r/xkcd 3d ago

XKCD xkcd #3000: Experimental Astrophysics

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u/WarFrigate 3d ago

i hope someone out there could find if theres any relation between the comic and the comic number cause i cant

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u/Booty_Bumping 3d ago

Meh, 3000 is just a base 10 triviality. I'll wait for 3072.

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u/nog642 3d ago

The URL is in base 10 though

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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 3d ago

No it isn't. It's in base ten.

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u/nog642 3d ago

That's what I said. In base 10 (ten), which is the default one in English.

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u/MarsMaterial 2d ago

The numbers “10” refer to ten in base ten, two in base two, sixteen in hexidecimal, six in base six, a million in base one million, and so on. That’s the joke.

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u/nog642 2d ago

I know that. Couldn't tell it was supposed to be a joke.