Calvin_And_Hobbes: 2016-10-24.1

Garfield: 2016-10-24.1

Heathcliff: 2016-10-24.1

Wizard_of_Id: 2016-10-24.1

Dilbert: 2016-10-24.1

Ruthe: 2016-10-24.1

BC: 2016-10-24.1

xkcd: "Genetic Testing" 2016-10-23.1

Plus, now I know that I have risk factors for elbow dysplasia, heartworm, parvo, and mange.

xkcd: "Business Idea" 2016-10-23.10

Then we move to phase two. Gas stations store fuel in underground tanks. Normally, these are inaccessible except via the pump. However, with hydraulic fracturing, we-- Wait! Come back!

xkcd: "Business Idea" 2016-10-23.11

Then we move to phase two. Gas stations store fuel in underground tanks. Normally, these are inaccessible except via the pump. However, with hydraulic fracturing, we-- Wait! Come back!

xkcd: "Business Idea" 2016-10-23.12

Then we move to phase two. Gas stations store fuel in underground tanks. Normally, these are inaccessible except via the pump. However, with hydraulic fracturing, we-- Wait! Come back!

xkcd: "Debugging" 2016-10-23.13

When you Google an error message and it gets no results, you can be pretty sure you've found a clue to the location of Martin's sword.

xkcd: "Debugging" 2016-10-23.14

When you Google an error message and it gets no results, you can be pretty sure you've found a clue to the location of Martin's sword.

xkcd: "Debugging" 2016-10-23.15

When you Google an error message and it gets no results, you can be pretty sure you've found a clue to the location of Martin's sword.

xkcd: "Debugging" 2016-10-23.16

When you Google an error message and it gets no results, you can be pretty sure you've found a clue to the location of Martin's sword.

xkcd: "Meteorite Identification" 2016-10-23.17

Click for an actual flowchart for identifying a meteorite. My favorite part is how 'Did someone see it fall? -> Yes' points to 'NOT A METEORITE.' This is not a mistake.

xkcd: "Meteorite Identification" 2016-10-23.18

Click for an actual flowchart for identifying a meteorite. My favorite part is how 'Did someone see it fall? -> Yes' points to 'NOT A METEORITE.' This is not a mistake.

xkcd: "Meteorite Identification" 2016-10-23.19

Click for an actual flowchart for identifying a meteorite. My favorite part is how 'Did someone see it fall? -> Yes' points to 'NOT A METEORITE.' This is not a mistake.

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xkcd: "xkcd Phone 4" 2016-10-23.2

The SpaceX system carefully guides falling phones down to the surface, a process which the phones increasingly often survive without exploding.

xkcd: "Linear Regression" 2016-10-23.20

The 95% confidence interval suggests Rexthor's dog could also be a cat, or possibly a teapot.

xkcd: "Unicode" 2016-10-23.21

I'm excited about the proposal to add a "brontosaurus" emoji codepoint because it has the potential to bring together a half-dozen different groups of pedantic people into a single glorious internet argument.

xkcd: "Number of Computers" 2016-10-23.22

They try to pad their numbers in the annual reports by counting Galileo's redundant systems as multiple computers, but they're falling behind badly either way.

xkcd: "Unicode" 2016-10-23.23

I'm excited about the proposal to add a "brontosaurus" emoji codepoint because it has the potential to bring together a half-dozen different groups of pedantic people into a single glorious internet argument.

xkcd: "Number of Computers" 2016-10-23.24

They try to pad their numbers in the annual reports by counting Galileo's redundant systems as multiple computers, but they're falling behind badly either way.

xkcd: "Cron Mail" 2016-10-23.25

Take THAT, piece of 1980s-era infrastructure I've inexplicably maintained on my systems for 15 years despite never really learning how it works.

xkcd: "Number of Computers" 2016-10-23.26

They try to pad their numbers in the annual reports by counting Galileo's redundant systems as multiple computers, but they're falling behind badly either way.

xkcd: "Cron Mail" 2016-10-23.27

Take THAT, piece of 1980s-era infrastructure I've inexplicably maintained on my systems for 15 years despite never really learning how it works.

xkcd: "Migrating Geese" 2016-10-23.28

"Hey guys! I have a great idea for a migration!" "Dammit, Kevin."

xkcd: "Starshade" 2016-10-23.29

The New Worlds Mission is already trying to get funding for this, but NASA sponsored their proposal, so it will be hard to catch the telescope people by surprise with it.

