Tag / Zach Weinersmith

by multipleciduers

Sunday Funnies – LOLs, April 16th, 2023

Two comics from Ian with the common element of unpaid internships, which he notes “seem to be everywhere at the moment!”

And finally, an Ewww-LOL from BillR. It’s the “number 2” that clinches it!

by EditorM

Milkshake

Is there a *particular* “traditional Christmas sweet, cherished for generations” that he fears will be mishandled by American adaptation?  And he doesn’t name it?  Are we supposed to be able to figure it out; or is it just generalized and hypothetical?  

Originally picked up from GoComics, but phsiiicidu was able to locate it at SMBC’s own site. So we can report on the rollover text, as there are those who think an SMBC is incomplete without it. But here it seems to offer nothing to solve those doubts. “One day, molecular printers will allow starbucks to serve every conceivable food as a whipped topping.”

by Winter Wallaby

Violates logic itself?

Does this really violate logic? And which miracle is really more impressive?

It doesn’t seem to me that sorting a list in linear time really violates logic itself. It seems plausible that a divine being might be able to do any number of things that would violate the conditions that prevent sorting in linear time. e.g. perform multiple operations or comparisons at once. Or omnisciently perceiving the distribution of the numbers and then using it to perform a bucket sort.

I’m not saying that sorting in linear time isn’t impressive. But the crowd does have a point here. Violating conservation of mass does seem more impressive.

UPDATE

For SMBC fans who think the bonus panel and hovertext are essential to the comic, here they are.

“All technical quibbles may be sent to my email, where they will be figuratively burned.”