Talk:356: Nerd Sniping - Revision history

42.book.addict at 20:17, 11 February 2026

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2607:FB90:DD9E:4C9A:F914:21EB:C4C1:1E92: Nate Silver linked to this page

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Nate Silver linked to this page

205.202.120.243: add to comments

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Bb777 at 20:59, 4 May 2025

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Bb777 at 14:36, 4 May 2025

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Kilvin at 23:19, 17 December 2024

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Bebidek: Putting in question whether the physicist was killed.

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Putting in question whether the physicist was killed.

172.71.150.156: Reply to comment on legality of running over pedestrians.

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Reply to comment on legality of running over pedestrians.

108.162.221.81: added link to youtube video explaining how to solve the problem

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added link to youtube video explaining how to solve the problem

172.70.90.29 at 09:40, 23 January 2024

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 ::Not everybody does... --[[Special:Contributions/85.159.196.14|FlatlandDweller]] 11:08, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
 ::: baDumpBump! [[Special:Contributions/172.68.142.89|172.68.142.89]] 16:22, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
-::I believe the OP is referencing the issue that an infinite circuit could not hold a current. Connecting a battery would only work for a finite grid. In addition, the orientation of the battery in physical space has no relation to its behavior in a circuit, only the points of connection matter. Think about what the battery is doing to generate a current. How does electric potential apply over an infinite grid? Even moving it through a magnetic field won't work as the flux will be uniform across each cross section. You can't rotate an infinite grid either...{{unsigned|Flewk}}
+::I believe the OP is referencing the issue that an infinite circuit could not hold a current. Connecting a battery would only work for a finite grid. In addition, the orientation of the battery in physical space has no relation to its behavior in a circuit, only the points of connection matter. Think about what the battery is doing to generate a current. How does electric potential apply over an infinite grid? Even moving it through a magnetic field won't work as the flux will be uniform across each cross section. You can't rotate an infinite grid either...{{unsigned|Flewk|21:48, 26 December 2015 (UTC)}}
 : This is an idealized version of the general problem of determining the resistance between two points in a volume of some material. Like, say, two electrode tips in a liquid electrolyte? Getting a mathematically exact solution in this situation requires integrating over an infinity of paths, even when the liquid volume is finite. Add in the fact that there are no perfect insulators, and you'll have to consider arbitrarily long paths, too. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.15|162.158.203.15]] 03:46, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
 :Just crocodidoodle the battery to the pencil lines as and where required for an infinity of varieteediddly.[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 18:51, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 This problem is "unsolvable" only if you try to just use the basic methods for finite networks.
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 When the number of parallel resistors increase, the equivalent resistance decreases. So, in an infinite grid, wouldn't it approach zero? [[User:UrubuSelvagem|UrubuSelvagem]] ([[User talk:UrubuSelvagem|talk]]) 03:43, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
-:They are also in series. For each parallel group, there is, in fact a corresponding group in series. {{unsigned|Flewk}}
+:They are also in series. For each parallel group, there is, in fact a corresponding group in series. {{unsigned|Flewk|21:52, 26 December 2015 (UTC)}}
 It is not directly relevant to the discussion of the comic, but this needs to be posted here. Perhaps the best nerd snipe ever actually achieved and a nearly perfect match for the comic (my professor put it in the lecture notes for my group theory class):
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 :I have now added this story in a new trivia section. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:40, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
-I know a solution that use random walks. :) {{unsigned ip|141.101.95.153}}
+I know a solution that use random walks. :) {{unsigned ip|141.101.95.153|21:40, 5 February 2016 (UTC)}}
 I really like this comic. It says a lot about Black Hat, but so much more about Randall :-) --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:40, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
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 Why should we assume that the physicist was actually hit by the truck? We only see him stopping in the middle of a street and the truck braking hard. Black Hat has clearly created a dangerous situation here, but has not necessarily killed. [[User:Bebidek|Bebidek]] ([[User talk:Bebidek|talk]]) 00:59, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
 I think an additional reference to this concept would be [[2467: Wikipedia Caltrops]]. [[User:Kilvin|Kilvin]] ([[User talk:Kilvin|talk]]) 23:19, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

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	Guys, Guys, obviously it's 3. There are 3 resistors between the 2 points with 1 ohm each, electricity take short path. -An engineer [[Special:Contributions/205.202.120.243\|205.202.120.243]] 17:57, 3 December 2025 (UTC)		Guys, Guys, obviously it's 3. There are 3 resistors between the 2 points with 1 ohm each, electricity take short path. -An engineer [[Special:Contributions/205.202.120.243\|205.202.120.243]] 17:57, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Fun fact, I came here via Nate Silver's excellent blog. https://www.natesilver.net/p/its-time-to-come-to-grips-with-ai DW [[Special:Contributions/2607:FB90:DD9E:4C9A:F914:21EB:C4C1:1E92\|2607:FB90:DD9E:4C9A:F914:21EB:C4C1:1E92]] 20:13, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

