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“I have never seen a work of fiction so perfectly capture the out-of-nowhere shock of discovering that you've just bricked something important because you didn't pay enough attention to a loose wire.”

Quote by Randall Munroe

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Randall Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American author, cartoonist, and former NASA roboticist, best known for creating the webcomic xkcd and his popular science books "What If?" and "Thing Explainer." He worked at NASA before becoming a full-time writer, using simple illustrations and explanations to make complex scientific concepts accessible to the public. more

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