#1717 Pyramid HoneyThey CLAIM honey was found in the chambers under the pyramids, but this conspiracy goes all the way to the TOP, where the GIANT EYE is!
#1718 BackupsMaybe you should keep FEWER backups; it sounds like throwing away everything you've done and starting from scratch might not be the worst idea.
#1719 Superzoom*click* Let him know he's got a stain on his shirt, though.
#1720 HorsesThis car has 240% of a horse's decision-making ability and produces only 30% as much poop.
#1721 Business IdeaThen we move to phase two. Gas stations store fuel in underground tanks. Normally, these are inaccessible except via the pump. However, with hydraulic fracturing, we-- Wait! Come back!
#1722 DebuggingWhen you Google an error message and it gets no results, you can be pretty sure you've found a clue to the location of Martin's sword.
#1723 Meteorite IdentificationClick for an actual flowchart for identifying a meteorite. My favorite part is how 'Did someone see it fall? -> Yes' points to 'NOT A METEORITE.' This is not a mistake.
#1724 ProofsNext, let's assume the decision of whether to take the Axiom of Choice is made by a deterministic process ...
#1725 Linear RegressionThe 95% confidence interval suggests Rexthor's dog could also be a cat, or possibly a teapot.
#1726 UnicodeI'm excited about the proposal to add a "brontosaurus" emoji codepoint because it has the potential to bring together a half-dozen different groups of pedantic people into a single glorious internet argument.
#1727 Number of ComputersThey try to pad their numbers in the annual reports by counting Galileo's redundant systems as multiple computers, but they're falling behind badly either way.
#1728 Cron MailTake THAT, piece of 1980s-era infrastructure I've inexplicably maintained on my systems for 15 years despite never really learning how it works.
#1729 Migrating Geese"Hey guys! I have a great idea for a migration!" "Dammit, Kevin."
#1730 StarshadeThe New Worlds Mission is already trying to get funding for this, but NASA sponsored their proposal, so it will be hard to catch the telescope people by surprise with it.
#1731 WrongHang on, I just remembered another thing I'm right about. See...
#1732 Earth Temperature Timeline[After setting your car on fire] Listen, your car's temperature has changed before.
#1733 Solar SpectrumI still don't understand why the Sun paid the extra money for Transitions lenses.
#1734 Reductionism"I've noticed you physics people can be a little on the reductionist side." "That's ridiculous. Name ONE reductionist word I've ever said."
#1735 Fashion Police and Grammar Police* Mad about jorts
#1736 Manhattan ProjectOn the plus side, we definitely killed that cancer over there, even if we caused a bunch more everywhere else.
#1737 Datacenter ScaleAsimov's Cosmic AC was created by linking all datacenters through hyperspace, which explains a lot. It didn't reverse entropy--it just discarded the universe when it reached end-of-life and ordered a new one.
#1738 Moon ShapesWhenever I see a picture of the moon where the points go more than halfway around, I assume it's being eclipsed by one of those Independence Day ships and interpret the rest of the image in light of that.
#1739 Fixing Problems'What was the original problem you were trying to fix?' 'Well, I noticed one of the tools I was using had an inefficiency that was wasting my time.'
#1740 RosettaI WONDERED why he kept asking whether we thought the impact speed was too low.
#1741 WorkDespite it being imaginary, I already have SUCH a strong opinion on the cord-switch firing incident.
![[After setting your car on fire] Listen, your car's temperature has changed before.](https://img.comicstation.store/comics/xkcd/1732/0.png)
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