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Unofficial relay of the xkcd comic by Randall Munroe. Code written in awk, bash, and python.
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#xkcd #DeltaTest Phase Change - Even when you try to make nice, smooth ice cubes in a freezer, sometimes one of them will shoot out a random ice spike, which physicists ascribe to kiki conservation. - Mon, 16 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3025/ #PoweredByAwk
Phase Change

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#xkcd #DeltaTest METAR - In the aviation world, they don't use AM/PM times. Instead, all times are assumed to be AM unless they're labeled NOTAM. - Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3024/ #PoweredByAwk
METAR

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#xkcd #DeltaTest The Maritime Approximation - It works because a nautical mile is based on a degree of latitude, and the Earth (e) is a circle. - Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3023/ #PoweredByAwk
The Maritime Approximation

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#xkcd #DeltaTest Seismologists - And even when they're not distracted, they usually get kicked out for illegal under-the-net 'subduction spikes'. - Fri, 06 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3021/ #PoweredByAwk
Seismologists

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#xkcd #DeltaTest Infinite Armada Chess - Stockfish 16 suggests the unconventional opening 1. RuntimeError: Out of bounds memory access - Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3020/ #PoweredByAwk
Infinite Armada Chess

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#xkcd #DeltaTest Advent Calendar Advent Calendar - The growth rate of items per day may may seem absurd, but it's actually much less than the acceleration in the 12 Days of Christmas song. - Mon, 02 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3019/ #PoweredByAwk
Advent Calendar Advent Calendar

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#xkcd #DeltaTest Second Stage - Hmm, they won't do in-flight delivery, so let's order a new first and second stage to our emergency landing site and then try to touch down on top of them to save time. - Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3018/ #PoweredByAwk
Second Stage

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#xkcd #DeltaTest Neutrino Modem - Our sysadmin accidentally won a Nobel Prize while trying to debug neutrino oscillation error correction. - Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3017/ #PoweredByAwk
Neutrino Modem

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#xkcd #DeltaTest Cold Air - We also should really have checked that the old water tower was disconnected from the water system before we started filling it with compressed air. - Mon, 25 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3016/ #PoweredByAwk
Cold Air

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#xkcd #DeltaTest D Combinatorics - Look, you can't complain about this after giving us so many scenarios involving N locked chests and M unlabeled keys. - Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3015/ #PoweredByAwk
D&D Combinatorics

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