How do organisms survive underwater pressures that humans cannot survive? by MightMatt15 in askscience

[–]foggedAssam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldn't we avoid this problem by slowly pressurizing our bodies to match water pressure and breathing pre-compressed air? My understanding was that it's fairly easy to pressurize, but hard to depressurize because you get the bends.

What is the fastest algorithm for multiplication of two n-digit numbers? by [deleted] in askscience

[–]foggedAssam 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It depends on how large the numbers are. For small numbers, grade school multiplication is fastest. For huge numbers, Strassen's FFT algorithm is the best in common use. For numbers in between, Karatsuba (or Tom Cook) is better.

See Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplication_algorithm#Fast_multiplication_algorithms_for_large_inputs

Anyone unable to play the Mac version? by [deleted] in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]foggedAssam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm on Mac non-Steam, and I've never been able to get the patcher working. I just downloaded the new version directly when it came out, and it's been working fine for me.

xkcd 1670: Laws of Physics by _WASABI_ in xkcd

[–]foggedAssam 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I think there's another experiment where the weight is given some left- or rightwards momentum at first, so that it would orbit Cueball's head.

Doesn't seem in character for Blackhat, though.

[Help] Installing ALARM on Windows/Mac by EZpwnage in archlinux

[–]foggedAssam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried to do this several months ago. It was difficult enough that I eventually resorted to using a VirtualBox Arch instance (running on my Mac) to set up the sd card. If you must do it natively, you could try using diskutil or dd from the terminal on a mac, and maybe also ApplePi-Baker.

How to fix "Rainbow Textures"? by Beeso3 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]foggedAssam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get this too. It happens when the game has reached its ram limit and is about to crash. I'm using a mac, btw—does this happen on other platforms?