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THE PROBLEM WITH SCIENTISTS MY PLASMOIDAL SUME MOLOS IT LOOKS LIKE DOG BARF, IS THAT YOU TAKE THE WONOER HAVE HEIGHTENED PIGMENT AND BEAUTY OUT OF EVERYTHING PRODUCTION! CHECK OUT THAT BY TRYING TO ANALYZE IT. HAH, YEAH! F. SEPTICA IS NICKNAMED "DOG VOMIT SUME MOLD." COOL, HUH? CHECK OUT MY SUDES! OKAY, NEVER MIND: WHATS WRONG WITH SCIENTISTS I5 THAT YOU DO SEE WONDER AND BEAUTY IN EVERYIH ING. YELLOW COLOR! THAT ACTUALLY MAKES THEM ZINC-RESISTANT, AMAZING, HUH? DUDE! OH GOD, ITS MONG! IT WANTS TO HUG YOU! SO CUTE!
THE PROBLEM WITH SCIENTISTS MY PLASMOIDAL SUME MOLOS IT LOOKS LIKE DOG BARF, IS THAT YOU TAKE THE WONOER HAVE HEIGHTENED PIGMENT AND BEAUTY OUT OF EVERYTHING PRODUCTION! CHECK OUT THAT BY TRYING TO ANALYZE IT. HAH, YEAH! F. SEPTICA IS NICKNAMED "DOG VOMIT SUME MOLD." COOL, HUH? CHECK OUT MY SUDES! OKAY, NEVER MIND: WHATS WRONG WITH SCIENTISTS I5 THAT YOU DO SEE WONDER AND BEAUTY IN EVERYIH ING. YELLOW COLOR! THAT ACTUALLY MAKES THEM ZINC-RESISTANT, AMAZING, HUH? DUDE! OH GOD, ITS MONG! IT WANTS TO HUG YOU! SO CUTE!

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RIP John Conway


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Voting Software

ASKING AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS ABOUT AIRPLANE SAFETY: ASKING BUILDING ENGINEERS ABOUT ELEVATOR SAFETY: ASKING SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ABOUT COMPUTERIZED VOTING: NOTHING IS EVER FOOLPROOF, BUT MODERN AIRLINERS ARE INCREDIBLY RESILIENT. FLYING IS THE SAFEST WAY TO TRAVEL. ELEVATORS ARE PROTECTED BY MULTIPLE TRIED-AND-TESTED FAILSAFE MECHANISMS. THEY'RE NEARLY INCAPABLE OF FALLING. THAT'S TERRIFYING. WAIT, REALLY? THEY SAY THEY'VE FIXED IT WITH SOMETHING CALLED "BLOCKCHAIN." DON'T TRUST VOTING SOFTWARE. AND DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU IT'S SAFE. AAAAA!!! WHY? WHATEVER THEY SOLD YOU, DON'T TOUCH IT. BURY IT IN THE DESERT.) I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS, BUT OUR ENTIRE FIELD IS BAD AT WHAT WE DO, AND IF YOU RELY ON US, EVERYONE WILL DIE. WEAR GLOVES.
ASKING AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS ABOUT AIRPLANE SAFETY: ASKING BUILDING ENGINEERS ABOUT ELEVATOR SAFETY: ASKING SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ABOUT COMPUTERIZED VOTING: NOTHING IS EVER FOOLPROOF, BUT MODERN AIRLINERS ARE INCREDIBLY RESILIENT. FLYING IS THE SAFEST WAY TO TRAVEL. ELEVATORS ARE PROTECTED BY MULTIPLE TRIED-AND-TESTED FAILSAFE MECHANISMS. THEY'RE NEARLY INCAPABLE OF FALLING. THAT'S TERRIFYING. WAIT, REALLY? THEY SAY THEY'VE FIXED IT WITH SOMETHING CALLED "BLOCKCHAIN." DON'T TRUST VOTING SOFTWARE. AND DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU IT'S SAFE. AAAAA!!! WHY? WHATEVER THEY SOLD YOU, DON'T TOUCH IT. BURY IT IN THE DESERT.) I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS, BUT OUR ENTIRE FIELD IS BAD AT WHAT WE DO, AND IF YOU RELY ON US, EVERYONE WILL DIE. WEAR GLOVES.

