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xkcd #3094: Mass Spec (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3094: Mass Spec

Title text:

Patients at least found it to be an improvement over Millikan's incredibly messy and unpleasant oil drop suspension procedure.

Transcript:

[Ponytail, wearing a lab coat, is giving a balloon to Cueball. Behind Cueball, there is a ramp on the ground, a magnet hanging from the ceiling, and a target on a poster on the wall.]
Ponytail: Rub this balloon against your head, then go jump past that magnet toward the target on the wall.

[Caption below the panel:]
Before the bathroom scale was invented, the only way to weigh people was mass spectrometry.

Source: https://xkcd.com/3094/

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I suggest you put the Markov chain stuff in spoilers, that way it's easier to ignore.

TitleHe was planning on going to the store and get to the house and the text on the way home server when I was in the shower and then I'll be home server when I was in the shower and then I'll be home in a bit of a trout to their house and the text on the market at the end of the day of the week end of the day of the week end of the day of the week end of the day of the week end of the day of the week end of the day