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Received — 7 February 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Log Cabin 6 February 2024 at 19:00

Log Cabin

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6 February 2024 at 19:00

I'm sure the building inspectors will approve my design once they finally manage to escape.

Received — 5 February 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Relationship Advice 4 February 2024 at 19:00

Relationship Advice

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4 February 2024 at 19:00

Good to be a little wary of advice that sounds too much like a self pep talk.

Received — 2 February 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Greenhouse Effect 1 February 2024 at 19:00

Greenhouse Effect

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1 February 2024 at 19:00

Once he had the answer, Arrhenius complained to his friends that he'd "wasted over a full year" doing tedious calculations by hand about "so trifling a matter" as hypothetical CO2 concentrations in far-off eras (quoted in Crawford, 1997).

Received — 31 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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US Survey Foot 30 January 2024 at 19:00

US Survey Foot

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30 January 2024 at 19:00

Subway refuses to answer my questions about whether it's an International Footlong or a US Survey Footlong. A milligram of sandwich is at stake!

Received — 29 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Minnesota 28 January 2024 at 19:00

Minnesota

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28 January 2024 at 19:00

In addition to 'squishy', after reviewing my submitted intraplate ground motion data, the National Geodetic Survey has politely asked me to stop using the word 'supple' so often when describing Midwestern states.

Received — 26 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Fast Radio Bursts 25 January 2024 at 19:00

Fast Radio Bursts

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25 January 2024 at 19:00

Dr. Petroff has also shown that the Higgs boson signal was actually sparks from someone microwaving grapes, the EHT black hole photo was a frozen bagel someone left in too long, and the LIGO detection was just someone slamming the microwave door too hard.

Received — 24 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Spelling 23 January 2024 at 19:00

Spelling

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23 January 2024 at 19:00

Any time I misspell a word it's just because I have too much integrity to copy answers from the dictionary.

Received — 22 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Log Alignment 21 January 2024 at 19:00

Log Alignment

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21 January 2024 at 19:00

A video can have a log scale that's misaligned with both the time AND space axes.

Received — 19 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Astronaut Guests 18 January 2024 at 19:00

Astronaut Guests

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18 January 2024 at 19:00

They didn't bring us a gift, but considering the kinetic energy of a bottle of wine at orbital speed, that's probably for the best.

Received — 17 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Net Rotations 16 January 2024 at 19:00

Net Rotations

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16 January 2024 at 19:00

For decades I've been working off the accumulated rotation from one long afternoon on a merry-go-round when I was eight.

Received — 16 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Bug Thread 14 January 2024 at 19:00

Bug Thread

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14 January 2024 at 19:00

After some account issues, we've added 6 new people from the beach house rental website support forum.

Received — 12 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Sheet Bend 11 January 2024 at 19:00

Sheet Bend

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11 January 2024 at 19:00

A left-handed sheet bend creates a much weaker connection, especially under moderate loads.

Received — 10 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Like This One 9 January 2024 at 19:00

Like This One

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9 January 2024 at 19:00

A lot of sentences undergo startling shifts in mood if you add 'like this one' to the end, but high on the list is 'I'm a neurologist studying dreams.'

Received — 8 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Supernova 7 January 2024 at 19:00

Supernova

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7 January 2024 at 19:00

They're a little cagey about exactly where the crossover point lies relative to the likelihood of devastating effects on the planet.

Received — 5 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Fever 4 January 2024 at 19:00

Fever

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4 January 2024 at 19:00

Hypothermia of below 98.6 K should be treated by leaving the giant molecular cloud and moving to the vicinity of a star.

Received — 3 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Range Safety 2 January 2024 at 19:00

Range Safety

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2 January 2024 at 19:00

The Range Mischief Officer has modified the trajectory to add a single random spin somewhere in the flight, but won't tell us where.

Received — 1 January 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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2024 31 December 2023 at 19:00

2024

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31 December 2023 at 19:00

It wasn't originally constitutionally required, but presidents who served two terms have traditionally followed George Washington's example and gotten false teeth.

Received — 29 December 2023 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Iceland 28 December 2023 at 19:00

Iceland

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28 December 2023 at 19:00

The HVAC bill for installing the Gulf Stream was enormous.

Received — 27 December 2023 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Supersymmetry 26 December 2023 at 19:00

Supersymmetry

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26 December 2023 at 19:00

High-speed collisions at the Baby Park track may support the hypothesis that Daisy is her own evil twin, a theory first suggested by Nintendo in the game Majorana's Mask.

Received — 25 December 2023 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Hydrothermal Vents 24 December 2023 at 19:00

Hydrothermal Vents

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24 December 2023 at 19:00

Benthic Santas weren't even discovered until the 1970s, but many scientists now believe Christmas may have originally developed around hydrothermal vents and only later migrated to the surface.