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== Listed Trivia: == |
== Listed Trivia: == |
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* [[Life Imitates Art]]: It's happened a few times. |
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: It's happened a few times. |
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** After the strip [http://xkcd.com/481/ proposed a virus] that forces [[YouTube]] users to listen to their comment read back to them by a computerized voice before they can post it, [[YouTube]] implemented an auto-reader feature into the site. It eventually was removed. |
** After the strip [http://xkcd.com/481/ proposed a virus] that forces [[YouTube]] users to listen to their comment read back to them by a computerized voice before they can post it, [[YouTube]] implemented an auto-reader feature into the site. It eventually was removed. |
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** The day after [http://xkcd.com/541/ this strip] ran, claiming that Randall has been banned from a number of conferences for making stupid presentations, including PyCon, the PyCon blog jokingly [http://pycon.blogspot.com/2009/02/randall-munroe.html confirmed that he was indeed banned]. |
** The day after [http://xkcd.com/541/ this strip] ran, claiming that Randall has been banned from a number of conferences for making stupid presentations, including PyCon, the PyCon blog jokingly [http://pycon.blogspot.com/2009/02/randall-munroe.html confirmed that he was indeed banned]. |
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* [[Reciprocal Fiction Paradox]]: A really subtle one with [[Questionable Content]] and [[ |
* [[Reciprocal Fiction Paradox]]: A really subtle one with [[Questionable Content]] and [[xkcd]]. Marigold wears an xkcd shirt [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1625 here], and [http://xkcd.com/574/ this] xkcd comic shows one of Hannelore's Twitter posts. |
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== Miscellaneous trivia and information == |
== Miscellaneous trivia and information == |
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* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]] ([http://xkcd.com/55/ comic]) |
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]] ([http://xkcd.com/55/ comic]) |
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* [[Wiki Walk]] ([http://xkcd.com/214/ comic]) |
* [[Wiki Walk]] ([http://xkcd.com/214/ comic]) |
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* [[ |
* [[xkcd]] (natch) ([http://xkcd.com/303/ comic]) |
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* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]] ([http://xkcd.com/593/ comic]) |
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]] ([http://xkcd.com/593/ comic]) |
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* [[You Answered Your Own Question]] ([http://www.xkcd.com/852/ comic]) |
* [[You Answered Your Own Question]] ([http://www.xkcd.com/852/ comic]) |
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Revision as of 00:28, 29 March 2017
Listed Trivia:
- Life Imitates Art: It's happened a few times.
- After the strip proposed a virus that forces YouTube users to listen to their comment read back to them by a computerized voice before they can post it, YouTube implemented an auto-reader feature into the site. It eventually was removed.
- The day after this strip ran, claiming that Randall has been banned from a number of conferences for making stupid presentations, including PyCon, the PyCon blog jokingly confirmed that he was indeed banned.
- Reciprocal Fiction Paradox: A really subtle one with Questionable Content and xkcd. Marigold wears an xkcd shirt here, and this xkcd comic shows one of Hannelore's Twitter posts.
Miscellaneous trivia and information
- 954: Chin-Up Bar takes place on a 70-meter long escalator, described as the "longest in the country" -- this appears to be a reference to the escalator at Wheaton Metro Station in the Washington, DC Metro system. At the time of publishing (September 2011), this was, in fact, the longest single-span escalator in the Western hemisphere.
xkcd is the Trope Namer for:
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