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	wait. is the physicist-mathematican thing [[435: Purity]]?--[[User:Bb777\|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 20:59, 4 May 2025 (UTC)		wait. is the physicist-mathematican thing [[435: Purity]]?--[[User:Bb777\|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 20:59, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Guys, Guys, obviously it's 3. There are 3 resistors between the 2 points with 1 ohm each, electricity take short path. -An engineer [[Special:Contributions/205.202.120.243\|205.202.120.243]] 17:57, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

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	would be fun if someone made a video game out of this.--[[User:Bb777\|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 14:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)		would be fun if someone made a video game out of this.--[[User:Bb777\|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 14:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
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		+	wait. is the physicist-mathematican thing [[435: Purity]]?--[[User:Bb777\|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 20:59, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

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	I think an additional reference to this concept would be [[2467: Wikipedia Caltrops]]. [[User:Kilvin\|Kilvin]] ([[User talk:Kilvin\|talk]]) 23:19, 17 December 2024 (UTC)		I think an additional reference to this concept would be [[2467: Wikipedia Caltrops]]. [[User:Kilvin\|Kilvin]] ([[User talk:Kilvin\|talk]]) 23:19, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
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		+	would be fun if someone made a video game out of this.--[[User:Bb777\|me, hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777\|talk]]) 14:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

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	Why should we assume that the physicist was actually hit by the truck? We only see him stopping in the middle of a street and the truck braking hard. Black Hat has clearly created a dangerous situation here, but has not necessarily killed. [[User:Bebidek\|Bebidek]] ([[User talk:Bebidek\|talk]]) 00:59, 4 December 2024 (UTC)		Why should we assume that the physicist was actually hit by the truck? We only see him stopping in the middle of a street and the truck braking hard. Black Hat has clearly created a dangerous situation here, but has not necessarily killed. [[User:Bebidek\|Bebidek]] ([[User talk:Bebidek\|talk]]) 00:59, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
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		+	I think an additional reference to this concept would be [[2467: Wikipedia Caltrops]]. [[User:Kilvin\|Kilvin]] ([[User talk:Kilvin\|talk]]) 23:19, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

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	I created some YouTube Video that details how the problem can be solved (also exploring some paths that do not work): Here is the gitlab page for that https://gitlab.com/mooond/grid-of-1ohm-resistors and here is the youtube playlist (the solution is mostly in chapter III): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGRr8ff1uXESrWh6z0BNTYpc4Y-hlBOm		I created some YouTube Video that details how the problem can be solved (also exploring some paths that do not work): Here is the gitlab page for that https://gitlab.com/mooond/grid-of-1ohm-resistors and here is the youtube playlist (the solution is mostly in chapter III): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGRr8ff1uXESrWh6z0BNTYpc4Y-hlBOm
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		+	Why should we assume that the physicist was actually hit by the truck? We only see him stopping in the middle of a street and the truck braking hard. Black Hat has clearly created a dangerous situation here, but has not necessarily killed. [[User:Bebidek\|Bebidek]] ([[User talk:Bebidek\|talk]]) 00:59, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

