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Hacker News' favorite Xkcd comics (2022)

by monort on 1/28/24, 11:38 AM with 30 comments

  • by fouronnes3 on 1/28/24, 12:11 PM

    I knew 927 was gonna be the top one. It's so useful I sometimes refer to it verbally at work during meetings to great effect.

  • by JordiGarcL on 1/28/24, 12:48 PM

    On my first 'big' job I printed 927 and posted it on a random blank wall. Recently I visited the office again, even though I haven't worked there for ~2y. Wall is still blank, except for that comic. It brought me joy to know people still see it from time to time.

  • by growingkittens on 1/28/24, 1:30 PM

    One way to find an answer on the Internet is to be wrong on the Internet: unless there's a voting system involved.

    Click to disagree anonymously, the whole thing is automatic and effortless. You don't have to organize your thoughts when you have a button to express your feelings.

  • by nmadden on 1/28/24, 1:05 PM

    Surprised not to see Little Bobby Tables make the list. I used to see that everywhere. https://xkcd.com/327/

  • by dotancohen on 1/28/24, 12:19 PM

    I would think that the most upvoted comic would be the "most loved", but that was not even considered. Posting is easy, garnering upvotes is the "love" signal.

    As is usual with statistics, the methodology greatly affects the outcome.

  • by luca3v on 1/28/24, 12:16 PM

    I would have guessed "Dependency" https://xkcd.com/2347/, but it did not even make the top 10

  • by kenrick95 on 1/28/24, 12:21 PM

    Surprised that 949 (File Transfer) didn't make it to top 10

    Also "(2022)"

  • by mikhailfranco on 1/28/24, 1:30 PM

    I expected 435 Purity to be in the list, but glad to see it in the author's picks:

    https://xkcd.com/435/

    Fantastic to see the Chess Coaster examples, hilarious, thank you:

    https://xkcd.com/chesscoaster/

    I had never seen 162 Angular Momentum so well deserved mention for this geek physicist:

    https://xkcd.com/162/

    Nice honoring of the XKCD byline by mixing romance and physics.

  • by maroonblazer on 1/28/24, 1:36 PM

    Unintentionally meta: I'd never seen the 3rd-most popular, 1053, "Ten Thousand" before. I love that one.

    https://xkcd.com/1053/

  • by AstroJetson on 1/28/24, 3:25 PM

    I gave every new consultant and programmer https://xkcd.com/1205/ when they start. They were all over our building. When asked about fixing some process, I'd pull out my laminated version (one that was enlarged to be 8" square) and I'd ask the two questions.

    A lot of "optimizations" didn't get done, and the ones that were huge wins got moved to the front of the line.

  • by baxtr on 1/28/24, 1:13 PM

    I love xkcd. Most of them resonate with me.

    However, for some reason #1053 (number three on this list) does not feel right.

    Maybe it’s oversimplified. I don’t think linear interpolation works in this case. Most things are learned in bursts at certain ages.

    Then again: maybe I’m wrong and need to learn this!

    https://xkcd.com/1053/

  • by vanjajaja1 on 1/28/24, 12:51 PM

    this is a clever idea, nice!

  • by ekianjo on 1/28/24, 12:46 PM

    > https://xkcd.com/1357/

    This aged very poorly in light of what happened in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic.