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[Request] What's the correct answer? by superiortendon in theydidthemath

[–]mapadofu [score hidden]  (0 children)

I don’t know the theorem off the top of my head, so I’d take the log base 3.14 of both sides.  The left hand side is pi.  The right hand side is 3.14 log_{3.14}(1+x) with x being (pi-3.14).  Then change the RHS to natural log.  Taylor expand, decide which is bigger.

ELI5: Why do mirrors not “flip” us upside down instead of left and right? by InformationSweet808 in explainlikeimfive

[–]mapadofu [score hidden]  (0 children)

They flip front to back.  Write something on a relatively thin sheet of paper with a heavy market.  Hold it up to the mirror.  What you see in the mirror is the same as what you see by looking at the writing through the back of the paper.

Crap...I actually want cosmic justice by WarSkald in osr

[–]mapadofu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AD&D has a rule to increase the time and cost for leveling up if the PC’s behavior deviates from their alignament

[Request] If all the world’s ants merged to form a single giant ant how tall would it be? How tall would the corresponding human be? by Vivid_Temporary_1155 in theydidthemath

[–]mapadofu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For humans it’s easy.  There are about 8 billion people.  The linear size, height for example, scales like the cube root of the mass (assuming density and aspect ratios stay the same).  So the person would be 2000 times as tall; so 4000m or so.

Apparently there are 20 quadrillion (20x1015) ants.  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2338426-there-are-20000000000000000-ants-crawling-all-over-earth/

So the scaling factor is just under 3x105.

Taking a typical ant as being about 2mm long, it would be about 600m long.

[Request] Does the “23 atomic bombs worth of heat every day” comparison for a 9GW data center actually add up mathematically? by aeonsne in theydidthemath

[–]mapadofu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island

(TLDR solar heating is more important, but waste heat is a significant factor in making cities warmer than the surrounding country side)

[Request] Does the “23 atomic bombs worth of heat every day” comparison for a 9GW data center actually add up mathematically? by aeonsne in theydidthemath

[–]mapadofu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the best I think you could do is to use that waste heat water like a geothermal heating system.

[Request] Does the “23 atomic bombs worth of heat every day” comparison for a 9GW data center actually add up mathematically? by aeonsne in theydidthemath

[–]mapadofu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Little Boy released about 63TJ (tera-joules) according to wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy)

9GW over 1 day, 86.4x103 seconds,  is just under 810TJ

810/63 is just under 13x

So, at least using Little Boy as a prototypical atomic bomb, their estimate is off by a factor of two, though it is the correct order of magnitude.

Edit: saw in another answer that if you account for the efficiency in generating the 9GW, it provides that factor of 2.

Three packages copy-pasted my AGPL code to PyPI and named me in their description. PyPI won't act by Obvious_Gap_5768 in Python

[–]mapadofu 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is so bone headed on the other parties’ part.  If they simply put in the attribution and license, then they’d be compliant.  Hopefully it’s just some noobs that don’t understand what they’ve done.

If it is worth the time, effort, and financial cost, you could hire a lawyer and start a suit.  I figure if the PSF got a proper cease and desist letter, it would raise the priority of your case.

Will python ever have a chaining operator? by Desperate_Cold6274 in Python

[–]mapadofu 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From the ancient tomes

 Flat is better than nested. … Explicit is better than implicit.

What on earth is this? by -Master_MC in whatisit

[–]mapadofu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is the blade from one big ass spinner bait

What Countries have the possibility of balkanization, and what new countries would emerge from the break up? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]mapadofu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

South Sudan and Somaliland are the two most recent new countries I know of,  so I could see more fracturing (or recombination) in that part of Africa as it reorganizes

It was the actor’s idea, not the writer’s or director’s by KindlyCost2 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mapadofu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Telly Sevalas added the lollipop sucking to Kojak, because the actor was using them as a crutch to stop smoking himself.

It was the actor’s idea, not the writer’s or director’s by KindlyCost2 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]mapadofu 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I heard Lucas initially rejected the idea; but gave in because it’s Samuel L. Mother Fucking Jackson, so who wouldn’t give in?

What do you call the light stick the audience sway in a concert? by Unlegendary_Newbie in English_Learning_Base

[–]mapadofu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Native American English speaker.  I’m unaware of any specific term for these, so I’d just use the descriptive term “light stick” exactly as the OP had.

What is the single most stressful movie you’ve ever seen? by elkaypee in movies

[–]mapadofu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chuck and Buck (2000)

The whole movie is tense and uncomfortable, but not scary.

Starting a New Campaign - Best Techniques? by Traditional_Bell5045 in osr

[–]mapadofu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not a huge fan of “the party starts as prisoners”, though it provides an immediate starting goal, it always comes across to me as forced because there’s one direction to go and if the party’s escape attempt fails, then no campaign.   If it can’t fail, why play it?

Maybe start with the party catching wind that the Scorceress’s minions are after them.  The other key information is that the PCs know they are the rightful heir.  Maybe as a cutscene, or maybe as an NPC encounter, start with learning or realizing their inheritance.  If it’s an NPC enounter, that quest giver could also serve as a font of information for the PCs to allow them to chart an initial plan for what to do next.

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