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- Tue Apr 18, 2017 1:01 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Military coup attempt in Turkey? [coup fails] [skullcracking!]
- Replies: 126
- Views: 25261
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:30 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1119
- Views: 134434
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
I'm not sure what to think about this. On the one hand, its an opportunity to show the Tories we won't put up with their shit anymore. On the other, the electorate are short memoried suggestible fools and a few Trump style lies will cement another 5 years of conservative destruction. I really wish I...
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:14 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1825: "7 Eleven"
- Replies: 85
- Views: 16580
Re: 1825: "7 Eleven"
Soupspoon wrote:But what I hate is "24/7/365",as a 'motto' or directive. The latter number should be more like 52, or thereabouts.
Right, or just 24/365
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 4:16 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1825: "7 Eleven"
- Replies: 85
- Views: 16580
Re: 1825: "7 Eleven"
7 hours a day, 11 days a week. We don't have 7 Elevens round these parts, but all the major supermarket chains have smaller stores that are generally open those hours (square-footage having relevance to Sunday trading laws). With the large 24 hour stores not able to open long hours on a Sunday, this...
- Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:16 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 105816
- Views: 34411954
Re: 1190: "Time"
I play Lindsey Stirling when driving, and a surprising number of my passengers recognise her and approve, given how different our other musical preferences are.
- Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:24 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Thoughts for ships
- Replies: 89854
- Views: 7250414
Re: Thoughts for ships
I got it, but not quickly enough to want to admit to it
- Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:35 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 105816
- Views: 34411954
Re: 1190: "Time"
I don't see why posting elsewhere necessitates cranial nudity
- Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:05 pm UTC
- Forum: Movies and TV Shows
- Topic: The Misogyny Kool-Aid
- Replies: 56
- Views: 9303
Re: The Misogyny Kool-Aid
Rape can be seriously harmful to women (and men) in college.
- Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:26 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 105816
- Views: 34411954
Re: 1190: "Time"
You didn't miss the connection, you just had to Wait For It!
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:51 pm UTC
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Science-based what-if questions
- Replies: 572
- Views: 59713
Re: Science-based what-if questions
And how many giraffes-high are any of these proposed houses, anyway? I prefer my houses measured in blue whales. (It must be livable, mind you, though the plumbing and electrical wiring don't need to be gold) I'm not sure either of those would be an issue. Insulating your gold wiring from your gold...
- Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:58 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Date for a comic?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2633
Re: Date for a comic?
Dates for comics can be found as hovertext on the archive page.
- Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:49 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1821: "Incinerator"
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4967
Re: 1821: "Incinerator"
That's when you move to a bigger house.
- Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:37 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1821: "Incinerator"
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4967
Re: 1821: "Incinerator"
I've totally disposed of a bin by putting it in a bigger bin before.
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:55 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1820: "Security Advice"
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7092
Re: 1820: "Security Advice"
...and then immediately afterwards recalled the password I'd just had overwritten, and that I couldn't even reuse due to historic passwords being ineligible. I regularly try to change a forgotten password to the forgotten password. At least I can usually cancel the reset and log in with the freshly...
- Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:16 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1820: "Security Advice"
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7092
Re: 1820: "Security Advice"
My smoke detector is also 2F, supposedly using some form of heat detection alongside smoke detection to prevent false-toaster-positives. Doesn't work though (the false positive prevention that is, the detector works fine).
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:33 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Mass Effect : Meet and Fuck
- Replies: 276
- Views: 63590
Re: Mass Effect : Meet and Fuck
I, too, ended up with a face way off my norm. But this is Ryder, not Shepard, and I like the change.
That's welcome. It's nice to have when exploring but a drag when actually doing things.Xeio wrote:Patch coming on Thursday is going to add some nice things like skipping the in-system flight cutscenes.
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 4:55 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Trump presidency
- Replies: 4641
- Views: 341139
Re: Trump presidency
So delete apps before you travel to the US.
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:44 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1818: "Rayleigh Scattering"
- Replies: 99
- Views: 18582
Re: 1818: "Rayleigh Scattering"
airdrik wrote:From a biological perspective, bananas are yellow because over the course of evolution and natural selection, yellow appears to be the generally preferred color for such a fruit.
Although in the case of the banana, the selection wasn't so natural.
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:19 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1119
- Views: 134434
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
Spain is being difficult because they're desperately trying to prevent some of their own regions from trying for independence.Diadem wrote:I'm starting to develop a rather intense dislike for Spain and their ridiculous whining about stuff like this
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 11:03 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 105816
- Views: 34411954
Re: tm
balthasar_s wrote:Left my bike at FFS.
I'm lucky that my FFS is almost next door to the main tain station.
I have a similar situation. It's very useful as - especially in this country - I would not want to leave my bike at a train station.
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:58 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: AI discussion from The Darker Side of the News
- Replies: 90
- Views: 17003
Re: The Darker Side of the News
But no AI will cut out the proper length of PVC pipe for the sink I have in my kitchen and repair my sink. Even if the mass-produced PVC pipe is good. It will take a human to do that. A quick drone-mounted laser scan and your smart-home AI will print an exact-fitting 3D printed replacement before y...
- Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:19 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Mass Effect : Meet and Fuck
- Replies: 276
- Views: 63590
Re: Mass Effect : Meet and Fuck
I... I just topped 90 hours. Fair to say I'm enjoying this game.
There seems to be one on each outpost world, same fight mechanics, plus the one in the main storyline which is a little different.Xeio wrote:Unrelated, is there an architect on every planet?
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:57 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 105816
- Views: 34411954
Re: 1190: "Time"
Hi BlitzGirl!
