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Turning in other directions can be accomplished by using a magnetized centerboard and ocean currents, since a current flowing through a magnetic field induces a Laplace force.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3090/

explainxkcd for #3090

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[–] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Ah, thanks for clarifying. I never knew about the hover text. I just viewed the source page on my desktop browser and now I see it. However, is this text even viewable on mobile, when you don't have a cursor to hover?

E: Now that I've read the hover text on my desktop, I've noticed that it's the same as the text added to the post by the bot. I really like this implementation with the image linked alone. When the post is viewed on mobile, all text is viewable and the full comic is shown legibly.

[–] who@feddit.org 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The mobile browsers I've used let you long-press the image to see the hover text.

If yours doesn't, you can always prepend m. to the domain name, like this: https://m.xkcd.com/3090/

[–] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago

Thanks for the tip!