[thombles]

For today's 10000: amateur radio operators call Morse code "CW" since it's a Continuous Wave (unmodulated) transmission while you're pressing the key. The most basic kind is a straight key which simply transmits when you push and stops when you let go. Electronic keyers often use iambic paddles/buttons where you use one switch to create a series of "dits" and the other switch to create "dahs" yourself, which is less physically demanding and lets you hit higher WPM. There are examples of both types here.

[throw-qqqqq]

> For today's 10000

Just in case someone didn’t catch the reference: https://xkcd.com/1053/

[low_tech_love]

Nice, they used an obscure reference to explain another obscure reference, requiring two nested levels of explanation.

[swiftcoder]

You can't 10,000 the 10,000...

[thunderbong]

Mobile view https://m.xkcd.com/1053/