I've been a little distracted of late (possibly related to Weight Manipulation: Far away), but still lurking. Thanks for dropping by and remembering my birtdip, Yappo, and happy Timiversary all!
I've been a little distracted of late (possibly related to Weight Manipulation: Far away), but still lurking. Thanks for dropping by and remembering my birtdip, Yappo, and happy Timiversary all!
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:51 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Mass Effect : Meet and Fuck
- Replies: 276
- Views: 63590
Re: Mass Effect : Meet and Fuck
Yeah, because there was a floating quest marker and no way to progress it. Also I knew the second wave was supposed to arrive because they'd just killed me the first time around (hence the sniping attempt).EvanED wrote:Was it at least obvious that you missed something?
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:58 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
- Replies: 1119
- Views: 134434
Re: British EU referendum in June [update: Leave wins 52% - 48%, politics ensue]
To be fair, design "and produce". Still sounds like a lot though.CorruptUser wrote:A half a billion pounds for a design?
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 11:10 am UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Mass Effect : Meet and Fuck
- Replies: 276
- Views: 63590
Re: Mass Effect : Meet and Fuck
I've had the same issue with a different quest elsewhere. If you want to go sniping, you have to get close enough to trigger the encounter first.
- Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:52 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: Miscellaneous language questions
- Replies: 549
- Views: 64257
Re: Miscellaneous language questions
In the UK, mostly "level crossing", though occasionally "railway crossing".
- Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:17 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Mass Effect : Meet and Fuck
- Replies: 276
- Views: 63590
Re: Mass Effect
Not sure if anything happens if you exile him and/or the saboteur but with the way the story is progressing I suspect they'll show up again The Exile enclave on Kadara probably has something with them, though likely just a throwaway line or two Pretty much. You meet him on Kadara and exchange a thr...
- Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:50 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: The Darker Side of the News
- Replies: 3649
- Views: 441600
Re: The Darker Side of the News
Mutex wrote:"Terrorist" incident outside Parliament in Westminster. At least one person confirmed dead.
Reports are that the officer has also died.
It very much seems that the vehicle attack is the new vector of choice.
- Tue Mar 21, 2017 10:20 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 105816
- Views: 34411954
Re: 1190: "Time"
Yeah, my dropbox is chirped as I mentioned. Part of the reason I trimmed my sig.
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:51 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 105816
- Views: 34411954
Re: 1190: "Time"
A not annual, annual. My mother has a lot of those. Plants in her garden flower when they want to, not when they're supposed to. Unrelated, for prosperity: http://forums.xkcd.com/download/file.php?id=37186 - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/91011134/OTT/Award%20Funniest%20OTTer2_s.png - http://f...
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:45 pm UTC
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Gaming fleeting thoughts
- Replies: 623
- Views: 86509
Re: Gaming fleeting thoughts
Fallout 4 35GB
Arkham Knight 39GB
Bioshock Infinite 42GB
Mankind Divided 59GB
Just Cause 3 62GB
Games are big now. (Flip side: VVVVVV 64MB)
Arkham Knight 39GB
Bioshock Infinite 42GB
Mankind Divided 59GB
Just Cause 3 62GB
Games are big now. (Flip side: VVVVVV 64MB)
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:15 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1812: "Onboarding"
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7402
Re: 1812: "Onboarding"
"Welcome"
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:14 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Broken Images in "xkcd Forum Rules"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2793
Re: Broken Images in "xkcd Forum Rules"
Same for me; Judging by the file path it's probably been that way since the forum software was updated.
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:48 pm UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Trump presidency
- Replies: 4641
- Views: 341139
Re: Trump presidency
pogrmman wrote:Also, whatever happened about...
Something else happened to distract everyone.
- Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:39 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 105816
- Views: 34411954
Re: 1190: "Time": _BUNGALOWS 2: ELECTRIC BAGALOO_
lmjb1964 wrote:It's been like summer where I am.
I went to the beach today. In a t-shirt. In March. In England.
ETA: Oh, it's happened. Dropbox have changed how sharing works and now aaaalll my links are broken

- Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:15 pm UTC
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Science-based what-if questions
- Replies: 572
- Views: 59713
Re: Load bearing
bridge parapets, anti-terror bollards, railway buffers, impact resistant barriers I deliberately left regular crash barriers and standard bollards off the list, as those work differently. Have several sticks, spaced at intervals. Tie them together. The first will fail, the tie then spreads the impa...
- Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:42 am UTC
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Science-based what-if questions
- Replies: 572
- Views: 59713
Re: Load bearing
The same way we build bridge parapets, anti-terror bollards, railway buffers, impact resistant barriers, etc.
Make the stick stronger.
If you know which way the ball is coming from, put a strut behind it.
If there's only one ball, put something expendable in front of it.
Make the stick stronger.
If you know which way the ball is coming from, put a strut behind it.
If there's only one ball, put something expendable in front of it.
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:37 pm UTC
- Forum: Language/Linguistics
- Topic: Miscellaneous language questions
- Replies: 549
- Views: 64257
Re: Miscellaneous language questions
Mega85 wrote:You may say "trailer trash", but you wouldn't say "trailer garbage".
Only because it doesn't alliterate.
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:37 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1809: "xkcd Phone 5"
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6157
Re: 1809: "xkcd Phone 5"
Wee Red Bird wrote:The toll booths for the Dartford Crossing (down somewhere in England) no longer uses cash or electronic passes. It uses your numberplate and bills you later.
As do most of the road tolls in Norway. At least with those ones you do have weeks to pay.