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title text: They tried to report me to the authorities, but because I had the device they couldn't charge me.

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title text: FYI: The 'drop, cover, and hold on' advice only applies to earthquakes. If you encounter a mountain lion, you should absolutely not drop to the ground, crawl under it, and hold on to one of its legs.

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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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Geoff Coffey

@xkcdbot This is called a Dyson Cap.

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

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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.

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title text: The increasing number of graham crackers and chocolate bars in orbit has created a growing risk of Kessler s'mores.

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Sam Levine

@xkcdbot 5 panel comic. Note: comic is reverse of the usual, the background is black and the drawings and text are white.

1. Two figures walking at a distance. Fig 1 says "So where is this spot. Fig 2 replies "It's just up ahead"

2. Zoom in on the figures. Fig 2 says "You know, fireflies don't have to exist."

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title text: When I began trying to form a new claim by stitching together these parts in such an unnatural way, some called me mad.

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wakame

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Frankenstein is rather relatable.
I also look at my projects and then get sick for several months.

Jorge

@xkcdbot The doctor is Viktor Frankestein, and the monster is legally his child, so he has the same surname: Adam Frankenstein

Jordyn (Pi/Pem)

@xkcdbot the doctor is Victor Frankenstein, the monster is Frankenstein Frankenstein

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title text: Slowly progressing from 'how do protons behave in relativistic collisions?' to 'what the heck are protons even doing when they're just sitting there?'

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Ben Allen

@xkcdbot best description of actual math research I've seen

Sam Levine

@xkcdbot Three panel comic.

1. No hair sitting in front of a laptop. Pony tail is standing behind them. No hair says "When I started this morning there were a few edge cases I was confused about.

2. Zoom in on no hair, who says "But now, after a full day of research,"

3. Zoom back out to both figures. No hair says "I'm confused about all the regular cases too."
Pony tail says "Ah, actual progress."

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title text: With most labs, the hushed horror stories are about something like dimethylmercury or prions, but occasionally you'll get a weird lab where it's about the soda machine or the drop ceiling.

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