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Comments

BACKLASH: INTERNET USERS ARE OUTRAGED OVER NEWS STORIES USING A HANDFUL OF RANDOM COMMENTS TO SUPPORT ARBITRARY NARRATVES! I CAN'T BEUEVE HOW EASY IT IS TO CREATE AN IMPRESSION OF PEER CONSENSUS. THIS DYNAMIC IS SO EASILY MANIPULATED AND IT FREAKS ME OUT XKCDCOM/1019 A O EVERY TIME I SHARE SOMETHING AND A FRIEND RESPONDS "HAHA, DID YOU SEE THE TOP COMMENTS.. IT JUST REMINDS ME HOU INFLUENTIAL THESE THINGS ARE IN SHAPING THE IMPRESSIONS OF EVEN RELATIVELY INTERNET-SAWWY READERS O A NPR GOT RID OF COMMENTS IN 2016 WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY AL CAME FROM A HANDFUL OF VISITORS POSTING HUNDREDS OF TIMES A MONTH O A EVENTUALLY S0CIAL NORMS WILL ADAPT TO THIS STUFF BUT IT NEEDS TO HURRY UP I HAVE NINE FOLLOWERS AND CREATED MY ACCOUNT LAST MONTH; HOU AMI BEING QUOTED IN THIS NEWS ARTICLE?? O A O
BACKLASH: INTERNET USERS ARE OUTRAGED OVER NEWS STORIES USING A HANDFUL OF RANDOM COMMENTS TO SUPPORT ARBITRARY NARRATVES! I CAN'T BEUEVE HOW EASY IT IS TO CREATE AN IMPRESSION OF PEER CONSENSUS. THIS DYNAMIC IS SO EASILY MANIPULATED AND IT FREAKS ME OUT XKCDCOM/1019 A O EVERY TIME I SHARE SOMETHING AND A FRIEND RESPONDS "HAHA, DID YOU SEE THE TOP COMMENTS.. IT JUST REMINDS ME HOU INFLUENTIAL THESE THINGS ARE IN SHAPING THE IMPRESSIONS OF EVEN RELATIVELY INTERNET-SAWWY READERS O A NPR GOT RID OF COMMENTS IN 2016 WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY AL CAME FROM A HANDFUL OF VISITORS POSTING HUNDREDS OF TIMES A MONTH O A EVENTUALLY S0CIAL NORMS WILL ADAPT TO THIS STUFF BUT IT NEEDS TO HURRY UP I HAVE NINE FOLLOWERS AND CREATED MY ACCOUNT LAST MONTH; HOU AMI BEING QUOTED IN THIS NEWS ARTICLE?? O A O

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Peer Review

RE: ECONOMICS JOURNAL SUBMISSION WE HAVE RECEVED YOUR MANUSCRIPT "THE BIZARBE ECONOMICS OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHING: WHY VOLUNTEER PEER REVIEWERS SHOULD RISE UP AND DEMAND PAYMENT FROM FOR-PROFIT JOURNALS. UE HAVE ELECTED NOT TO SEND IT OUT FOR REVIEW.
RE: ECONOMICS JOURNAL SUBMISSION WE HAVE RECEVED YOUR MANUSCRIPT "THE BIZARBE ECONOMICS OF ACADEMIC PUBLISHING: WHY VOLUNTEER PEER REVIEWERS SHOULD RISE UP AND DEMAND PAYMENT FROM FOR-PROFIT JOURNALS. UE HAVE ELECTED NOT TO SEND IT OUT FOR REVIEW.

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Light Hacks

I DISCOVERED A COOLAND YOU CAN PUTA FREEMAN DYSON SUGGESTED WEL, THEY MIGHT. LIFE HACK-YOU CAN SHEET IN FRONT TO THAT ADVANCED CMUZATIONS INFRARED SURVEYS PUT A WHITE SHEET DIFFUSE THE LIGHT WOULD BUILD BEHIND A LIGHTBULBTO50 YOUVE INVENTED SHELLS THAT SURROUNDED REFLECT MORE LIGHT.THE LAMPSHADE. SPHERICAL ARE INCONCLUSIVE. YOU KNOW YOU CAN JUST CHECK THEIR WEBSITE. THEIR BULB5, REDIRECTING 100% OF THER ENERGY Th...NOT LIFEHACKS! SURE THATS AUFE HACK. YES, THEY HAVE GREAT THOSE AT IKEA. LIFE HACK! NO!
I DISCOVERED A COOLAND YOU CAN PUTA FREEMAN DYSON SUGGESTED WEL, THEY MIGHT. LIFE HACK-YOU CAN SHEET IN FRONT TO THAT ADVANCED CMUZATIONS INFRARED SURVEYS PUT A WHITE SHEET DIFFUSE THE LIGHT WOULD BUILD BEHIND A LIGHTBULBTO50 YOUVE INVENTED SHELLS THAT SURROUNDED REFLECT MORE LIGHT.THE LAMPSHADE. SPHERICAL ARE INCONCLUSIVE. YOU KNOW YOU CAN JUST CHECK THEIR WEBSITE. THEIR BULB5, REDIRECTING 100% OF THER ENERGY Th...NOT LIFEHACKS! SURE THATS AUFE HACK. YES, THEY HAVE GREAT THOSE AT IKEA. LIFE HACK! NO!

