xkcd the umpteenth (previous thread timed out?)

[halfeye]

https://xkcd.com/2897/

Okay, this one is funny, because astronomers don't do that.

[Maat Mons]

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I like to see new versions of threads link to the old ones. Here are the ones I can find:

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• XKCD - it's awesome!
• xkcd: when it's good, it's good
• XKCD II - (May be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors.)
• xkcd 1 (As Far As I Can Tell): Wow, That's a Really Cool Baby!
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[halfeye]

You can ask the mods for permission to revive an old thread.



I like to see new versions of threads link to the old ones. Here are the ones I can find:

• Xkcd
• XKCD - it's awesome!
• xkcd: when it's good, it's good
• XKCD II - (May be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors.)
• xkcd 1 (As Far As I Can Tell): Wow, That's a Really Cool Baby!
• xkcd
• xkcd

It's very nice of you to do that, and I'm glad you did. I on the other hand couldn't be bothered, no offence to anyone intended thereby.

[Lord Torath]

I guess we're ignoring the Roche limit?

[DavidSh]

I guess we're ignoring the Roche limit?

Among the multitude of other problems, a stepladder doesn't let you match velocities, so you aren't going to get a soft landing.

[Radar]

Among the multitude of other problems, a stepladder doesn't let you match velocities, so you aren't going to get a soft landing.

Besides, why not use the fireman's pole that is set between Moon and Earth in the first place?

[Lord Torath]

Besides, why not use the fireman's pole that is set between Moon and Earth in the first place?

You mean, aside from the obvious?

[Radar]

You mean, aside from the obvious?

True, that guy probably dismantled that pole long ago as he was asked to.

[Lord Torath]

Anyone else excited for the eclipse? I am really, really hoping for clear weather.

[Ionathus]

The forecast is really bothering me, but we're going regardless. Got no other choice, and the forecast might clear, and we also might get lucky even if the day is cloudy. Plus I hear you still get a cool moment even if you can't see the sun.

I so, so deeply regret missing the 2017 eclipse. Come hell or high water, I'm gonna be there for this one.

[DavidSh]

I've seen five total solar eclipses, including flying out to Nebraska to see the 2017 one, so I'm not so sad that I have to miss this one. A deep partial eclipse is pretty impressive in itself, but totality is amazing. It looks like a hole in the sky, as if there should be Lovecraftian creatures coming through.

[Seppl]

Anyone else thinks that this year's April's fool is the best one ever? Somehow this simple minigame really tickled my fancy, and the "competitive" nature of getting permanently on the board made me constantly one-up myself, both, creatively and mechanically. Was really happy when my best machine - yet - actually made it.

[Errorname]

Had the staggeringly good fortune to have the clouds break in time for a good clear view at the totality. Staggeringly beautiful

[DavidSh]

The recent Types of Eclipse Photo panel fits with my past experience, except that I never had the fancy lens, nor opportunities to photograph from orbit. And he missed the "photograph from a rolling ship and too long an exposure without stabilization" that I have a number of.

[John Campbell]

Anyone else thinks that this year's April's fool is the best one ever? Somehow this simple minigame really tickled my fancy, and the "competitive" nature of getting permanently on the board made me constantly one-up myself, both, creatively and mechanically. Was really happy when my best machine - yet - actually made it.

I'm finding it really frustrating, because I spend ages making something that'll reliably feed different color streams across each other and route them to the correct outputs even if I'm getting polluted inputs — or at least trap the wrong ones — and then the next time I look at its grid section, it's been replaced by something that doesn't work.