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We’re considering installing a pressurization system to keep the tanks at constant pressure solely to deter them.
Also, be wary of them kicking boats away at the pier.
xkcd #2974: Storage Tanks
Submitted 2 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.world
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marcos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
TriflingToad@lemmy.world 2 months ago
thanks for the explain xkcd thing, haven’t taken calculus yet
match@pawb.social 2 months ago
hear me lut: klein bottle vats
trolololol@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Infinite fluid flow + turbine = infinite energy
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Just add a pump in the bund to pump the liquid back into the tank. In order to deter mathematically inclined terrorists, use a variable frequency drive and make that frequency change every second. The problem becomes unsolvable.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
As long as they can measure the frequency of the drive, some pervert is going to try to calculate the thing. Never underestimate the siren’s song of a familiar but tricky problem.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Add a long pipe so narrow it will cause turbulence and loose an unpredictable amount of energy that way. The mathematician who can predict how that mess works out gets a noble prize and a pack of drill bits.
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Nah, since we’ve been doing proper analysis, we already derived everything from a topological standpoint. So, we’ll just open the chapter on measures and measurable functions, quickly extend them to a proper probabilistic framework, use a few standard inequalities to prove the CLT, and show that using the average flow in the PDE that we previously used can cause at most a delta error with a p<e.
Next time make sure to design a chaotic defense system that is actually unsolvable. Adding simple uncertainty as a defense only encourages students to actually use their analysis skills.
kogasa@programming.dev 2 months ago
I’m stuck on the homological algebra exercise
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Good point. Sounds like it would be a good idea to replace the RNG chip with a weather station. This way, sunshine, wind, rain, temperature and other conditions control the frequency of the motor. Anyone who can predict that deserves a Nobel Price.