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xkcd #3047: Rotary Tool (xkcd.com)
submitted 1 month ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8.

https://explainxkcd.com/3047/

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[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Everything in XKCD is based on truth. That's what makes it so funny... to geeks, at least.

Edit: God damn it, he put 72 instead of 78 RPM. I guess he does make mistakes after all...

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He also put 33 instead of 33 and ⅓. Get the pitchforks!

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just a random thought, I always knew that 33 multiplied by 3 is 99 and 33 1/3 multiplied by 3 is 100, but I never considered that 33 is 99% of 33 1/3.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I mean, technically, the record will play just fine. Everything will be slightly slower and lower pitched, but it'll work. Think doom metal meets 1930s jazz.