schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoxkcd #3047: Rotary Toolxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down11file-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-up21arrow-down1·2 years 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-up16·2 years agoHe also put 33 instead of 33 and ⅓. Get the pitchforks!
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years 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-up8·2 years 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-up4·2 years 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.