xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Every Data Table
13 aug. 2021 - [I'm hoping 2022 is relatively normal because I don't know what symbol comes after the asterisk and the dagger.]
 · covid-19 · funny · statistics

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Abandonment Function
6 aug. 2021 - [Remember to only adopt domesticated drones that specifically request it. It's illegal to collect wild ones under the Migratory Drone Treaty Act.]
 · drones · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Mine Captcha
30 jul. 2021 - [This data is actually going into improving our self-driving car project, so hurry up--it's almost at the minefield.]
 · captchas · funny · self-driving-cars

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Board Game Party Schedule
7 jul. 2021 - [Several of the guests are secretly playing Meta Board Game Party. Every minute of parallel debate in the breakaway faction earns double victory points!]
 · funny · games

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Base Rate
14 jun. 2021 - [Sure, you can talk about per-capita adjustment, but if you want to solve the problem, it's obvious that this is the problem group you need to focus on.]
 · base-rate · funny · statistics

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Wikipedia Caltrops
24 may. 2021 - Oh no, they set up a roadblock which is just a sign with the entire 'Czech hedgehog' article printed on it.
 · curiosity · funny · wikipedia

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Aviation Firsts
19 apr. 2021 - [Mile High Club membership [✓] [ ] Discovery of parts of Amelia Earhart's skeleton [ ] [ ] Mid-flight incident that results in safe landing on the Hudson River [✓] [ ]]
 · aviation · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
AI Methodology
16 apr. 2021 - [We've learned that weird spacing and diacritics in the methodology description are apparently the key to good research; luckily, we've developed an AI tool to help us figure out where to add them.]
 · artificial-intelligence · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Manage Your Preferences
3 mar. 2021 - [Manage cookies related to essential site functions, such as keeping Atrius and his sons imprisoned within the page.]
 · cookies · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Appliances
3 feb. 2021 - [If you had an oven bag and a dryer that runs unusually hot, I guess you could in theory make tumbled eggs.]
 · cooking · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Allow Captcha
22 jan. 2021 - [To prove you're human, please click all the number pairs that appear together in your Social Security number.]
 · captchas · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Covid Precaution Level
7 dec. 2020 - [It's frustrating to calibrate your precautions when there's only one kind of really definitive feedback you can get, you can only get it once, and when you do it's too late.]
 · covid-19 · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Life Before the Pandemic
27 nov. 2020 - [I can't wait until this is all over and I can go back to riding my horse through the mall.]
 · covid-19 · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Final Exam
13 nov. 2020 - [For those of you also taking Game Theory, your grade in that class will be based on how close your grade on this exam is to 80% of the average.]
 · cybersecurity · educational-surveillance · educational-technology · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Probability Comparisons
30 oct. 2020 - [Call me, MAYBE.]
 · funny · probability

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
10,000 Hours
19 oct. 2020 - [I'm proud to announce that as of this year I've become a world-class expert at chewing.]
 · 10000-hour-rule · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
All-in-One
7 oct. 2020 - [Changes with this update: If you use the combined scan-shred function, it now performs them in that order instead of the reverse, saving a HUGE amount of CPU time.]
 · funny · printing · scanning

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Messaging Systems
28 sep. 2020 - [SMS is just the worst, but I'm having trouble convincing people to adopt my preferred system, TLS IRC with a local server and a patched DOSBox gateway running in my mobile browser.]
 · funny · messaging · sms

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Polls vs the Street
9 sep. 2020 - Other pollsters complain about declining response rates, but our poll showed that 96% of respondents would be 'somewhat likely' or 'very likely' to agree to answer a series of questions for a survey.
 · funny · polling

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Deer Turrets
24 aug. 2020 - [When my great grandfather designed the Titanic and it hit an iceberg and sank, he didn't sit around moping. He took those lessons to his next job designing airships, and he made the Hindenburg completely iceberg-proof!]
 · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Boat Puzzle
19 aug. 2020 - ['No, my cabbage moths have already started laying eggs in them! Send the trolley into the river!' 'No, the sailing wolf will steal the boat to rescue them!']
 · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Exposure Notification
5 aug. 2020 - I don't see why everyone is so hungry for BAD news, but fine, I'll give in to feedback and add a dark mode.
 · covid-19-apps · funny

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Asterisk Corrections
24 jul. 2020 - I like trying to make it as hard as possible. "I'd love to meet up, maybe in a few days? Next week is looking pretty empty. *witchcraft"
 · funny · language

xkcd.com > Randall Munroe
Space Basketball
3 jul. 2020 - [My shooting will improve over the short term, but over the long term the universe will take more shots.]
 · basketball · funny · probability