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xkcd #3275: Calibration Nobel

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We would like to once again apologize to Dr. Jones for last year's mistaken announcement. We should really have double-checked the envelope for this award in particular.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3275/

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[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 hours ago

i hope you recover from being a stick figure 🙏

[–] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

That’s neat. Congratulations on being a scientist or whatever the specific job title may be.