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Received — 27 January 2025 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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."

Received — 25 January 2025 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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.

Received — 23 January 2025 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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.

Received — 21 January 2025 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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

Received — 14 January 2025 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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.

Received — 9 January 2025 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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.

Received — 7 January 2025 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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.

Received — 4 January 2025 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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.

Received — 2 January 2025 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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 ⏭ xkcd.com

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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.

Received — 17 December 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Phase Change 15 December 2024 at 19:00

Phase Change

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15 December 2024 at 19:00

Even when you try to make nice, smooth ice cubes in a freezer, sometimes one of them will shoot out a random ice spike, which physicists ascribe to kiki conservation.

Received — 13 December 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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METAR 12 December 2024 at 19:00

METAR

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12 December 2024 at 19:00

In the aviation world, they don't use AM/PM times. Instead, all times are assumed to be AM unless they're labeled NOTAM.