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Sail Physics

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Turning in other directions can be accomplished by using a magnetized centerboard and ocean currents, since a current flowing through a magnetic field induces a Laplace force.
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wffurr
22 days ago
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My mind. I think is the most complex thing wrong explanation for sailboats moving upwind yet.
Cambridge, MA
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Groxx
23 days ago
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It finally makes sense...!
Silicon Valley, CA
alt_text_bot
24 days ago
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Turning in other directions can be accomplished by using a magnetized centerboard and ocean currents, since a current flowing through a magnetic field induces a Laplace force.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Flawed

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This could be the greatest school play of all time if anyone out there had the guts to do it.


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wffurr
223 days ago
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Cambridge, MA
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jlvanderzwan
221 days ago
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I really would love to try a cultivar of Red Delicious from before WW2, because apparently all the things we hate about it were introduced by selective breeding from the 1950s onwards. But I never heard of any of the original breeds surviving anywhere.

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fxer
223 days ago
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You’ll notice it doesn’t say anything about flavor or texture.
Bend, Oregon

1-to-1 Scale

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There's a version that shows the planets with no cropping, but it's hard to find a display that supports it.
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wffurr
790 days ago
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IDGI
Cambridge, MA
lahosken
790 days ago
here ya go: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2761:_1-to-1_Scale
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791 days ago
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There's a version that shows the planets with no cropping, but it's hard to find a display that supports it.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Technical

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Try this on some friend who claims to just loooove technically accurate statements.


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wffurr
1495 days ago
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It still is, but it used to be too.
Cambridge, MA
lowpass
1471 days ago
It will have been.
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George RR Martian

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the expanse (of butts)

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wffurr
1763 days ago
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I kind of want to read that book now.
Cambridge, MA
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mareino
1763 days ago
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So is Elliott playing Europa Universalis?
Washington, District of Columbia
djc664
1763 days ago
It sounded like crusader kings 2 to me.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Human

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If your reaction is 'but it's easy to count the dots' you might want to check your motherboard.


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wffurr
1795 days ago
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Is it 18? I counted 18, but it's hard to do without screaming.
Cambridge, MA
geordie
1795 days ago
Yes.
jlvanderzwan
1795 days ago
Yeah. I find it helps to close one eye, and scan left-to-right
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