His stickfigure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Based on the xkcd comic xkcd loves the discovery channel. Three word phrase, smbc, dinosaur comics, oglaf nsfw, a softer world, buttersafe, perry bible fellowship, questionable content, buttercup. See more ideas about humor, programming humor and science jokes. While its practically required reading in the geek community, xkcd fans are as varied as the comics subject matter. Your love is one in a million you couldnt buy it at any price. From a neogeek cool perspective, nobody hits the jokes right on the head every time the way artist randall munroe does. Earth science stack exchange is a question and answer site for those interested in the geology, meteorology, oceanography, and environmental sciences. This means youre free to copy and share these comics but not to sell them. Munroe states on the comics website that the name of the comic is not an initialism, but just a word with no phonetic pronunciation the subject matter of the comic varies from. What if i took a swim in a typical spent nuclear fuel pool. Wait for me the cure useless science hobby secret worlds malaria penny arcade want found counterred spiders secrets schrodinger love red spiders 2 geico old drawing light bowl apple jacks hyphen scientists sheep flowers selfreference pillar barrel part 5 donner hitler elefino meat cereals fourier barrel part 4 godel, escher, kurt halsey t.
In this capacity, hes also known for being one of the most ardent and outspoken. Xkcd stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. Based on the xkcd comic xkcd loves the discovery channel animation noam raby. Ellen, a friend of mine whos a student at reed and senior reactor. Would i need to dive to actually experience a fatal amount of radiation. Radiation levels are often described as times the normal level or % over the legal limit, which can be pretty confusing. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercial 2. This is an attempt to explain hills criteria using xkcd comics, both because it seemed fun, and also to motivate causal inference instructures to have some variety in which xkcd comic they include in lectures. This book creates laughs from science jokes on one page to relationship humor on another. We think so, so weve collected some of our favorites about computers and the web to give you a muchneeded break from coding. Top 5 xkcd comics which can illustrate programming questions.
As tim minchin put it in his song if i didnt have you. What if serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions is out now in the us, published by houghton mifflin harcourt. A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Richard stallman, or rms after his handle, is an oldschool hacker known in the late 2000s primarily for establishing the free software foundation fsf and initiating the gnu project in the early 1980s, which produced major portions of what would later be the gnulinux operating system. Bonus points if you can identify the science in question archive.
Creator of web cartoon xkcd writing a paper book the new. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. Anatomy of a software developer infographic so much of what we do today revolves around technology and the software that powers it. Xkcd contest winners force book tour stop in juneau alaska. Richard stallman is famous for beginning the gnu project and is outspoken on the topic of open source software and free software.
The comics tagline describes it as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Theres a lot of discussion of radiation from the fukushima plants, along with comparisons to three mile island and chernobyl. Its interesting that one of the referenced papers, pseudo random number generators in programming languages, displays the xkcd comic right on its first page. Have a friend thats an engineer mechanical yet hasnt ever seen xkcd, what are a few of your favorite engineeringrelated xkcds i can send to. The author is at pains to inform readers that, although he has a degree in physics, he works as the ownercreator of a webcomic, xkcd, he also warns that he is less interested in health and safety than in exploring how. By duncan geere, wired uk webcomic artist randall munroe, who draws xkcd, has updated his map of online communities for 2010, to reflect how.
If you like math, science, computer program, nerdiness, andor love, you might like xkcd too. Posted by randall 20110319 809 comments on radiation chart theres a lot of discussion of radiation from the fukushima plants, along with comparisons to three mile island and chernobyl. I just finished reading every single xkcd comic posted to date. So lets assume your soul mate lives at the same time as you. Youll love a book about science from randall munroe. It appears to me that no actual force was involved. And so, i present, for your reading enjoyment, the definitive collection of the best xkcd comics for programmers.
What if serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical. From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd comes this hilarious and informative book of answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask millions of people visit each week to read randall munroes iconic webcomic. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. It features primarily stick figures and typically focuses on nerdy topics such as science, math, science fiction, firefly, and the like. Science was released on livejournal 18 january 2006, another comic 51. This is stricter than the standard age gap creepiness formula, but if we assume a 30yearold and a 40yearold can be soul mates, then the creepiness rule is violated if they. Careful mathematical analysis demonstrates smallscale irregularities in gaussian distribution. Top 10 programming comics cartoons selected by stackoverflow users. Stephen jay gould wrote a typically marvelous essay on him and his efforts to reform the calendar. Thanks for contributing an answer to earth science stack exchange. Oct 17, 2009 there are so many things to love in this world. Here are the top 10 programmers comics that stackoverflow users voted for.
Created in 2005 by american author randall munroe, xkcd is a popular webcomic that focuses on tech, science, and internet culture, with its subject matter varies from statements on life and love to mathematical, programming, and scientific injokes. Ibm exec told that high court evidence in coop insurance case wasnt truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth chromium edge shored up against unwanted apps, peekable notifications in surface duo, and a power apps tshirt contest. Water is good for both radiation shielding and cooling, so fuel is stored at the bottom of pools for a couple decades until its inert enough to be moved into dry casks. If you love me, get a life munroe applauded their efforts in a blog post. Clearly someone with a science and software background, he hits on just about every nuance of the hightech and highmind personality, allowing a unique balance of whimsical observation and modestly. Xkcd, for the uninitiated, is a webcomic drawn by randall munroe. But avoid asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. High quality xkcd inspired tshirts by independent artists and designers from around the world. And maybe its ridiculous to pay for stick figures you can get for free online, but its worth giving randall some money for a job well done plus, the book is a nice conversation piece. Spent fuel from nuclear reactors is highly radioactive. Subtitled serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions, this book is as entertaining as it is informative. Cartoonist randall munroe calls xkcd a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. More and updated information on the english edition, and the many upcoming foreignlanguage editions can be found here.
There are a lot of problems with the concept of a single random soul mate. Munroe selected the best of xkcd from the first 500 or so comics. The only legitimate reason for not liking it is jealousy that you can never be as clever as randall munroe, the genius behind xkcd. By duncan geere, wired uk webcomic artist randall munroe, who draws xkcd, has updated his map of online communities for 2010, to reflect how the volume of social activity has changed around the. Sign in coronavirus data centre software security devops business personal tech science emergent tech bootnotes. Furthermore, to keep things from getting creepy, well assume theyre within a few years of your age. Malaria also became the next comic released on livejournal, but this meant that three comics in a row were posted a. The print xkcd book is not being published through a traditional company but rather by breadpig which was created by alexis ohanian.
Malaria also became the next comic released on livejournal, but this meant that three comics in a row were posted a release day earlier on xkcd than on livejournal. We havent really agreed on where to put those dry casks yet. Specifically, he is an outspoken critic of open source, and an outspoken proponent of free software. The definitive collection of xkcd programmers comics. Mar 11, 20 the only legitimate reason for not liking it is jealousy that you can never be as clever as randall munroe, the genius behind xkcd. Xkcd forum hacked over 562,000 users account details leaked. Yesterday, there was a top post on this sub on 30day trial ibm gives for its data science courses, specializations and certs. One of these days we should probably figure that out. Assuming youre a reasonably good swimmer, you could probably survive treading water anywhere from 10 to 40 hours. Submissions should relate to the xkcd comic, or other works of randall munroe. Apr 20, 2009 the print xkcd book is not being published through a traditional company but rather by breadpig which was created by alexis ohanian, one of the founders of the socialnews web site reddit. This one makes me wince every time i think about it archive.
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