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  • Human terminal velocity is roughly 56 m/s. Let’s say our superhero wants to decelerate the person at 10G, which should be survivable for a short period. That would be 0.6 seconds of deceleration over 48 m. That’s a short time but quite a long distance, let’s slow down faster:

    20G -> 0.28 seconds, 24 m.

    30G -> 0.19 seconds, 16 m.

    50G -> 0.11 seconds, 9.6 m.

    100G -> 0.057 seconds, 4.79 m.

    200G -> 0.029 seconds, 2.45 m.

    5000G -> 0.0011 seconds, 3.6 inches.

    A 40 mph car crash in a modern car into a solid wall gives around 15G.

    F1 driver David Purley survived a 180G crash in 1977.

    In short, I don’t recommend catching someone with 3 inches to spare.


  • As a software developer I promise you that software development is very much not an exact science.

    Programs are complex and there are so many different ways of achieving the same thing that all code has problems and gets a bit messy in places. You can test, but it’s not easy to ensure that everything works the way it should.

    The best code you’re going to get will probably be in the space industry, but even that will have bugs. The best you can do is make the code robust even when bugs make things go wrong.

    In many cases copilot will do just as well as a junior developer. It’s very good at repetitive tasks and filling gaps in your existing code.