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Y-Axis

00% 50% PEOPLE HAVE WISED UP TO THE 'CAREFULY CHOSEN YAXIS RANGE' TRICK, S0 LE MISLEADING GRAPH MAKES HAVE HAD TO GET CREATIVE.
00% 50% PEOPLE HAVE WISED UP TO THE 'CAREFULY CHOSEN YAXIS RANGE' TRICK, S0 LE MISLEADING GRAPH MAKES HAVE HAD TO GET CREATIVE.

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Sports Champions

MARGARET GARY LONZO BALLHALFPIPE GOGGLES SLURVE (2020) JAKE SARAH KEVIN COURT (1960s) PLAYER (1970ג (2030) (2030;) (2050s) JEBEDIAH JULIA DWIGHT BRANDON KATE DISASTEROuS CHAIRUFT SHUTTLECOCK SPONSORSHIP DOPINGSCANDALPOSTGME (2060s) (2050s) (2D60s) (2070»)PRESSCONFERENCE (2080s) FUN FACT: EVERY SPORT EVENTUALLY PRODUCES A CHAMPION COMPETITOR NAMED AFTER A COMMON ELEMENT OF THE GAME.
MARGARET GARY LONZO BALLHALFPIPE GOGGLES SLURVE (2020) JAKE SARAH KEVIN COURT (1960s) PLAYER (1970ג (2030) (2030;) (2050s) JEBEDIAH JULIA DWIGHT BRANDON KATE DISASTEROuS CHAIRUFT SHUTTLECOCK SPONSORSHIP DOPINGSCANDALPOSTGME (2060s) (2050s) (2D60s) (2070»)PRESSCONFERENCE (2080s) FUN FACT: EVERY SPORT EVENTUALLY PRODUCES A CHAMPION COMPETITOR NAMED AFTER A COMMON ELEMENT OF THE GAME.

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Software Development

WE NEED TO MAKE 500 HOLES IN THAT WALL, So IVE BUILT THI5 AUTOMATIC DRILL. IT USES ELEGANT PRECISION GEARS TO CONTINUALLY ADJUST ITS TORQUE AND SPEED AS NEEDED GREAT ITS THE PERFECT VEIGHT! WELL LOAD 500 OF THEM INTO THE CANNON LE MADE AND SHOOT THEM AT THE WALL. HOU SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
WE NEED TO MAKE 500 HOLES IN THAT WALL, So IVE BUILT THI5 AUTOMATIC DRILL. IT USES ELEGANT PRECISION GEARS TO CONTINUALLY ADJUST ITS TORQUE AND SPEED AS NEEDED GREAT ITS THE PERFECT VEIGHT! WELL LOAD 500 OF THEM INTO THE CANNON LE MADE AND SHOOT THEM AT THE WALL. HOU SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

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Negative Results

DEAR NATURE MAGAZINE, I FOUND NO EDENCE SUFFICIENT TO REJECT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS IN ANY RESEARCH AREAS BECAUSE I SPENT THE WHOLE WEEK PLAYING THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD ILL SEND YOU ANOTHER UPDATE NEXT WEEK! THE PUSH TO PUBLISH NEGATIVE RESULTS SEEMS KINDA WEIRD BUT IM HAPPY TO GO ALONG UITH IT
DEAR NATURE MAGAZINE, I FOUND NO EDENCE SUFFICIENT TO REJECT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS IN ANY RESEARCH AREAS BECAUSE I SPENT THE WHOLE WEEK PLAYING THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD ILL SEND YOU ANOTHER UPDATE NEXT WEEK! THE PUSH TO PUBLISH NEGATIVE RESULTS SEEMS KINDA WEIRD BUT IM HAPPY TO GO ALONG UITH IT

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