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[โ€“] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 60 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (11 children)

In the top one you will never actually kill an infinite number of people, just approach it linearly. The bottom one will kill an infinite amount of people in finite time.

Edit: assuming constant speed of the train.

[โ€“] eleijeep@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

The bottom one will kill an infinite amount of people in finite time.

instantaneously FTFY

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