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[-] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 101 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In the top one you will never actually kill an infinite number of people, just approach it linearly. The bottom one will kill an infinite amount of people in finite time.

Edit: assuming constant speed of the train.

[-] eleijeep@piefed.social 1 points 22 hours ago

The bottom one will kill an infinite amount of people in finite time.

instantaneously FTFY

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