22 Jan 2020 |
XKCD |  Download solar_system_changes.png | 19:25:30 |
XKCD | "Actually, Jupiter already has a very impressive ring system!" --someone who knows Jupiter is within earshot | 19:25:30 |
24 Jan 2020 |
XKCD | 2259: Networking Problems | 17:39:48 |
XKCD |  Download networking_problems.png | 17:39:49 |
XKCD | LOOK, THE LATENCY FALLS EVERY TIME YOU CLAP YOUR HANDS AND SAY YOU BELIEVE | 17:39:49 |
27 Jan 2020 |
XKCD | 2260: Reaction Maps | 19:41:18 |
XKCD |  Download reaction_maps.png | 19:41:18 |
XKCD | If Google Maps stops letting you navigate to (Clay County District) A in West Virginia, you can try Jump, OH -> Ina, IL -> Big Hole, TX. | 19:41:19 |
29 Jan 2020 |
XKCD | 2261: Worst Thing That Could Happen | 18:24:34 |
XKCD |  Download worst_thing_that_could_happen.png | 18:24:35 |
XKCD | Before I install any patch, I always open the patch notes and Ctrl-F for 'supervolcano', 'seagull', and 'garbage disposal', just to be safe. | 18:24:35 |
31 Jan 2020 |
XKCD | 2262: Parker Solar Probe | 20:30:14 |
XKCD |  Download parker_solar_probe.png | 20:30:14 |
XKCD | It will get within 9 or 10 Sun-diameters of the "bottom" (the Sun's surface) which seems pretty far when you put it that way, but from up here on Earth it's practically all the way down. | 20:30:14 |
3 Feb 2020 |
XKCD | 2263: Cicadas | 21:34:12 |
XKCD |  Download cicadas.png | 21:34:12 |
XKCD | After a while you adjust to the new cicadian rhythm. | 21:34:12 |
5 Feb 2020 |
XKCD | 2264: Satellite | 22:31:25 |
XKCD |  Download satellite.png | 22:31:25 |
XKCD | If you're going to let it burn up, make sure it happens over the deep end of the bathtub and not any populated parts of the house! | 22:31:25 |
7 Feb 2020 |
XKCD | 2265: Tax AI | 17:32:23 |
XKCD |  Download tax_ai.png | 17:32:24 |
XKCD | I ended up getting my tax return prepared at a local place by a really friendly pretrained neural net named Greg. | 17:32:24 |
10 Feb 2020 |
| lub left the room. | 10:37:38 |
XKCD | 2266: Leap Smearing | 20:55:05 |
XKCD |  Download leap_smearing.png | 20:55:06 |
XKCD | Some people suspect that it started as a "No, I didn't forget Valentine's Day" excuse that got out of hand. | 20:55:06 |
12 Feb 2020 |
| creme joined the room. | 11:40:19 |
XKCD | 2267: Blockchain | 22:48:45 |
XKCD |  Download blockchain.png | 22:48:46 |