• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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      3 days 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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            • 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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      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.