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Trolley problem (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago

sudo rm train.sh

problem solved 👍

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 18 points 1 day ago

I've played enough X-COM to know that 50/50 is actually 100%, I just don't know which way. Better trigger it!!

[-] darkbaron202@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

30%? Let me deliver that shot with crit across the map to your teammate hunkered down behind full cover for you!

[-] telepresence@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

why would you wanna kill the programming language commitees.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

I'll take the 50/50 because those are some damn good odds!

[-] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

those are the best odds i've had in years

-dr. mann

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Am I also in range of the nuclear bomb, or am I safe? Unclear as the image doesn't specify if it is drawn to scale or not. Also which direction are the tracks currently pointing.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well, you can take yourself out of the equation because you're not tied down and can just move after flipping the switch.

chooses bottom track

"C'mon...c'mon!"

trolley heads towards committe members

"Dammit!"

runs over and jumps on the nuclear bomb pressure pad

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

Joke's on you I hate myself and my family

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Quickly move the switch while on track, then hope the paths willl be wide enough to stop the trolley.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 224 points 2 days ago

Option 3 means that the Javascript standards team dies either way, right? Number 3. No hesitation.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 66 points 2 days ago

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?

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago

Push him onto the pressure pad. Make it his fault.

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[-] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 61 points 2 days ago
[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago
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[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Fuck the metro I guess.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 79 points 2 days ago

Javascript Standards Team is such an Oxymoron.

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[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Now how do I get it to drift over everything but teams a and b?

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

It'll hit the bomb, so teams a and b will be blasted either way :)

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

I assumed that the bomb would only kill 4.5 million people but all 8 billion are acceptable too, unless the teams a and b happen to be in the blast radius which seems unlikely. To me the area was only referencing the location of the bomb not the train.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 19 points 2 days ago

A Mark VI only has a 18 to 160 kiloton yield.

Can we replace it with a B83?

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 28 points 2 days ago

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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[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 47 points 3 days ago

“You and your entire family” means “All life on Earth”.

That should make the decision somewhat easier.

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[-] zzx@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I like those odds

[-] zib@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

I'd take my odds with the bottom track.

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[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

there might be an argument that JavaScript kills more than a nuclear bomb

[-] Iceman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

There is at least one user here in the superposition of being on two tracks at once.

[-] finley@lemm.ee 28 points 3 days ago

I think I’ll take my chances with the bomb

[-] superkret@feddit.org 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Assuming it is in the US, at 4.5 million it can only be San Francisco/Oakland/Berkeley.

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

would the bomb also kill javascript and C++ or would I have to keep throwing trolleys at it until I get both silicon valley and the JS/C++ devs?

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 days ago

At that distance it also kills you, so it sounds like a good deal. No regrets.

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[-] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

Let's play coin flip!

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