That Schwarzschild radius is larger than I expected. I was expecting sub-molecular.
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9mm for those wanting sane units. Edit for clarity: this refers to the fractional inches, not the 4 inch figure which, as another poster points out, is a bit north of 10cm.
That's "American" for a round used in a personal protection weapon. So, who is sane now?
Lmao I knew your username was a familiar sequence to me and I started to say it out loud. Next thing I knew I went full Richard Ayoade with it. 10/10.
Goal: Achieved
Hahahaha
Pfft. There's nothing sane here.
Not even close? If you meant CENTImeters then it's closer to 10cm. EDIT: four inches = 10.16 centimeters
The radius is about .35 inches
Which is 9mm. I have edited my post to indicate this for clarity. I had assumed that "fractional inches" was the part that was least sane and thought others would think the same.
as an American i can recognize 9mm because that's the size of a handgun bullet :3
There's also the fact that people might not be able to use it if it's too small.
4" is a respectable size, okay? It's nothing to scoff at.
It's all about your spin game anyways
subdued scoffing
Maybe its less about the size and more about the technique?
Shouldn't 7/10" actually be 7/20"?
What in the motherfuck are those numbers
What the fuck is wrong with your units
They’re literally called rational numbers
Notice how the lines the 7/10" is attached to go from one side of the miniature globe to the other? This indicates that measurement is meant to be a diameter. Looking back at the paragraph before he talks about 0.35" being Earth's Schwarzschild Radius. Radius is half of diameter so doubling that radius you get 0.7 or 7/10" across at which the Earth would become a black hole.
That's what that mini diagram is showing.
The same question is in the discussion section in ExplainXKCD, so I can confidently use the reply given there: No, 7/20" is the radius, but 7/10" is correct for the diameter.
Oh right, didn't pay enough attention. But it was the first thing I saw in the morning.