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Is HN a search engine for xkcd?

Honestly people, do you have them indexed somewhere?

I'm amazed by your ability to find the appropriate xkcd whenever it's needed. Me, I'd have to spend at least half an hour on Google trying to find it, and then give up or see that someone else already posted it.

I love this community.

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Some xkcd comics are classics - my gotos are the one about ISO dates (https://xkcd.com/1179/) and password strength (https://xkcd.com/936/). Both of these were found by search Google 'xkcd (dates|passwords)', and having them be the first result.

Explain XKCD is great if you know roughly what topic was covered by a comic, but can't quite find the URL. https://www.explainxkcd.com/

> Explain XKCD is great

Thanks for the tip, I added it to my favorites.

Could it be used to implement a Slack bot similar to /giphy?

That exists: https://relevant-xkcd.com/slack

It’s a kind of quirky humor that resonates well with a technical audience. I haven’t personally memorized any numbers, but I do know the “Ballmer peak” and “competing standards” XKCDs pop up a lot in casual conversations with my own peer groups.

I love those, but the only one I remember is https://xkcd.com/927/

It's always pleasant to see them pop up in conversations.

I can’t resist posting my favorite: https://xkcd.com/327/

I suspect the links or references to xkcd follow a power law, where a few comics get linked to all the time.

Relatedly, I believe it's rare to see an xkcd linked to above 2000.

You can find most iconic xkcd comics easily with Google. This one shows up with "xkcd new things" or "xkcd first time".

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