Comment on Devices (fanmade, obviously)

TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think it’s just the font, but XKCD would have recreated the table and added a subtle, obscure reference to acknowledge in the alt text.

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  • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And the entries would’ve gotten ludicrous towards the bottom

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    • Object@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He would definitely include one of his XKCD phones.

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      • rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        • Apple Pippin
        • Cybiko Handheld Computer for Teens
        • 80386 implemented in Microsoft Excel with clock signal provided by a drinking bird toy.
        • Wintergaten Marble Machine
        • Pebble (Smartwatch)
        • Pebble (Enchanted)

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• Object@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah I tried to replicate the XKCD comic feel by using the XKCD font. I came across that particular paper in one of my class, and someone pointed out that the choice of devices is rather weird, which is where the inspiration came from.

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