XKCD

Links to the best/most well known ones for quick reference:

  • 137: Dreams

    “You should be more careful what you write. You never know when a future employer might read it.” “Fuck. That. Shit.”

  • 149: Sandwich

    Sudo make me a sandwich.

  • 303: Compiling

    The #1 programmer excuse for legitimately slacking off.

  • 327: Exploits of a Mom

    Bobby Tables.

  • 386: Duty Calls

    Someone is wrong on the internet.

  • 927: Standards

    How standards proliferate.

  • 936: Password Strength

    Correct horse battery staple.

  • 1179: ISO 8601

    This is the correct way to write numeric dates.

  • 2347: Dependency

    All modern digital infrastructure. A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003.

  • 2501: Average Familiarity

    Even when they’re trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person’s familiarity with their field.

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