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Size Venn Diagram
Monday March 11^th, 2019 at 3:51 PM

xkcd.com

Terms I'm going to start using: The Large Dipper, great potatoes, the Big Hadron Collider, and Large Orphan Annie.

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darth

2081 days ago

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Great potatoes!

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awilchak

2065 days ago

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wait. wow. whoa.

Brooklyn, New York

alt_text_bot

2081 days ago

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Terms I'm going to start using: The Large Dipper, great potatoes, the Big Hadron Collider, and Large Orphan Annie.

Here Is The Little Mermaid ‘Kiss the Girl’ Minor Key Cover You Didn’t Know You Wanted by David Malki
Tuesday June 21^st, 2016 at 10:36 AM

Wondermark

Here it is. (by Chase Holfelder)

Previously: Here Is The Soulful Acoustic Smash Mouth Cover You Didn’t Know You Wanted

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darth

3074 days ago

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jlvanderzwan

3074 days ago

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"wondermark.com/kiss-the-minor-key/"

Err...

Patch
Wednesday May 25^th, 2016 at 10:48 AM

xkcd.com

My optimizer uses content-aware inpainting to fill in all the wasted whitespace in the code, repeating the process until it compiles.

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darth

3101 days ago

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This... is horrifying.

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brico

3098 days ago

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Lololololo

Brooklyn, NY

satadru

3100 days ago

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!

New York, NY

Covarr

3101 days ago

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It also works on sandwiches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ScWu7pG7r0

East Helena, MT

alt_text_bot

3101 days ago

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My optimizer uses content-aware inpainting to fill in all the wasted whitespace in the code, repeating the process until it compiles.

Mycology
Wednesday April 6^th, 2016 at 3:32 PM

xkcd.com

Conspiracy theory: There's no such thing as corn. Those fields you see are just the stalks of a fungus that's controlling our brains to make us want to spread it.

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darth

3150 days ago

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I am now afraid of corn

Brstrk

3149 days ago

Here's to hoping they don't corrupt the Children.

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jcherfas

3149 days ago

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I'm not sure how much Randall understands that corn - not huitlacoche - is what is controlling our brains.

2bithacker

3150 days ago

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Reminds me of a vault experiment in Fallout 3 New Vegas.

Greater Seattle Area

kazriko

3150 days ago

Or the entire Last of Us game.

alt_text_bot

3150 days ago

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Conspiracy theory: There's no such thing as corn. Those fields you see are just the stalks of a fungus that's controlling our brains to make us want to spread it.

Hardware Reductionism
Friday October 9^th, 2015 at 11:32 PM

xkcd.com

My MRI research shows a clear correlation between the size of the parietal lobe--the part of the brain that handles spatial reasoning--and enjoyment of 3D Doritos®.

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darth

3329 days ago

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Is all this talk about iPhones supposed to be ironic or what?

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Repton

3329 days ago

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Yeah, long press doesn't work on my 6S.

Covarr

3330 days ago

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Alt text: My MRI research shows a clear correlation between the size of the parietal lobe--the part of the brain that handles spatial reasoning--and enjoyment of 3D Doritos®.

East Helena, MT

cbenard

3330 days ago

You don't need to do that anymore. You can just hover on the desktop now, and you can long-press on mobile.

Covarr

3330 days ago

Oh, cool, that's good to know.

3330 days ago

You can't long-press in News+. OTOH, you can't see the comments in News+...

cbenard

3330 days ago

I use the official apps.

3330 days ago

Not everyone does.

acdha

3330 days ago

Also that feature used to work in the official iOS app but is broken currently

samuel

3329 days ago

Wait, what? It is?

samuel

3329 days ago

Looks like it works fine in the latest beta. I don't have the old app to check, but it will definitely work when this beta gets released.

samuel

3329 days ago

Also, for the record, I like folks who share the Alt Text. It gives a place to just talk about the alt text, which for a comic as popular and single-paneled as XKCD, is a nice benefit.

acdha

3329 days ago

@samuel: looks to be hardware specific. On my iPhone 6S+ long presses on images do nothing – the menu never displays (I tried with and without 3D Touch enabled) — but after powering up my old iPhone 4S, I confirmed that the same version of the app works there. Both devices are running iOS 9.0.2.

CaffieneKitty

3329 days ago

THANK YOU! I check my feed on my old iPhone and there is no way to see the alt text at all, even directly on the site. I really appreciate you doing this!

cbenard

3327 days ago

They are right. It's broken on my 6S as well. Long press no longer works.

JayM

3330 days ago

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Ha!

Atlanta, GA

alt_text_bot

3330 days ago

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My MRI research shows a clear correlation between the size of the parietal lobe--the part of the brain that handles spatial reasoning--and enjoyment of 3D Doritos®.