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xkcd: "Dehydration" 2016-10-23.3

I don't care what the research says. Everybody knows you should drink 3,000 glasses of water a day and change your oil every 8 miles.

xkcd: "Reductionism" 2016-10-23.30

"I've noticed you physics people can be a little on the reductionist side." "That's ridiculous. Name ONE reductionist word I've ever said."

xkcd: "Solar Spectrum" 2016-10-23.31

I still don't understand why the Sun paid the extra money for Transitions lenses.

xkcd: "Fashion Police and Grammar Police" 2016-10-23.32

* Mad about jorts

xkcd: "Reductionism" 2016-10-23.33

"I've noticed you physics people can be a little on the reductionist side." "That's ridiculous. Name ONE reductionist word I've ever said."

xkcd: "Manhattan Project" 2016-10-23.34

On the plus side, we definitely killed that cancer over there, even if we caused a bunch more everywhere else.

xkcd: "Datacenter Scale" 2016-10-23.35

Asimov's Cosmic AC was created by linking all datacenters through hyperspace, which explains a lot. It didn't reverse entropy--it just discarded the universe when it reached end-of-life and ordered a new one.

xkcd: "Moon Shapes" 2016-10-23.36

Whenever I see a picture of the moon where the points go more than halfway around, I assume it's being eclipsed by one of those Independence Day ships and interpret the rest of the image in light of that.

xkcd: "Moon Shapes" 2016-10-23.37

Whenever I see a picture of the moon where the points go more than halfway around, I assume it's being eclipsed by one of those Independence Day ships and interpret the rest of the image in light of that.

xkcd: "Fixing Problems" 2016-10-23.38

'What was the original problem you were trying to fix?' 'Well, I noticed one of the tools I was using had an inefficiency that was wasting my time.'

xkcd: "Rosetta" 2016-10-23.39

I WONDERED why he kept asking whether we thought the impact speed was too low.

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xkcd: "Inflection" 2016-10-23.4

"Or maybe, because we're suddenly having so many conversations through written text, we'll start relying MORE on altered spelling to indicate meaning!" "Wat."

xkcd: "Spider Paleontology" 2016-10-23.40

Whenever you see a video of birds doing something weird, remember: Birds are a small subset of dinosaurs, so the weirdness of birds is a small subset of the weirdness of dinosaurs.

xkcd: "Future Archaeology" 2016-10-23.41

"The only link we've found between the two documents is that a fragment of the Noah one mentions Aaron's brother Moses parting an ocean. Is that right?" "... yes. Yes, exactly."

xkcd: "Mushrooms" 2016-10-23.42

Evolutionarily speaking, mushrooms are technically a type of ghost.

xkcd: "Walking Into Things" 2016-10-23.5

A childhood spent walking while reading books has prepared me unexpectedly well for today's world.

xkcd: "Snapchat" 2016-10-23.6

For obvious reasons, the prize is awarded at a different time of year from the others, while it's still fresh in the committee's memory.

xkcd: "Politifact" 2016-10-23.7

"Ok, I lit the smoke bomb and rolled it under the bed. Let's see if it--" ::FWOOOSH:: "Politifact says: PANTS ON FIRE!"

xkcd: "50 ccs" 2016-10-23.8

There's been a raccoon accident at an accordion bacchanalia! Double doses!

xkcd: "Volcano Types" 2016-10-23.9

It's hard living somewhere with antlions, because every time you find one of their traps, you feel compelled to spend all day constructing a tiny model of Jabba's sail barge next to it.

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