#2989: Physics Lab Thermostat

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[A black circular dial is shown with a white indicator line at the upper right. The label above the dial, enclosed in a rectangular box, says:]

Local Boltzmann Constant

[The two extremes of the dial are labeled as follows, the first value on the left and the second value on the right:]

1.418×10-23 J/K

1.351×10-23 J/K

[The indicator line is pointing to a position on the dial somewhere around 1.375×10-23 J/K (between the 12th and 13th large ticks clockwise out of 19 total).]

[Caption below the panel:]

Physics Lab Thermostat

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:Hopefully the HVAC people set it to only affect the AIR in the room.


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