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	Can't speak for Black Hat's (or Randall's) jurisdiction, but over here a vehicle not stopping for someone on a zebra crossing (especially, but also not taking some basic actions to avoid ''any'' unexpected hazard in ''any'' road, including not going too fast to do so) would be an actual driving offence. Obviously someone stepping out from behind parked vehicles, or wildlife randomly crossing busy roads without regard for 'human' common sense, would be mitigation and probably become a no-fault situation, but someone clearly stood in an empty road (let alone upon a marked crossing point) should not be a surprise to even a looming juggernaut being responsibly driven. The regressive anti-pedestrian laws in the US might somehow {{tvtropes\|LookBothWays\|excuse this hollywood trope}}, but it still always bothers me when a character (gloating antagonist/doomed love-interest/whoever) gets suddenly side-slammed by a vehicle that nobody (we, they, the 'safe on the sidewalk' observers) had seen/heard until the moment before the impact (if that), but whose driver ''also'' appears to have been oblivious. And where there's no obvious sign of brakes used, vehicle and victim usually dissapearing just as rapidly off the opposite side of the shot, possibly remains so. (Does not apply to malicious side-swipes, obviously, where vehicle-as-a-weapon is invoked by whoever has gained off-screen control of the 'weapon', either to {{tvtropes\|SurpriseCarCrash\|kick off a villainous attack}} or for a co-protagonist to interupt an {{tvtropes\|EvilGloating\|attempted pre-mortem evil gloat}}...) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.48\|172.70.90.48]] 09:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)		Can't speak for Black Hat's (or Randall's) jurisdiction, but over here a vehicle not stopping for someone on a zebra crossing (especially, but also not taking some basic actions to avoid ''any'' unexpected hazard in ''any'' road, including not going too fast to do so) would be an actual driving offence. Obviously someone stepping out from behind parked vehicles, or wildlife randomly crossing busy roads without regard for 'human' common sense, would be mitigation and probably become a no-fault situation, but someone clearly stood in an empty road (let alone upon a marked crossing point) should not be a surprise to even a looming juggernaut being responsibly driven. The regressive anti-pedestrian laws in the US might somehow {{tvtropes\|LookBothWays\|excuse this hollywood trope}}, but it still always bothers me when a character (gloating antagonist/doomed love-interest/whoever) gets suddenly side-slammed by a vehicle that nobody (we, they, the 'safe on the sidewalk' observers) had seen/heard until the moment before the impact (if that), but whose driver ''also'' appears to have been oblivious. And where there's no obvious sign of brakes used, vehicle and victim usually dissapearing just as rapidly off the opposite side of the shot, possibly remains so. (Does not apply to malicious side-swipes, obviously, where vehicle-as-a-weapon is invoked by whoever has gained off-screen control of the 'weapon', either to {{tvtropes\|SurpriseCarCrash\|kick off a villainous attack}} or for a co-protagonist to interupt an {{tvtropes\|EvilGloating\|attempted pre-mortem evil gloat}}...) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.48\|172.70.90.48]] 09:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

		+	:I don't think the comic is meant to imply that running over pedestrians is legal or desirable. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.156\|172.71.150.156]] 20:41, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

	I created some YouTube Video that details how the problem can be solved (also exploring some paths that do not work): Here is the gitlab page for that https://gitlab.com/mooond/grid-of-1ohm-resistors and here is the youtube playlist (the solution is mostly in chapter III): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGRr8ff1uXESrWh6z0BNTYpc4Y-hlBOm		I created some YouTube Video that details how the problem can be solved (also exploring some paths that do not work): Here is the gitlab page for that https://gitlab.com/mooond/grid-of-1ohm-resistors and here is the youtube playlist (the solution is mostly in chapter III): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGRr8ff1uXESrWh6z0BNTYpc4Y-hlBOm

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	Can't speak for Black Hat's (or Randall's) jurisdiction, but over here a vehicle not stopping for someone on a zebra crossing (especially, but also not taking some basic actions to avoid ''any'' unexpected hazard in ''any'' road, including not going too fast to do so) would be an actual driving offence. Obviously someone stepping out from behind parked vehicles, or wildlife randomly crossing busy roads without regard for 'human' common sense, would be mitigation and probably become a no-fault situation, but someone clearly stood in an empty road (let alone upon a marked crossing point) should not be a surprise to even a looming juggernaut being responsibly driven. The regressive anti-pedestrian laws in the US might somehow {{tvtropes\|LookBothWays\|excuse this hollywood trope}}, but it still always bothers me when a character (gloating antagonist/doomed love-interest/whoever) gets suddenly side-slammed by a vehicle that nobody (we, they, the 'safe on the sidewalk' observers) had seen/heard until the moment before the impact (if that), but whose driver ''also'' appears to have been oblivious. And where there's no obvious sign of brakes used, vehicle and victim usually dissapearing just as rapidly off the opposite side of the shot, possibly remains so. (Does not apply to malicious side-swipes, obviously, where vehicle-as-a-weapon is invoked by whoever has gained off-screen control of the 'weapon', either to {{tvtropes\|SurpriseCarCrash\|kick off a villainous attack}} or for a co-protagonist to interupt an {{tvtropes\|EvilGloating\|attempted pre-mortem evil gloat}}...) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.48\|172.70.90.48]] 09:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)		Can't speak for Black Hat's (or Randall's) jurisdiction, but over here a vehicle not stopping for someone on a zebra crossing (especially, but also not taking some basic actions to avoid ''any'' unexpected hazard in ''any'' road, including not going too fast to do so) would be an actual driving offence. Obviously someone stepping out from behind parked vehicles, or wildlife randomly crossing busy roads without regard for 'human' common sense, would be mitigation and probably become a no-fault situation, but someone clearly stood in an empty road (let alone upon a marked crossing point) should not be a surprise to even a looming juggernaut being responsibly driven. The regressive anti-pedestrian laws in the US might somehow {{tvtropes\|LookBothWays\|excuse this hollywood trope}}, but it still always bothers me when a character (gloating antagonist/doomed love-interest/whoever) gets suddenly side-slammed by a vehicle that nobody (we, they, the 'safe on the sidewalk' observers) had seen/heard until the moment before the impact (if that), but whose driver ''also'' appears to have been oblivious. And where there's no obvious sign of brakes used, vehicle and victim usually dissapearing just as rapidly off the opposite side of the shot, possibly remains so. (Does not apply to malicious side-swipes, obviously, where vehicle-as-a-weapon is invoked by whoever has gained off-screen control of the 'weapon', either to {{tvtropes\|SurpriseCarCrash\|kick off a villainous attack}} or for a co-protagonist to interupt an {{tvtropes\|EvilGloating\|attempted pre-mortem evil gloat}}...) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.48\|172.70.90.48]] 09:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
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		+	I created some YouTube Video that details how the problem can be solved (also exploring some paths that do not work): Here is the gitlab page for that https://gitlab.com/mooond/grid-of-1ohm-resistors and here is the youtube playlist (the solution is mostly in chapter III): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGRr8ff1uXESrWh6z0BNTYpc4Y-hlBOm

