Are Bee · 26d

@xkcd.com any chance the Alt text on the post could be extended to have the comic's hover text?

Definitely a samoyed · 25d

rocket engineers making marshmallow over hydrazine fire

@professionalpanda.bsky.social · 25d

Great idea! The real life equivalent of "it's not a bug, it's a feature!"

F · 26d

To quote my colleagues from the Materials & Processes department: Everything* burns, it just depends on the temperature and time. (*yes, fully oxidised materials or noble gases, etc, do not)

Bill Stewart · 26d

We occasionally had equipment letting the magic smoke out, but none of it for long enough to fetch the marshmallows.

R. Wm. "Ruedii" 🦊🐧 🥖🔞 · 25d

It's not failure, it's "stress testing" and "establishing limits".

Altrue · 26d

Alternative Title Text: When an engineering failure occurs, what is good for saving face, can be bad for the follow-up legal claim of negligence.

@tel-jannin.bsky.social · 26d

Is it really a S'more if you don't get that special Silane tang?

xkcd title text · 26d

Title text: "We have two 'in case of fire, break glass' boxes, which you pick between based on how big of a problem the fire is. One has an extinguisher, and one has sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate." Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3270#Transcript