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title text: Getting the utility people to run transmission lines to Earth is expensive, but it will pay for itself in no time.

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Getting the utility people to run transmission lines to Earth is expensive, but it will pay for itself in no time.
8 Aug 2023 at 1:25 | Open on botsin.space
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Spencer

@xkcdbot why are there content warnings on this post? And what are they for?

8 Aug 2023 at 1:32 | Open on mindly.social
Michael Miller :blobrdm: 🦆

@spencer @xkcdbot xkcd always has interesting alt-text, which is best enjoyed after seeing the comic.

Hiding it in a CW is one way to handle it. You could do it as the actual alt text to the image, but then blind folks miss out on a description.

8 Aug 2023 at 1:40 | Open on frontrange.co
Spencer

@raineer @xkcdbot ok that makes sense, thanks! The only issue is that in the mastodon apps I use, it looks like the entire post is under a CW, not just the image, so the xkcd alt-text is hidden/revealed at the same time as the image, so it doesn’t really help. Though I guess it hides it from notifications…

8 Aug 2023 at 1:45 | Open on mindly.social
Ash_Crow

@raineer @spencer @xkcdbot it is used as the alt text though, so there is no real description of the image anyway.

8 Aug 2023 at 4:12 | Open on mastodon.social
It's Jacob!

@xkcdbot
broke: dyson sphere
woke: dyson square

8 Aug 2023 at 1:37 | Open on shrike.club
Geoff Coffey

@xkcdbot This is called a Dyson Cap.

8 Aug 2023 at 1:41 | Open on bookstodon.com
Sam Levine

@xkcdbot Single panel comic.
Option A: a solar panel 1 meter square on a house's roof labeled south facing. Math underneath: $0.20 per kWh times 4 kWh per meter square per day times 1 meter square times 20% equals $58 per year

Option B: the same solar panel on the surface of the sun labeled downward. Math underneath: $0.20 per kWh times sun luminosity divided by the sun area times 1 meter square times 20% equals $22 million per year

#AltText 1/2

8 Aug 2023 at 2:38 | Open on urbanists.social
Sam Levine

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Lower caption: Solar Energy Tip: To maximize sun exposure, always orient your panels downward and install them on the surface of the sun.

#AltText 2/2

8 Aug 2023 at 2:41 | Open on urbanists.social
Colin Payne

@xkcdbot It is important to rememeber that every 19 months you will have to disconnect he cables to your solar panels to let Venus go past.

8 Aug 2023 at 5:25 | Open on mastodon.social
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