2024-12-25 01:03:41
What if we put a pool on the moon?
Would swimming be more fun? How about the waves and splashes?
Let’s find out! Find our new video on YouTube! (Link in bio, or just look for xkcd’s What If?)
2024-12-24 01:06:12
Exclusion Principle
Fermions are weird about each other in a standoffish way. Integer-spin particles are weird about each other in a 'stand uncomfortably close while talking' kind of way.
2024-12-20 02:13:31
Linear Sort
The best case is O(n), and the worst case is that someone checks why.
2024-12-18 02:57:04
Phase Change
Even when you try to make nice, smooth ice cubes in a freezer, sometimes one of them will shoot out a random ice spike, which physicists ascribe to kiki conservation.
2024-12-17 02:56:05
METAR
In the aviation world, they don't use AM/PM times. Instead, all times are assumed to be AM unless they're labeled NOTAM.
2024-12-13 03:09:12
The Maritime Approximation
It works because a nautical mile is based on a degree of latitude, and the Earth (e) is a circle.