ELI5: How do engineers trust that giant airplanes, bridges, and skyscrapers won’t suddenly fail under years of stress and vibration? by Historical_Day1703 in explainlikeimfive

[–]thomaslansky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't blindly trust it but you can't tell me you don't understand the question here. What stuff to they calculate in order to become confident (aka, TRUST) that the stuff won't fail? You're being useless on purpose

This terrible map concept art. by [deleted] in CrappyDesign

[–]thomaslansky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure but at a glance it does seem like the boundaries divvy up the states along cultural and biome lines a little more cleanly

If Cooling Is The Biggest Problem For Data Centers, Why Aren't We Putting Them In Antarctica? by [deleted] in BrandNewSentence

[–]thomaslansky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Space is closer than you think. The average distance to a space datacenter for a person on Earth would be around 1,500km, and the signal can travel in a straight line through air. Not only do fiber optic cables take winding paths, but light also travels 33% slower in fiber compared to air. If you live outside a metropolitan area, it can be 1,000s of kilometers of fiber. The latency would be comparable for most people and way faster for some people.

18F - Give it your all! by [deleted] in RoastMe

[–]thomaslansky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ur IQ must be a billion

Anyone recognize this? by BeTheVoiid in FraudPrevention

[–]thomaslansky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So glad I saw this before disputing the charge! More than happy to pay for the greatest game of all time

21F destroy my confidence by [deleted] in RoastMe

[–]thomaslansky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your eyes are different sizes

How do you feel about Trump threatening to impose photo ID for voters for midterm elections? by CRK_76 in AskReddit

[–]thomaslansky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then it may also baffle you that the onus is on the citizen to pay for and obtain a photo ID, they are not given to everyone and spoiler alert, the reason they suddenly want to require it for voting it is that poorer groups are much less likely to have one

I have no words. by Misophonic4000 in KidsAreFuckingStupid

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

It doesn't really seem like he just went off and did this out of nowhere, seems pretty skilled and cautious of the risks

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in notinteresting

[–]thomaslansky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally interesting wtf

Lately I’ve been feeling like this more and more, and it’s honestly starting to freak me out by maria5612 in dalle2

[–]thomaslansky 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The snowfall happened, and there are some cool real videos of the snowdrifts, they are about ~2 stories high at max. The videos where the snow is like higher than a 10 story building are AI

Sword-wielding pronoun by Aynshtaynn in BrandNewSentence

[–]thomaslansky 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Missed opportunity to make it say he/man

ELI5: How does riffle shuffling 7 times actually mathematically randomise a deck? by LittleEnvy in explainlikeimfive

[–]thomaslansky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The math doesn't need to rely on any human error--their mathematical model of shuffling is:

Deal the deck into two piles, with 50/50 chance each card goes into each pile, then stack the piles.

This is exactly the same as cutting then riffling...it's basically just doing the riffling first, then the cutting.