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	Solution: ~0.7729906038309804 ohm. [[User:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e\|GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e]] ([[User talk:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e\|talk]]) 20:36, 4 September 2021 (UTC)		Solution: ~0.7729906038309804 ohm. [[User:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e\|GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e]] ([[User talk:GcGYSF(asterisk)P(vertical line)e\|talk]]) 20:36, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

−	Can't speak for Black Hat's (or Randall's) jurisdiction, but over here a vehicle not stopping for someone on a zebra crossing (especially, but also not taking some basic actions to avoid ''any'' unexpected hazard in ''any'' road, including not going too fast to do so) would be an actual driving offence. Obviously someone stepping out from behind parked vehicles, or wildlife randomly crossing busy roads without regard for 'human' common sense, would be mitigation and probably become a no-fault situation, but someone clearly stood in an empty road (let alone upon a marked crossing point) should not be a surprise to even a looming juggernaut being responsibly driven. The regressive anti-pedestrian laws in the US might somehow {{tvtropes\|LookBothWays\|excuse this hollywood trope}}, but it still always bothers me when a character (gloating antagonist/doomed love-interest/whoever) gets suddenly side-slammed by a vehicle that nobody (we, they, the 'safe on the sidewalk' observers) had seen/heard until the moment before the impact (if that), but whose driver ''also'' appears to have been oblivious. And where there's no obvious sign of brakes used, vehicle and victim usually dissapearing just as rapidly off the opposite side of the shot, possibly remains so. (Does not apply to malicious side-swipes, obviously, where vehicle-as-a-weapon is invoked by whoever has gained off-screen control of the 'weapon', either to {{tvtropes\|SurpriseCarCrash\|kick off a villainous attack}} or for a co-protagonist to interupt an {{w\|EvilGloating\|attempted pre-mortem evil gloat}}...) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.48\|172.70.90.48]] 09:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)	+	Can't speak for Black Hat's (or Randall's) jurisdiction, but over here a vehicle not stopping for someone on a zebra crossing (especially, but also not taking some basic actions to avoid ''any'' unexpected hazard in ''any'' road, including not going too fast to do so) would be an actual driving offence. Obviously someone stepping out from behind parked vehicles, or wildlife randomly crossing busy roads without regard for 'human' common sense, would be mitigation and probably become a no-fault situation, but someone clearly stood in an empty road (let alone upon a marked crossing point) should not be a surprise to even a looming juggernaut being responsibly driven. The regressive anti-pedestrian laws in the US might somehow {{tvtropes\|LookBothWays\|excuse this hollywood trope}}, but it still always bothers me when a character (gloating antagonist/doomed love-interest/whoever) gets suddenly side-slammed by a vehicle that nobody (we, they, the 'safe on the sidewalk' observers) had seen/heard until the moment before the impact (if that), but whose driver ''also'' appears to have been oblivious. And where there's no obvious sign of brakes used, vehicle and victim usually dissapearing just as rapidly off the opposite side of the shot, possibly remains so. (Does not apply to malicious side-swipes, obviously, where vehicle-as-a-weapon is invoked by whoever has gained off-screen control of the 'weapon', either to {{tvtropes\|SurpriseCarCrash\|kick off a villainous attack}} or for a co-protagonist to interupt an {{tvtropes\|EvilGloating\|attempted pre-mortem evil gloat}}...) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.48\|172.70.90.48]] 09:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)