What's your favorite xkcd comic?
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ideasrule said:What's your favorite xkcd?
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I have this on my door. PS. Galeeth and I had same idea. His thread: [thread=363561]What's the email for the president of physics?[/thread]. My thread: [thread=363183]xkcd provides some visual PF guidelines[/thread].
PPS. We should send Randall Munroe a bonus membership in PF. Searching for xkcd turns up 263 PF posts.
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Cat proximity:
Danger
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What the hell is xkcd? 
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Danger said:What the hell is xkcd?![]()
Do you live under a rock?
Danger
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NeoDevin said:Do you live under a rock?
Apparently.
So what the **** is it?
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Danger
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Thanks, Borek. I notice that Hurkyl added a link in the OP that wasn't there when I first read it. Now I know what it is, but the humour eludes me. Must be some kind of tech stuff that I haven't been exposed to before.
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Depends. I am far from getting it every time. But some I like:
http://xkcd.com/675/
http://xkcd.com/657/
http://xkcd.com/655/
http://xkcd.com/646/ - I must admit I have bought new laptop recently, now I can post on PF from everywhere...
And so on.
http://xkcd.com/675/
http://xkcd.com/657/
http://xkcd.com/655/
http://xkcd.com/646/ - I must admit I have bought new laptop recently, now I can post on PF from everywhere...
And so on.
Danger
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Borek said:now I can post on PF from everywhere...
Oh, great... another green-haired Pole looking to take over the world...
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Some of those are pretty funny actually. I must admit however I was in the same 'wtf boat' as Danger before when there was no link... guess I live under a rock too huh? 

Danger
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Now, now... no need to cry.
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I can't find very geeky one that Junior showed me some time ago. This one fits PF:
http://xkcd.com/356/
http://xkcd.com/356/
Sorry!
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http://xkcd.com/85/
it's funny to me because I actually do do this. Anyone else do this or am I an oddball
it's funny to me because I actually do do this. Anyone else do this or am I an oddball
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hamster143 said:
I have a copy of that one stuck on the wall right above my computer, as a reminder both to myself and to my wife!
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Borek said:I can't find very geeky one that Junior showed me some time ago. This one fits PF:
http://xkcd.com/356/
How could I have forgotten that one. Nerd sniping actually works!
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=206096
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Hahahah...

hamster143
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I don't get it.
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hamster143 said:I don't get it.
A man with one hat stumbles across a man with 2 hats. They stare at each other...They stare some more. The man with 1 hat slowly backs away.Brilliant!
PS: Do you own a hamster? And moreover, do you love it? (trying to decipher your screen name
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http://xkcd.com/664/ definitely demonstrates how I've felt at work
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kote said:http://xkcd.com/664/ definitely demonstrates how I've felt at work.
The business may just heap more work on you, but they also give bigger raises to the folks that are harder to replace.
Does academia give raises?
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BobG said:The business may just heap more work on you, but they also give bigger raises to the folks that are harder to replace.
Does academia give raises?
I'm not complaining, just remembering trying to explain how some code works to my boss and being told no one cares, which does make sense
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I have a lot of favorites, but I always thought these three were hilarious (there are better ones, but none that I can think of off the top of my head):
Alt text -- 'Hey, everyone, you can totally trust that I didn't do a word count on MY edit!'
http://xkcd.com/545/
Alt text -- Sadly, this is a true story. At least I learned about the OS X 'say' command.
http://xkcd.com/530/
Alt text -- That cat has some serious periodic components
http://xkcd.com/26/
Alt text -- 'Hey, everyone, you can totally trust that I didn't do a word count on MY edit!'
http://xkcd.com/545/
Alt text -- Sadly, this is a true story. At least I learned about the OS X 'say' command.
http://xkcd.com/530/
Alt text -- That cat has some serious periodic components
http://xkcd.com/26/
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