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==Overview==
 
  
'''''xkcd''''' is a webcomic created by [[User:Xkcd|Randall Munroe]].  In [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426], published on 21 May 2008, it presented an early version of the [[algorithm]] for [[Geohashing]].  Such spontaneous GPS-based adventuring was also hinted at in [http://xkcd.com/201/ comic #201], published on 25 December 2006.
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== overview ==
  
The latest installments of the comic, which are published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 00:00 [[ET]], can be read at [http://www.xkcd.com xkcd.com].
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'''''xkcd''''' is a mostly-plotless webcomic series created by [[user:xkcd|Randall Munroe]]. The latest installments of the comic, which are published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 00:00 [[ET]] (or, you know, whenever), can be read at https://xkcd.com.
  
==See also==
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== specific comics ==
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=== [https://xkcd.com/201 201] ===
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Spontaneous GPS-based adventuring was depicted in this comic, published on 25 December 2006.
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=== [https://xkcd.com/426 426] ===
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Published on 21 May 2008, this comic presented an early version of the [[algorithm]] for [[geohashing]].
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=== [https://xkcd.com/802 802] ===
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How ''could'' you, Randall?
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[https://xkcd.com/802_large There it is]: just east of YouTube island, south west of MMO isle, hovering inconspicuously over Geotagged bay, almost engulfed by the continent of Twitter. Geocaching.
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But something is missing.
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<del>Over 3500</del> 600 [[Special:ListUsers|registered users]], <del>70000</del> 54,000 [[Special:Statistics|content pages]], 2.75 ''million'' edits, 45 million views, and more than 3000 locations reached!
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But not even a single speck of ink on a map created by its own founder.
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Onward we hash. Unrecognized. Ignored. Betrayed. Abandoned. [[unimportant geohashers|Unimportant]].
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<nowiki>:'(</nowiki>
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== see also ==
  
 
* [[wikipedia:xkcd#Activities_inspired_by_xkcd|Wikipedia article on xkcd]]
 
* [[wikipedia:xkcd#Activities_inspired_by_xkcd|Wikipedia article on xkcd]]
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* the [[blag]]
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[[category:the arts]]

Revision as of 04:47, 10 June 2021


overview

xkcd is a mostly-plotless webcomic series created by Randall Munroe. The latest installments of the comic, which are published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 00:00 ET (or, you know, whenever), can be read at https://xkcd.com.

specific comics

201

Spontaneous GPS-based adventuring was depicted in this comic, published on 25 December 2006.

426

Published on 21 May 2008, this comic presented an early version of the algorithm for geohashing.

802

How could you, Randall?

There it is: just east of YouTube island, south west of MMO isle, hovering inconspicuously over Geotagged bay, almost engulfed by the continent of Twitter. Geocaching.

But something is missing.

Over 3500 600 registered users, 70000 54,000 content pages, 2.75 million edits, 45 million views, and more than 3000 locations reached!

But not even a single speck of ink on a map created by its own founder.

Onward we hash. Unrecognized. Ignored. Betrayed. Abandoned. Unimportant.

:'(

see also