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xkcd #3225: Satellite Pollution

Title text:

We're working to make sure the images are as up-to-date and accurate as possible, with a minimum number of sponsored galaxies.

Transcript:

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3225/

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[–] ech@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

I'm pretty sure this has never happened.

[–] Deebster 2 points 3 days ago

No, I never got to a happy place with this feature. I was trying to parse the wikitext (the markup language used for MediaWiki) but it's a hairy beast so I thought about parsing the output html instead. Then the site started being really unreliable and I put the transcriptions on the back burner.