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xkcd #3031: Time Capsule Instructions (xkcd.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/xkcd
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Inside is a third box, labeled DO NOT OPEN UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE TIME ZONE WHERE YOU OPENED BOTH PREVIOUS BOXES.

https://explainxkcd.com/3031/

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 weeks ago

Well just stand between timezones... [sees alt-text] god damn it!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago

Inside the fourth box: Do not open unless this box is inside the other boxes and all the lids are closed.

[–] Iron_Lynx 1 points 3 weeks ago
  1. Load the capsule onto a ship in 2024.
  2. Sail to the easternmost point of the international date line and stop just before crossing.
  3. At midnight, open the outer box.
  4. Immediately cross the date line and then sail along it on the 2024 side, aiming for the westernmost point of the line.
  5. While in transit, open the inner box
  6. ???
  7. Profit!...?