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Old xkcd, I can't see it ever not being relevant (xkcd.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How do you get the hover text on mobile?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some browsers show it when you long press the image. For the others, you can edit the URL to m.xkcd.com

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you long press on the image, the hover over text will appear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It cuts off

"Learning arcane bullshit from the 80s can break your computer, but if you're willing to wade through..."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe try tapping on the text?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That works!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I almost got it by switching to landscape, but still not quite.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You can tap on the text to have it expand.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Here's the hover text for this one:

Learning arcane bullshit from the 80s can break your computer, but if you're willing to wade through arcane bullshit from programmers in the 90s and 2000s, you can break everyone else's computers, too.