#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#xkcd #DeltaTest Arizona Chess - Sometimes, you have to sacrifice pieces to gain the advantage. Sometimes, to advance ... you have to fall back. - Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3014/ #PoweredByAwk

#xkcd #DeltaTest Kedging Cannon - The real key was inventing the windmill-powered winch. - Mon, 18 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3013/ #PoweredByAwk

#xkcd #DeltaTest The Future of Orion - Dinosaur Cosmics - Fri, 15 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3012/ #PoweredByAwk

#xkcd #DeltaTest Europa Clipper - They had BETTER make this a sample return mission. - Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3011/ #PoweredByAwk

#xkcd #DeltaTest Geometriphylogenetics - There's a maximum likelihood that I'm doing phylogenetics wrong. - Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3010/ #PoweredByAwk

#xkcd #DeltaTest Number Shortage - "10 minutes ago we were down to only 2 0s!" "How many do we have now?" "I ... don't know!!" - Fri, 08 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3009/ #PoweredByAwk

#xkcd #DeltaTest Proterozoic Rocks - These rocks are from a time before eyes, brains, and bones, pieces of a land warmed by an unseen sun. - Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3008/ #PoweredByAwk

#xkcd #DeltaTest Probabilistic Uncertainty - "One popular strategy is to enter an emotional spiral. Could that be the right approach? We contacted several researchers who are experts in emotional spirals to ask them, but none of them were in a state to speak with us." - Mon, 04 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3007/ #PoweredByAwk

#xkcd #DeltaTest Demons - Though they do appreciate how much he improved the heating system for the flame pit. - Fri, 01 Nov 2024 04:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3006/ #PoweredByAwk

#xkcd #DeltaTest Disposal - We were disappointed that the rocket didn't make a THOOOONK noise when it went into the tube, but we're setting up big loudspeakers for future launches to add the sound effect. - Wed, 30 Oct 2024 04:00:00 -0000 - https://xkcd.com/3005/ #PoweredByAwk