Ok so this one just isn't fair.
Two possibilities end up with me dead, two end up with millions dead, and one ends up with me being unemployed.
Sorry not sorry Team A and B, sacrifices must be made.
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Am I in the Metropolitan area?
You are on track A and the bomb is within sight. If you get the shit end of the 50/50, everyone in the diagram would be vaporized instantly
So you're saying there's a 100% chance the comitees get vaporized by choosing the bottom track.
Well, no.
In scenario A they are instantly vaporized. In scenario B they are brutally sliced into multiple pieces and crushed to death, rather painfully depending on the speed of the trolley.
You need to study up on your trolleys. That's clearly a Vaporizer Trolleynator 3000.
Lmao
I'd take my odds with the bottom track.
I agree. And if it doesn't fire the missile, I'll go get that and hook it up to my Motorcycle like Raven (Snow Crash)!
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my family is dying and i dont like it, atleast get me on the tracks with them, would not be able to live with the guilt anyway
Take another look, you're already standing on the top track.
well that gives me some soothe
Which metropolitan area?
Assuming it is in the US, at 4.5 million it can only be San Francisco/Oakland/Berkeley.
would the bomb also kill javascript and C++ or would I have to keep throwing trolleys at it until I get a heads?
At that distance it also kills you, so it sounds like a good deal. No regrets.
win win win
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Middle track. Then I have plenty of time to hotwire the nuke with my handy dandy mallet
Are we in the blast zone of the nuke?
Maybe we could use Javascript to direct a simple robot to set the lever while we remain at a safe distance?
Maybe the real solution to this diagram is to nuke it from orbit.
But the robot has to run windows vista
And have a valid Apple developer account?
I like those odds
there might be an argument that JavaScript kills more than a nuclear bomb
Javascript Standards Team is such an Oxymoron.
Yeah, didn't know there was a standard committee and can't believe how inept they are.
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Option 3 means that the Javascript standards team dies either way, right? Number 3. No hesitation.
wait nvm I fucked up
the c++ team is a sacrifice I'm willing to make. can we just shoot Brendan Eich in the head if he's not in there too?
I feel like all C++ does these days is badly and very slowly copy other languages. It wouldn't be a huge loss.
Push him onto the pressure pad. Make it his fault.
I think I’ll take my chances with the bomb
“You and your entire family” means “All life on Earth”.
That should make the decision somewhat easier.
By my definition, family is who you treat like family.
I try to treat everyone I meet like family
I thought seaweed didn't have a common ancestor
If you make it "all human live" it starts to look quite attractive again