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Yeah, let's just measure the density and composition of a comet that will be here in a few months, and with expectations that it may be releasing new gaseous fo

by macksd 2y ago

Yeah, let's just measure the density and composition of a comet that will be here in a few months, and with expectations that it may be releasing new gaseous formations as it gets closer, predict what will happen with those formations. Let me just code that up real fast.

deadbabe 2y ago
You can literally measure anything, that’s not the same as being 100% precise. That’s how it works.
- ethbr1 2y ago
  The difference is compounding, unstable systems. In much simpler form, it's similar to the "Where will this satellite in a decaying orbit land?" The difficulty is not the approximation: the difficulty is that whether drag begins to increase at t=x or t=x+30sec (based on orientation when it first encounters atmosphere) cascades throughout the rest of the equations and dramatically changes the results.
  - deadbabe 2y ago
    Monte Carlo it
    - ethbr1 2y ago
      That doesn't help if the convergence is a bi+ modal distribution, due to the underlying nature of the problem.
    - macksd 2y ago
      Are you a product manager by any chance? Because I can totally imagine you telling someone to just use some cloud DB because it's infinitely scalable.
- mbwgh 2y ago
  Elon is it you?