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led76 t1_jacb6bv wrote

Reply to comment by RL203 in Digging out basement? by MRMAGOOONTHE5

How expensive per square foot was it to underpin and dig out if you don’t mind saying? Or maybe just how expensive was the initial structural engineer consultation?

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led76 t1_j6lxf6p wrote

Reply to comment by TheLuteceSibling in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan

It might be eli5 to say that the GPU is really good at multiplying grids (matrix) of numbers together. Lots of them. At the same time. And grids of numbers are great at representing things in 3D, like in games.

A CPU can do it, but when there’s bajillions of them to multiply together best to go with the thing that can do hundreds at a time instead of a handful.

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led76 t1_iqx678l wrote

Reply to comment by D3ATHfromAB0V3x in After DART: Using the first full-scale test of a kinetic impactor to inform a future planetary defense mission by EricFromOuterSpace

I think the idea is that an extinction-level asteroid might be bigger than this one, so destroying may not be an option.

Also, nudging it out of the way of earth takes far less energy. And if you blow it up big chunks of it could still cause immense damage. They don’t have to be big. Enough pebble-sized meteorites in succession could heat up the atmosphere enough to kill off a lot of things.

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