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Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech
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Oh that’s just great. Two similar place names like that, and they also happen to be relatively close to each other. I can see how that could cause some confusion.

Similarly, Kuhmo and Kuhmoinen (both in Finland) are about 446 km apart, but you can easily avoid the confusion as long as you know roughly which part of the country you’re talking about.

There’s also Helsingborg (town in Sweden) and Helsinfors (swedish name for the capital of Finland). What could go wrong.

Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech
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OMG, that makes it so much worse. If someone tells you about a specific place, and you want to look it up later, you have absolutely zero chance of ever spelling it correctly. Good luck typing lester or woster in Wikipedia or Maps.

Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech
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I can only think if Toron(t)o. Never really thought about other towns doing the same thing.

Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles
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Lithosphere and mantle. Got it. 👍

Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation
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relevant xkcd

Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation
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Unicycles are clearly more dangerous than skis.

Hamartiogonic , to Ask Science in Is there a temperature so hot that relativistic effects are noticeable?
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So… no superposition, entanglement, tunneling or teleportation in macroscopic scale. ☹️

Hamartiogonic , to Ask Science in Is there a temperature so hot that relativistic effects are noticeable?
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But what about cutting steel with a plasma torch? Could you see macroscopic results of particles doing counterintuitive quantum stuff?

Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2935: Ocean Loop
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Next try to calculate what it would actually mean to make that much water follow a path like that. My guess is, it’s going to get very spicy.

Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2933: Elementary Physics Paths
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At school, I thought our understanding of chemistry was really good. Years later, I realized that complicated solutions aren’t covered by any of the equations we have. You’re can do fancy calculations, but you’re always stuck with simple solutions and standard conditions. In real life, you have to deal with super messy non-standard stuff all the time.

Top scientists end up developing semi-empirical models, or even particle simulations, and that’s the best we can do right now. Nobody fully trusts those predictions, so we’re still going to need lab experiments before making any big decisions.

The good news is that there’s still so much to discover.

Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2913: Periodic Table Regions
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What about the table of nuclides? IMO that’s the best way to list elements in a logically consistent manner. The trouble is, nature is a messy kraken that just won’t fit neatly into a shoe box. You can try to squeeze it in, but the lid won’t close because there are always a few tentacles sticking out.

Hamartiogonic , to xkcd in xkcd #2909: Moon Landing Mission Profiles
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LOL. Just need a bigger stone.

Hamartiogonic , (edited ) to xkcd in xkcd #2909: Moon Landing Mission Profiles
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If you pull the Moon closer to the Earth, gravity will begin to disintegrate it and shred it into kwazillion asteroids that eventually become meteors which will bombard the Earth back to the lava age. Once that is done, the moon doesn’t exist and there’s no need to go to the moon ever again. Problem solved.

Hamartiogonic , (edited ) to xkcd in xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument
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Apply that to the flat earth debate and you get an oblate spheroid.

Hamartiogonic , to Ask Science in Could non-Newtonian fluids be used in the future as a kind of percussive ear protection?
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That’s unfortunate. Just like OP, I would have really liked the idea of using a non-newtonian fluid to filter out certain types of sounds without using electricity. Well, I guess, we’re back to active noise canceling then.

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