schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoxkcd #3047: Rotary Toolxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
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It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8. https://explainxkcd.com/3047/
minus-squareintelisense@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoEverything in XKCD is based on truth. That’s what makes it so funny… to geeks, at least. Edit: God damn it, he put 72 instead of 78 RPM. I guess he does make mistakes after all…
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHe’s made typos a few times in the past too: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?search=typo&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoHe also put 33 instead of 33 and ⅓. Get the pitchforks!
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoJust a random thought, I always knew that 33 multiplied by 3 is 99 and 33 1/3 multiplied by 3 is 100, but I never considered that 33 is 99% of 33 1/3.
Everything in XKCD is based on truth. That’s what makes it so funny… to geeks, at least.
Edit: God damn it, he put 72 instead of 78 RPM. I guess he does make mistakes after all…
He’s made typos a few times in the past too: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?search=typo&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
He also put 33 instead of 33 and ⅓. Get the pitchforks!
Just a random thought, I always knew that 33 multiplied by 3 is 99 and 33 1/3 multiplied by 3 is 100, but I never considered that 33 is 99% of 33 1/3.