xkcd

10 Nov 2017 06:05

'When we started distributing special status tokens that signify which people are important enough to join an elite group, we never could have imagined we might be creating some problems down the line.'

xkcd

08 Nov 2017 16:45

'If you want in on the fun, map a key on your keyboard to the sequence U+0041 U+0020 U+FFFD (or U+0021 U+0020 U+FFFD for the exclamation point version), and then no update can never take this away from you.'

xkcd

06 Nov 2017 06:05

'Your problem is so terrible, I worry that, if I help you, I risk drawing the attention of whatever god of technology inflicted it on you.'

xkcd

03 Nov 2017 15:10

'NO DRAMA ZONE -> If I've made you sad, you'd better not tell me, because I am TERRIFIED of that situation and have NO IDEA how to handle it.'

xkcd

01 Nov 2017 16:20

'Where I live, one of the most common categories of sky object without a weird obsessive spotting community is "lost birthday party balloons," so that might be a good choice—although you risk angering the marine wildlife people, and they have sharks.'

xkcd

30 Oct 2017 17:00

'I spent a long time thinking about how to design a system for long-term organization and storage of subject-specific informational resources without needing ongoing work from the experts who created them, only to realized I'd just reinvented libraries.'

xkcd

27 Oct 2017 17:35

'I should make a list of all the things I could be trying to optimize, prioritized by ... well, I guess there are a few different variables I could use. I'll create a spreadsheet ...'

xkcd

25 Oct 2017 17:30

'It also helps with negotiation. "Look, if it were up to me, *I'd* accept your offer, but my swarm of autonomous killer cells literally can't be reasoned with. It's out of my hands!"'

xkcd

23 Oct 2017 17:30

'I started off with countless problems. But now I know, thanks to COUNT(), that I have "#REF! ERROR: Circular dependency detected" problems.'

xkcd

20 Oct 2017 06:05

'If you want to evenly space them, it's easiest to alternate between the Arctic and Antarctic. Some people just go to the Arctic twice, near the equinoxes so the visits are almost 6 months apart, but it's not the same.'

xkcd

18 Oct 2017 15:20

'The 1919 Great Boston Molasses Flood remained the deadliest confectionery containment accident until the Canadian Space Agency's 2031 orbital maple syrup delivery disaster.'

xkcd

16 Oct 2017 16:25

'Our experts have characterized the ecological impact of this trend as "adorable."'

xkcd

13 Oct 2017 13:25

'A schism between the pro-panhandle and anti-panhandle factions eventually led to war, but both sides spent too much time working on their flag designs to actually do much fighting.'

xkcd

11 Oct 2017 16:45

'It's like I've always said--people just need more common sense. But not the kind of common sense that lets them figure out that they're being condescended to by someone who thinks they're stupid, because then I'll be in trouble.'

xkcd

09 Oct 2017 15:35

'I had some important research to do on proposed interstellar space missions, basketball statistics, canceled skyscrapers, and every article linked from "Women in warfare and the military in the 19th century."'

xkcd

10 Nov 2017 06:05

1914. "Twitter Verification"

xkcd

08 Nov 2017 16:45

1913. "A �"

xkcd

06 Nov 2017 06:05

1912. "Thermostat"

xkcd

03 Nov 2017 15:10

1911. "Defensive Profile"

xkcd

01 Nov 2017 16:20

1910. "Sky Spotters"

xkcd

30 Oct 2017 17:00

1909. "Digital Resource Lifespan"

xkcd

27 Oct 2017 17:35

1908. "Credit Card Rewards"

xkcd

25 Oct 2017 17:30

1907. "Immune System"

xkcd

23 Oct 2017 17:30

1906. "Making Progress"

xkcd

20 Oct 2017 06:05

1905. "Cast Iron Pan"

xkcd

18 Oct 2017 15:20

1904. "Research Risks"

xkcd

16 Oct 2017 16:25

1903. "Bun Trend"

xkcd

13 Oct 2017 13:25

1902. "State Borders"

xkcd

11 Oct 2017 16:45

1901. "Logical"

xkcd

09 Oct 2017 15:35

1900. "Jet Lag"