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Peasant Railgun

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280 points cainxinth | 1 comments | 03 Jul 25 14:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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Ekaros ◴[03 Jul 25 15:49 UTC] No.44456259[source]▶
My ruling on this would be that there is no acceleration. Last peasant just drops it on ground. Thus making it pointless setup. That seems most consistent way to me.
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JoeAltmaier ◴[03 Jul 25 15:59 UTC] No.44456391[source]▶
Yet the rod traverses a mile in 6 seconds. How can that be? Without acceleration.
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1. bluefirebrand ◴[03 Jul 25 16:29 UTC] No.44456719[source]▶
Game mechanics that don't actually simulate physics

You might as well ask how a character turns into stone when looking at a gorgon