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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-up21arrow-down1·edit-23 months 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-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoHe also put 33 instead of 33 and ⅓. Get the pitchforks!
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months 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.
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months 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-squareintelisense@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI mean, technically, the record will play just fine. Everything will be slightly slower and lower pitched, but it’ll work. Think doom metal meets 1930s jazz.
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 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.
Woah…
He’s made typos a few times in the past too: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?search=typo&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go
I mean, technically, the record will play just fine. Everything will be slightly slower and lower pitched, but it’ll work. Think doom metal meets 1930s jazz.