Timeline for How many minutes is it before 12 noon?
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| Jul 4, 2017 at 11:20 | comment | added | DCON | That's f***ing stupid. Excuse my french. Like, by including "That end in" it makes the following response completely invalid. Why couldn't they use the classic "Immediate is a hard word to spell. How do you spell it? I-T!" at least that one makes sense. I do appreciate what the comic is trying to say but damn, bad delivery. | |
| Jul 4, 2017 at 11:18 | comment | added | Wen1now | @DCON explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/169 | |
| Jul 4, 2017 at 9:49 | comment | added | DCON | Whatever about the actual question, I'm having difficulty understanding the xkcd comic... can someone explain it to me? | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 13:42 | history | edited | Rubio♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Add attribution as required by both SE and xkcd
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| Jul 3, 2017 at 12:33 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | @Wen1now The main point here is attribution. On the page you link, they write that the comic comes from xkcd, while you don't. | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 11:25 | comment | added | Wen1now | @FedericoPoloni Hmm... Well, I have seen it done before, and the xkcd website does say that 'you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them)'. But maybe you're right, I've got no idea. | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 11:02 | comment | added | Chris | "The chances of anybody interpreting the question this way are tiny." - This is exactly how I interpreted it. I personally find it really hard to follow the OPs logic in any of their three examples. | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 9:54 | comment | added | Federico Poloni | I don't think you can republish xkcd comics here without attribution. (Actually, I'm not really sure that you can republish them here at all, since they have a NC clause.) | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 7:21 | comment | added | Kruga | This was exactly the way (and the only way) I interpreted the question. | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 4:31 | comment | added | Samha' | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 4:23 | comment | added | Rob | @Samha' No, with this answer's solution | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 4:21 | comment | added | Samha' | @Rob So, you agree to the meaning number 2 in my solution? | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 4:18 | comment | added | Rob | @Samha' That's not what the question says. It says the current minutes to noon is the same as 3 times the minutes past 10, as of 68 minutes ago. | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 4:13 | comment | added | Samha' | @Rob The puzzle says the minutes to 12 noon, 68 minutes ago, equal 3 times as many minutes past 10 am | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 3:58 | comment | added | Samha' | disagreeing, this is opposed to what the puzzle states. | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 3:50 | comment | added | Rob | @Samha' I'm not sure if you're disagreeing or agreeing with the answer | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 2:48 | comment | added | Samha' | 4x + 68 = 120 $\rightarrow$ 120 - (x + 68) = 3x This is equivalent to saying: the minutes past 10 am, 68 minutes ago, equal 3 times as many minutes before 12 noon. | |
| Jul 3, 2017 at 2:43 | history | answered | Wen1now | CC BY-SA 3.0 |