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The secret fourth kind is ‘we applied a standard theory to their map of every tree and got some suspicious results.’

https://explainxkcd.com/2977/

  • @[email protected]
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    132 months ago

    Business as usual, just another day at the lab. People using actual real world samples instead of the expensive standards to produce a very messy calibration squiggle. Also, the machine probably requires some maintenance from time to time.

      • palordrolap
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        122 months ago

        Oddly enough, the lack of air pressure in a vacuum would have the effect of trying to turn a regular cow into a sphere.

        (Do not do this. Not even if the cow is already dead. Thanks.)

        • @Viking_Hippie
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          62 months ago

          Do not do this.

          Dammit, there goes my weekend! Oh well, guess I can still just eat that dead cow that’s been taking up space in the lab 🤷