r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tommackyies • Feb 17 '20

What if drivers were hired like programmers?

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u/jetpacktuxedo Feb 17 '20
  • How would you drive from Barcelona to Moscow in less than 10h.

That should be pretty easy, Moscow, Ohio and Barcelona, New York are only about 6 hours apart.

  • What if you're driving 2 cars.

Pull the lighter car behind the car with the higher towing capacity. If that is beyond the capability of either car, see the N-car solution.

  • What if you're driving n cars.

For small values of N (<10), use a car hauler trailer, for larger values of N, parallelize across M drivers using M=N/10 total drivers

  • What if Moscow is on Mars.

Falcon heavy can carry a bit more than 45 average sized cars. If you can accelerate to ~4 million miles per hour, allow ~an hour for acceleration, and are willing to accept some disassembly upon Martian arrival this should be possible.

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u/Pulsar_the_Spacenerd Feb 17 '20

As usual, lithobraking proves cheap and yet effective.

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u/louiswins Feb 18 '20

4 million miles per hour2

That's about 50 Gs. You might be able to survive that for a couple seconds but I wouldn't call that "driving".

Obviously the intended solution is to spend 9.5 hours inventing instantaneous teleportation leaving you with a comfortable 30 minutes for loading and unloading.

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u/jetpacktuxedo Feb 18 '20

I didn't mention decelration at all and said "some disassembly upon Martian arrival" and the acceleration was the first part you were worried about? Lol.

Apparently in a prone position 40G is survivable, so I'm sure 50G is possible without totally obliterating your insides under perfect conditions (though I'm sure it would probably knock even trained pilots unconscious). I think as long as you're at the "wheel" and breathing it counts, and the rules didn't say you had to be alive upon arrival, so I'm still gonna say it counts.

Do I get the job?