smeg@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 years agoOld xkcd, I can't see it ever not being relevantxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down17
arrow-up1278arrow-down1external-linkOld xkcd, I can't see it ever not being relevantxkcd.comsmeg@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareGravitySpoiled@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·2 years agoWhy linking to a page that contains an image instead of posting the image with the source?
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up53arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoLinking an xkcd image directly would strip out the hover text, which is part of the comic. P.S. You’re one of today’s lucky 10,000.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoHow do you get the hover text on mobile?
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-22 years agoSome browsers show it when you long press the image. For the others, you can edit the URL to m.xkcd.com
minus-squareLate2TheParty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoIf you long press on the image, the hover over text will appear.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIt cuts off “Learning arcane bullshit from the 80s can break your computer, but if you’re willing to wade through…”
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoI almost got it by switching to landscape, but still not quite.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoYou can tap on the text to have it expand.
minus-squareZoop@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoHere’s the hover text for this one: Learning arcane bullshit from the 80s can break your computer, but if you’re willing to wade through arcane bullshit from programmers in the 90s and 2000s, you can break everyone else’s computers, too.
minus-squareElTacoEsMiPastor@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agois this common for xkcd? because then I’ve been missing a whole layer of all the comics I’ve stumbled upon.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoOh boy, every xkcd (maybe except the first hundred?) has alt-text, time for you to read them all again!
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoMy lemmy client shows the full image anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why linking to a page that contains an image instead of posting the image with the source?
Linking an xkcd image directly would strip out the hover text, which is part of the comic.
P.S.
You’re one of today’s lucky 10,000.
How do you get the hover text on mobile?
Some browsers show it when you long press the image. For the others, you can edit the URL to m.xkcd.com
If you long press on the image, the hover over text will appear.
It cuts off
“Learning arcane bullshit from the 80s can break your computer, but if you’re willing to wade through…”
Maybe try tapping on the text?
That works!
I almost got it by switching to landscape, but still not quite.
You can tap on the text to have it expand.
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Here’s the hover text for this one:
is this common for xkcd? because then I’ve been missing a whole layer of all the comics I’ve stumbled upon.
Oh boy, every xkcd (maybe except the first hundred?) has alt-text, time for you to read them all again!
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My lemmy client shows the full image anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
which one do you use?
Summit, it’s pretty good