Mars does not have a strong magnetic field like Earth does, so solar winds can strip away bits of the atmosphere.

I wanted to say the same. And furthermore I wanted to add that it’s beside the point of the comic. But I still wanted to say it.

I like your pitch black humour.

Thanks. I thought it was about counting. It all makes a lot more sense now. (And it also doesn’t.)

How?

Yes, if you push the circles down a bit, it forms a 7 by 7 matrix. But if pushing the circles into a square matrix is not allowed: how?

Edit: I get it now. It is about (efficient) packing not about counting. I also get the 4th panel now…

Re-animator had an off-site backup.

If it was this way, the pawn had a good chance to take a few of them down. Problem is they’d have their own pawns to send forward. Also their buddies from a different board might join to tip the scales.

You’d need a bigger board, more pawns on your side and maybe different rules to actually win.

Perhaps there is a different way?

Thank you for the clarification. These points are indeed very similar to my thoughts (but I wouldn’t have been able to describe it so to the point. )

I like to think I managed to represent the Musk-like interaction in my previous reply; responding to your well built message with a snarky comment. Although, I think, I went too far with the dual interpretations.

I didn’t get that. So this part needed some explaining for me.

Why is your reply being down-voted

Maybe it is because I missed the sarcasm/ humour in your response. It’s hard to know if it isn’t written down as a response. :)

I’m not sure what you mean. The act is the same but the intention of it differs imo. Do you want to elaborate on the topic?

Even partially resorbed earth crust/ ingrown nail? Maybe. :)

Good.

Now repeat it with an ingrown nail.

I think that he should have avoided the interaction with musk, if he planned to convince Musk of something.

If he planned to educate the general public, his approach is totally fine, though.

I like

That’s a pyramid. (And an eleven-fingered Pythagoras depiction)

Let the patch be part of the code for one or two minor releases. Then revert the changes of the patch.

Oh wow, you’re riding the wave here.

That is humour shaming!

Sharing is caring, George!

What a story.

Divide by 1/2 or multiply with 2/1. It’s an equivalent transformation.

So one turn takes about… 24h?