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Could someone explain if and why the following random number function from XKCD works ?
I have never quite been able to understand it. I ask the question on SO hoping to find a more "human" explanation that could be understood by me.
Started by Preets on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Number over N), the XKCD recipe say:
build N different getRandomNumber() functions with the N.
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Granted this is not a question directly related to programming but when I take a break I quite like to read web comics. What webcomics aside from XKCD can people recommend?
Started by Teifion on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Brainstuck
I personally read....
These are my favorites (in addition to XKCD):
Questionable Content Abstruse Questionable Content XKCD Wigu Overcompensating Goats Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Ctrl-alt-del is funny.
Fellowship comes back.
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The hover "joke" in #505 xkcd touts "I call rule 34 on Wolfram's Rule 34".
I know what rule 34 is in Internet terms and I've googled up who Wolfram is but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Wolfram's Rule 34 is.
So what exactly is this "Rule 34"...
Started by Joe Zack on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
XKCD is popular enough that people will search for something.
What a perfect self fulfilling meme.
Since the XKCD cartoon came out, a lot of people have searched on this rule in Google, resulting.
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Xkcd sucks (Actually I find it to be constantly excellent, but I had to link to that site since I find the authour on it to be rather fascinating in his monomanic obsession with slagging xkcd off. I wonder if Randall Munroe kicked his dog or something...
Started by Pike on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at eurogamer):
Lol http://xkcd.com/525/ ....
Mathematics, CSI style.
:-p From my personal experiance, This one is soooo true .
I can do it one handed.
They're not that hard.
Oh come on.
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How many of you brahs like XKCD?
For those of you who are unaware about XKCD, it's a webcoming that makes a new comic every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
The comics are generally stick figure based characters, some of them re-occuring; however, never...
Started by Jeffbelittle on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bodybuilding):
And I get.
Originally Posted by ericd8 I love XKCD..
This is one a long time depending on how much code you have .
And I get every comic seeing as I am a programmer .
I love XKCD..
Sysadmins and what not.
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I have a friend, that, when told of XKCD, exclaimed that "Nothing beautiful could come from such a project." When I asked her to explain this statement, she said the stick figure characters and limited snippets of text couldn't produce a beautiful story...
Started by Ikeren on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at xkcd):
I just started getting into xkcd....
Http://xkcd.com/13/
http://xkcd.com a friend, that, when told of XKCD, exclaimed that "Nothing beautiful could come from such a project.
Found art; XKCD: A webcomic of romance, love, beauty and longing.
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This is by far the most talked about web comic here on SDMB, from the countless "obligatory XKCD link" posts, to the almost-weekly "explain today's XKCD to me" thread, to a good deal of discussion about the artist and his personal life.
I don't hate XKCD...
Started by Wheelz on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at straightdope):
The good part....
I do the same thing on most forums.
It's just 4 letters used to make a non-taken username .
XKCD doesn't mean anything.
Oh, and while you're at it, does "XKCD" actually mean anything? Nope: Quote not be for you.
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I recall a sign in the office of one TV station's art director.
Good, cheap, fast: choose two.
http://xkcd.com/844/ - xkcd allows hotlinking images to blogs. Jim in Amarillo
"Dew knot trussed spill chick two ketch awl miss steaks."
Started by AmriloJim on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at image66amarillo):
I wonder if that was as....
(EDIT: I looked for the xkcd thread but missed a lock on it.
Or, more than likely, their granddaughters...
xkcd presents the Nolan Chart: [Ed.
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It's time to find that little piece of magic that makes xkcd so special, and kill it. Attachments diet_coke_mentos.png (14.41 KiB) Viewed 71460 times librarians.jpg (42.65 KiB) Viewed 71434 times fucking_blue_shells.jpg (42.79 KiB) Viewed 71884 times ...
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AWE....
XKCD mess up.JPG (55.25 KiB) Viewed 68862 times "She’s a free spirit, a wind-rider, she’s at one CatProximity's even more.
Make it stop, plz? The patron saint of self.
It's depressing seeing something that looks like XKCD but sucky.
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Hi,
Just looking at:
What does the sql code do:
Robert'); DROP TABLE STUDENTS; --
I know both ' and -- are for comments, but doesn't the word DROP get commented also since it is part of the same line?
Started by Blankman on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
INTO 'students' ('first_name', 'last_name') VALUES ('Robert'); DROP TABLE students; --', 'XKCD');
ie.
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