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xkcd #3245: Results Age

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Please, we need your help. Our research suggests you're the last living descendant of the person who knew how to format this config file.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3245/

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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

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"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3244/

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xkcd #3243: Crystal Gazing

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'Beyond that lies a vale of fire through which my vision cannot penetrate' is the kind of fun thing geologists, heliophysicists, and early universe cosmologists have a lot of opportunities to say.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3243/

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xkcd #3242: Aperiodic Table

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Scientists occasionally invent alternative periodic table layouts, which is usually a sign that they don't have enough enrichment in their enclosures.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3242/

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xkcd #3241: Horizontal Stabilizers

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It started as a mistake that everyone was afraid to admit to, and then it stuck because removing it 'looks silly.'.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3241/

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xkcd #3240: Bottle (thelemmy.club)
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xkcd #3240: Bottle

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"I know it seems impossible, but the trick is that I sailed in here when I was very young."

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3240/

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xkcd #3239: Simple Machines

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It's hard to decide which simple machine system to invest in. DeWalt makes a great lever and inclined plane, but I hear Milwaukee's wheel-and-axles are really good.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3239/

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xkcd #3238: Soniferous Aether

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Imagine you could ride alongside a sound wave. It would probably be pretty cool, right? We're putting in a departmental budget request to buy a really fast plane so we can check it out.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3238/

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xkcd #3237: Husband and Wife

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Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3237/

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xkcd #3236: Border Message

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Thanks to differences in logging regulations, the messages actually turned out to be visible from the air.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3236/

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xkcd #3235: Types of Board Game

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I can't believe Candles of Vienna caved to commercial pressure and added the Goku expansion.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3235/

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xkcd #3234: Europa Missions

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Before resurfacing, they promise to inspect the ice for any evidence of hockey-playing life.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3234/

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xkcd #3233: Make It Myself

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It's not as big a loss as it looks, because now I have have leftover supplies, which will help me talk myself into doing this all over again with a new project!

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3233/

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xkcd #3232: Countdown Standard

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Anyone who is caught counting 'three ... two ... one ... zero ... GO!' will be punished with a lifetime of eating only ISO standard food samples.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3232/

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xkcd #3231: Lightning (thelemmy.club)
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xkcd #3231: Lightning

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Maybe you should wear one too? I guess I'm taller than you, so as long as I have one we're fine.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3231/

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xkcd #3230: Overton (thelemmy.club)
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xkcd #3230: Overton

Title text:

I think I accidentally installed an Overton window in my bedroom. A few months ago, the sun wasn't in my face in the morning, but now it is.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3230/

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xkcd #3229: Grammar (thelemmy.club)
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xkcd #3229: Grammar

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Communication is one of the most popular ways to transmit information, ahead of rivals such as

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3229/

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xkcd #3228: Day Counter

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It has been −2,147,483,648 days since our last integer overflow.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3228/

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