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How would you approach towing a 1500 square mile chunk of ice?

• chihuahua 3y ago
  That's a perfectly reasonable SWE interview question.
  • kibibu 3y ago
    "I would definitely use a linked list, or maybe a hash map"
    • chihuahua 3y ago
      No, it's more along the lines of the "Why are manhole covers round?" and "How many barbers are there in Portland?" questions that Microsoft used to love a long time ago.
    • linkjuice4all 3y ago
      It looks like you’ve got a lot of experience but we’re a crushed ice shop and you’re mostly familiar with cubed ice - so I’m sorry it won’t be a good fit.
• stavros 3y ago
  Wind turbines running in reverse.
  • esafak 3y ago
    "The miles aren't coming off in reverse."
• gosub100 3y ago
  if the wind was predictable enough...maybe fashion a sail by melting the tops of the structure in a cold (pun intended), calculated shape that would push it back from whence it came?
• mr_toad 3y ago
  We’re gonna need a bigger boat.
• JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > How would you approach towing a 1500 square mile chunk of ice? Very slowly, and by nudging it into prevailing winds and currents [1]. Definitely within our capability to move it. Not sure if it is worth it to keep it there. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/mar/31/thisweekssciencequestions4 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/mar/31/thisweekssci...
  • axelthegerman 3y ago
    Wondering how much fossil fuel we want to burn to do that
    • LargoLasskhyfv 3y ago
      Use nukkular subs, carriers & icebreakers.
• lttlrck 3y ago
  Even if that could be done, how would it be anchored in place? If anchoring is possible it might be sensible to anchor it where it is now and forget the towing. Shame it isn't as simple as hoisting a huge sail on it.
• justrealist 3y ago
  Stratospheric kites.