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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 76 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

There's an xkcd about this, but I have no idea how to search for it.

[–] Toldry@lemmy.world 68 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

https://xkcd.com/1301/

Alt text:

I have never been lied to by data in a .txt file which has been hand-aligned

[–] TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

Aligning figures the way you want to in Latex saps all the energy that would otherwise be dedicated to lying.

[–] Denvil@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

That can't be very trustworthy, it's a png! But then if it's inaccurate does that mean png's ARE trustworthy? But then if that's the case then this is accurate in saying pngs aren't trustworthy, but that would mean that it claiming pngs are inaccurate would be inaccurate itself which would mean...

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where would .md fit in that graph I wonder...

[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Somewhere between .txt and .doc

[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 63 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There must be an xkcd for this too

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is there not an XKCD for there being an XKCD about everything?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

There is not an xkcd for there not being an xkcd about this.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

the xkcd app has a pretty good search function. got any keywords we can try?

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I just remember it making a joke about if you find an old self-hosted webpage that's just text on a background with no ads, no css, etc. it's a very reliable source of information.

[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you have matrix, there is an xkcd not @xkcd:maunium.net

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