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7 January 2025 at 19:00

You don't want the nitrogen percentage to be too high or you run the risk of eutrophication.

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Features of Adulthood 5 January 2025 at 19:00

Features of Adulthood

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5 January 2025 at 19:00

I don't dig pit traps and cover them with sticks and a thin layer of leaves nearly as much as I expected; I find a chance to do it barely once a month.

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Origami Black Hole 2 January 2025 at 19:00

Origami Black Hole

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2 January 2025 at 19:00

You may notice the first half of these instructions are similar to the instructions for a working nuclear fusion device. After the first few dozen steps, be sure to press down firmly and fold quickly to overcome fusion pressure.

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Skew-T Log-P 31 December 2024 at 19:00

Skew-T Log-P

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31 December 2024 at 19:00

The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.

Received — 31 December 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Time Capsule Instructions 29 December 2024 at 19:00

Time Capsule Instructions

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29 December 2024 at 19:00

Inside is a third box, labeled DO NOT OPEN UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE TIME ZONE WHERE YOU OPENED BOTH PREVIOUS BOXES.

Received — 28 December 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Lasering Incidents 26 December 2024 at 19:00

Lasering Incidents

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26 December 2024 at 19:00

I still don't know how the police found my compound where I ran an illegal searchlight depot/covert blimp airfield/fireworks testing range.

Received — 26 December 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Sun Avoidance 24 December 2024 at 19:00

Sun Avoidance

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24 December 2024 at 19:00

C'mon, ESA Solar Orbiter team, just give the Parker probe a LITTLE nudge at aphelion. Crash it into the sun. Fulfill the dream of Icarus. It is your destiny.

Received — 24 December 2024 ⏭ Comics

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D Roll 22 December 2024 at 19:00

D Roll

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22 December 2024 at 19:00

Under some circumstances, if you throw a D8 and then a D12 at an enemy, thanks to the D8's greater pointiness you actually have to roll a D12 and D8 respectively to determine damage.

Received — 21 December 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Exclusion Principle 19 December 2024 at 19:00

Exclusion Principle

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19 December 2024 at 19:00

Fermions are weird about each other in a standoffish way. Integer-spin particles are weird about each other in a 'stand uncomfortably close while talking' kind of way.

Received — 19 December 2024 ⏭ Comics

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Linear Sort 17 December 2024 at 19:00

Linear Sort

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17 December 2024 at 19:00

The best case is O(n), and the worst case is that someone checks why.