Randall Munroe @xkcd.com

Oceanography Gift xkcd.com/2859

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Onno Benschop @owh.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 26, 2023 at 13:33 UTC

I looked at this multiple times and for reasons I still don't understand, I read it as: "Oceanography Git" And for the life of me couldn't figure out what you were trying to tell me. Clearly I've been spending too much time writing software, again. Thanks for the giggle and the gift.

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Carl Rosman @carlrosman.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 25, 2023 at 13:03 UTC

Is there some clever way to label water molecules so this clever trick could actually be cleverly tried out by someone clever?

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furfufle 🔞 @furfufle.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 25, 2023 at 12:55 UTC

I got some Christmas gift ideas for my friends in SE Asia suddenly.

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Jim Ferguson @jimferguson.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 25, 2023 at 13:23 UTC

I love the YMMV disclaimer in the rollover.

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Andy @andyg64.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 25, 2023 at 19:58 UTC

My 'back of an enveloping' a few years ago suggested that the entire ocean has been subducted just about ~once over the history of the Earth.

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Slosh Sloth @sloshsloth.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 25, 2023 at 16:14 UTC

Do you have data on median time a drop of water takes to travel from Lake Huron to Lake Ontario? I read it as 200yrs but that seems too slow.

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xkcd title text @xkcd-titletext.bsky.social [ View ] Nov 25, 2023 at 12:56 UTC

Title text: "Shipping times vary. Same-ocean delivery may only take a few years, but delivery from the Weddell Sea in Antarctica may take multiple decades, and molecules meant for inland seas like the Mediterranean may be returned as undeliverable by surface currents."

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