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  1. The trick is not keep driving in only one direction.

    "This question comes from Michael, who asks: what’s the longest possible sunset you can experience while driving, assuming you’re obeying the speed limit and driving on paved roads?

    To start, we have to define what we mean by “sunset"."

    youtube.com/watch?v=U8F7UNK9jco

    #XKCD #RandallMunroe #WhatIf #Sunsets #Physics #Geography

  2. In case you need to know ... 🙂

    "This question comes from Quinn, who asks: How long could the human race survive on only cannibalism?"

    youtube.com/watch?v=PUtI3xoaHx0

    #WhatIf #RandallMunroe #XKCD #Questions #Cannibalism #Videos

  3. Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe (PDF)
    Author: Randall Munroe
    File Type: PDF
    Download at sci-books.com/thing-explainer-
    #, #RandallMunroe

  4. A new animated What If? video has been released on YouTube.

    youtube.com/watch?v=UQgw50GQu1A

    What If? started as a blog run by xkcd creator Randall Munroe where people could submit absurd questions to be answered. Munroe has reprinted the answers in two books - called What If? and What If? 2 - and is now releasing animated versions of these existing answers.

    #xkcd #WhatIf #RandallMunroe

  5. Reality check: A public service announcement about passwords

    If anyone ever says to you, “your password must contain one capital, a digit,…”, you can be certain that they are an idiot, and that they do not understand security. If you encounter such requirements in software, then it was written by an idiot—or it was written to a standard which was written by an idiot.

    I’m serious. This is not hyperbole. Anyone who says such things truly has not even the most basic understanding of computer security. You should immediately stop trusting them with anything related to computer security.

    To begin to understand why this is true, please enjoy this wonderfully explanatory cartoon from XKCD: Password Strength.

    The cartoon is fun, but its core point about the critical feature of your passwords being the amount of entropy they contain will make you smarter than the vast majority of people.

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    #RandallMunroe #XKCD