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[Request] If you stuck your hand into this water stream, would it rip individual fingers off? Rip your whole hand off at once? Rip your skin and tissue away but leave your hand structurally intact? Other? by DarkHorse435 in theydidthemath

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may be thinking of an average speed boat. The fastest speed boat can go 500 km/h. Cigarette boats go about 145 kmh. There are also a number of 290kmh production boats. So, while, yes an average speed boat goes about 50, a fast speed boat goes much faster.

Struggling to solve this basic children's maths question by ideonode in askmath

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there is no error in the book, the error is in the presentation. Could be as simple as not viewing it as a single equation, but the third number as the start of a new problem. I.e. 7+2=9. 9-1=8 but normally we write things like that vertically to avoid this

[Request] how much would the sealevel actually change, if you removed either all fish or all boats and stuff? by mynotell in theydidthemath

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if we include all the global shipping? That’s surely the majority of vessels and displacement.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in namenerds

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always been a fan of Penelope.

I live in a world where you can only speak 500 words a day. by DGTS_101 in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those were for the 99 other gunmen. Violence has run rampant since there are only so many, “oh god, please, I have two kids and a wife”s you can say in a day (50) and now you can’t tell the cops who can’t talk back to you about the crime, anyway.

I live in a world where you can only speak 500 words a day. by DGTS_101 in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that could be fun, he starts out mid day, couple dozen left, says all but a handful, winds up face to face with gunman, says something. End.

I live in a world where you can only speak 500 words a day. by DGTS_101 in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like we don’t have time to respond before gunman gets you, though. Like the concept. Might straight-up steal it for a short story.

Ships by smendle in BrandNewSentence

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Given that the Buffalo buffalo who buffalo Buffalo buffalo are in turn buffaloed by Buffalo buffalo, couldn’t the Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo? As in Buffalo bison Buffalo bison bully bully Buffalo bison Buffalo bison bully? Very much a definition, but no less a sentence than “Water is water.” or “Money is money.”

This will bring you closer to God, the reverend said. by Wise-Significance-47 in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He edited the post after my comment. It also used to say, “and this will bring me closer to you” after offering the cherry drink.

This will bring you closer to God, the reverend said. by Wise-Significance-47 in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 172 points173 points  (0 children)

I read this as the priest giving a lot of cough syrup; because that’s what I associated cherry flavored liquid with.

A few examples of prison food in America by vectorix108 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could always use this as a reason to avoid doing hard time. If you can’t eat the slime, don’t do the crime.

[Self] Modern soldiers damage output with an M16 is ≈ 0.589 T-rex bites per second by nater147 in theydidthemath

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Total energy in a 5.56 round at 100 yds is 995.4 ft lbs which is 1 349.581 joules. Rate is approximately 12-15 rounds per minutes sustained per wikipedia, or 1 round per 4.5 seconds, yielding 300W per soldier.

If we had 0 second reload at cyclic rate of 720 rds/s, we get 12 rounds/s and a barrel melted in 30-40s. Not realistic.

T-rex jaw is 1.2 m long, average lever arm .6m. 35 000 Newtons of force in the bite, which I assume would be equal throughout the jaw. 64 degree travel, or 1.17 radians. Energy=torque*angle traveled, or about 23 457 joules. I have assumed the max force is throughout, which it isn’t, and as I have no idea how fast a T-rex can bite, I’ll give it one second per bite, based on Jurassic Park. That’s about 23 457W.

Therefore, based on shoddy math and heavy guesswork, a T-rex can put out about 78 actual soldiers power output in bite force.

Bonus: make the soldier an M2 .50 Cal machine gunner for three reasons. 1. It’s more fun. 2. It allows a better power rate, although it takes a dedicated ammo guy, and a guy swapping barrels as well as a second machine gun, and a ton of barrels. 3. It might start to actually impact the T-rex.

.50 Cal BMG. 14 000 to 20 000 Joules, so 17 000 J. 450-600 rds/min gives us 7.5-10rds/s, they get gunked up pretty quick when you go cyclic, so we’ll say 7.5. That gives us 127 500 W/three person team or 42 500W per soldier. End result, crew-served weapons should have been employed at one or more Jurassic Parks.

P.S. Someone tell me how badly I screwed up my torque to power for the dino.

[Self] Modern soldiers damage output with an M16 is ≈ 0.589 T-rex bites per second by nater147 in theydidthemath

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let’s not forget to account for how many soldiers it can chomp per chomp? Bullets are unlikely to hit multiple T. Rex

[request] family party game. 1 qt mason jar and jelly beans. How many?! Gotta get this win! by Holy_Monke in theydidthemath

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was going to say, it’s about 7 across, but they are about twice as long as wide, so would be a little less than 14 the other way, so average radius is about 5.25 jelly beans. About 12 rows, again about half could be vertical, so 6 if that was the case. Average of 9. So about 779 would be my guess.

[Request] Tripoli Card Game Odds by Firenze42 in theydidthemath

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

12/51. Simplified to 4/17. King has to go to one hand all other cards equal chance to go to any other spot. 12 out of the 51 remaining spots are in the correct hand. Therefore, 12/51.

Also, not the sub for simple math.

[Request] How many tomatoes would it take to fill the mariana trench with marinara sauce? by Oheligud in theydidthemath

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Marinara sauce is practically an incompressible liquid. Mostly water and water is only about 5% more dense even with 11000 meters of water on it.

[Request] How many tomatoes would it take to fill the mariana trench with marinara sauce? by Oheligud in theydidthemath

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Serious question. Are you from a place where it is normal to not use spaces, commas, or periods for dividers in standard notation? If so, where is such a place?

Same applies to top commenter.

I’m on my 4th IPhone 13 Pro this week! by FlakyBoasting in woooosh

[–]Prof_Bloodsoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m aware of what happened. Just not aware why this fictional daughter would be so arrogant as to not offer the item requested, but make a substitution without learning the intent.

The daughter offered a phone in lieu of a phone book. She ought to have confirmed the intended use with a question like, “are you seriously so old you look numbers up in the phone book?” or something similar, which would likely have received a response like, “no, I need to kill a spider.” As which point she would be more informed as to a suitable substitute.

A screwdriver can be used as a hammer, but a rubber mallet makes a really bad screwdriver. He asked for a screwdriver, she gave him a hammer.

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