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2019-03-29, 04:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Sadly, I think "Big Stupid" is running the show right now.
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2019-03-29, 05:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Running" is a strong word. Maybe "flailing at."
I'd like to see this extended into two dimensions like the scariness of the name vs scariness of the thing. In this case, sinister/silly rating on the X axis and actual sinster/silly on the Y. I nominate Big Corn as having a silly name for a sinister influence on a broad spectrum of life.
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2019-03-29, 06:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think we all know who the real mastermind is!
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2019-03-29, 06:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-04-01, 12:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-04-23, 01:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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This was probably intentional on Randall's part, but the top google image search result for "wheel" is in fact a bicycle wheel today. I'm curious whether the bike wheel was the first result before today, of if it rose to the top after all the xkcd readers searched "wheel" and clicked on the first bike wheel they saw. It would be interesting to see Beret Guy attach a wheel of cheese to his cars, or a ferris wheel or wheel of fortune for that matter.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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2019-04-23, 03:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Google search results are personalized to the user. Two different persons will get two different top results.
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2019-04-23, 09:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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The first page of DuckDuckGo image searches (which are not personalized) does include bicycle wheels, though they aren't first.
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2019-04-25, 07:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
- Douglas Adams
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2019-04-25, 07:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-04-25, 07:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
- Douglas Adams
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2019-04-25, 08:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-04-26, 02:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-04-26, 02:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Incognito mode prevents a web site from accessing any record of anything on your computer that happened outside the Incognito window, and prevents other windows on your computer from accessing anything that's recorded in the Incognito window. This means Google cannot access your browser history or cookies.
Incognito mode does not, as far as I know, prevent access to things like that you're using Chrome, what version you're using, what your screen resolution is, and many other bits and pieces of information like that, which can be used to create a "device fingerprint" that is mostly stable (so it will be the same in an Incognito window as in your normal browsing or a previous Incognito session) and is very likely unique when considered as a whole. Incognito mode certainly does not prevent a web site from recording things on its own servers, and Google could (I don't know if they actually do) save your device fingerprint on their servers and use it to look up your search history in their records even in Incognito mode.
Incognito mode also does not hide your IP address, which might rarely change and could be used to track you with a bit less certainty.Like 4X (aka Civilization-like) gaming? Know programming? Interested in game development? Take a look.
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2019-05-30, 08:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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It says a lot about the world today that I read this and assumed this was an actual thing people believed. That being said, there's probably actually someone out there who really thinks this.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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You mean St. Andrews actually has a lightsaber team?
Or did I get the wrong comic?Last edited by Lord Torath; 2019-05-31 at 08:41 AM.
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I suppose I could have checked the Wiki to see if the Diploma Legal Notes was posted today. Most of the time "today's" comic isn't up when I get to work, and shows up sometime later in the day. Thus, I assumed the Diploma Legal Notes was Wednesday's comic.
That, and your comment was much funnier when applied to today's Alt-Text!Warhammer 40,000 Campaign Skirmish Game: Warpstrike
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2019-05-31, 10:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Google results are personalized, two different people searching for the same thing get different things."
"Oh yeah well what if instead I test that theory by having one person search in two different ways? Does it help if one of the ways, Google pinky-swore it probably wouldn't spy on me?"
"...one person doing it twice and getting the same result doesn't disprove two people doing it once and getting different results. Have you tried asking a friend?"
"Who needs friends when you have Incognito Mode?"
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2019-06-01, 02:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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The question remains, if it does more then this.
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2019-06-01, 10:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-06-01, 07:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Whoever linked to webring, Malwarebytes is reporting that it blocked a Trojan from that address.
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
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2019-06-01, 07:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-06-02, 04:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Could you guys instead of saying "Today's comic" actually just link to the comic? Figuring out "today's comic" when reading through the thread is extremely painful.
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2019-06-05, 08:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, the comics always even have the permanent link helpfully under them. The only excuse is if you are using a touch-screen device, and then you really should have thought of that before you decided to inconvenience the rest of us you selfish so-and-so.
On the other hand, I feel the need to throw over ripe fruit at Randal because he doesn't list the date of first posting on his comics. Let's just hand out the blame all around.
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2019-06-05, 09:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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