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SeabassDan , to xkcd in xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech

Hop-tay'doh

Subscribe, I love these

papalonian , to xkcd in xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech

Sounds like I'm exclaiming that something is hot, then clarifying that it was a potato.

MyFairJulia , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles
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Antivirus is not enough! Use Protegent!

Treczoks , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles

It somehow differs from the picture in my biology book, IIRC ;-)

rmuk ,

Same. Mine has the nucleoloulous on the right.

Viking_Hippie ,

Mine has McAfee in stead of Norton Antivirus

Viking_Hippie , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles

I love the explainxkcd meme of marking obviously true statements with [citation needed] and this one has a couple doozies:

Even a single star is far too big to fit in a cell. [citation needed]

The real Golgi was not and is not a tiny alien being who merged with our cells, as the comic and title text imply. [citation needed]

j4yt33 , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles

The cell as seen by a molecular biologist:

Inside

Nucleus

Outside

Gene/protein of interest

hsdkfr734r , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles

Found the power house!

KISSmyOSFeddit , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles

Midichlorians are the force-house of the cell

Molten_Moron , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles

Hypoallergenic filling is technically correct

nicknonya , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles
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aw hell nah i got norton in me

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

randomaccount43543 OP , to xkcd in xkcd #2941: Cell Organelles
nicknonya , to xkcd in xkcd #2936: Exponential Growth
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just eat the rice smh

14th_cylon , (edited )

bon apetit. when you are done, i will donate one million dollars to charity of your choice. i don't have one million dollars. i will still honor my promise.

there is 2^64 - 1 (roughly 5.53 * 10^17 1,84 × 10^19) grains of rice on the board.

according to google, grain of rice averages at about 30 miligrams (per random google result), which makes the rice on the board to weigh about 553 402 322 211 metric tons.

The total world rice production for 2022 was 776 461 457 metric tonnes (per wiki).

((2^64−1) × 0.03) / (10^6) / 776461457 = 712,72

so there is about 712 times as much rice as the whole earth's 2022 rice production.

this is why it is important to understand basic math in school, even if you don't plan to become a scientist.

because then the covid comes, and all these university of life graduates with their youtube research and common sense have absolutely no idea how fast the exponential curve is growing and what it means for the spread of the illness.

i understand you might have known this and being sarcastic with your post.

nicknonya ,
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nah i could handle it. i hungy

radix ,
@radix@lemmy.world avatar

I like rice, rice is great when you’re hungry and you want 2,000 of something.

laughterlaughter ,

This was an old story about the inventor of chess and a king. Let me see if I can dig it up....

Yup, I remember now. It was with wheat grains, not rice:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_and_chessboard_problem

zaphod ,

I think there exist a lot of different versions, my 7th grade maths teacher explained it using rice.

Everythingispenguins ,

I don't see the problem here. It just means more rice for everyone.

Kayana ,

This seems wrong...

10^17 milligrams

-> 10^14 grams

-> 10^11 kilograms

-> 10^8 tons

So it should actually be 553 402 322 tons, which means that we can do it only using the rice produced in 2022.

14th_cylon ,

This seems wrong…

10^17 milligrams

(2^64−1) × 0.03 = 5.53 × 10^17 is weight in grams.

but i had an error in the second paragraph where i said this number is number of grains.

the ultimate result (712 times the annual production) is correct.

sorry for the confusion and thx for catching that.

Kayana ,

Gotcha, I didn't catch that on my first read-through.

randomaccount43543 OP , to xkcd in xkcd #2939: Complexity Analysis
Evil_Shrubbery , to xkcd in xkcd #2938: Local Group

Hella cute.

Also amazing night (maybe even day) sky. I should set my alarm clock.

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