When Programmers Get Bored
So, I am currently working on debugging a program as well as coding enhancements for said program. However, the original developer screwed up a little in that it takes, on average, approximately 2 min to compile the program. So when I make even a minute change, it takes up to 5 min for me to see the effects.
This set me to wondering. Given a flat road surface I can cover well above 1 km in 2 min on my bicycle. Now, if I were to connect a nuclear device to my pc and set it to go of when the compiling process finishes, what should the energy yield of the device be, given that I want to be outside the blast radius. By applying the equation as found on Wikipedia and by using some of the parameters of the Trinity test, I calculated that the energy yield of the device must be 1.653e17 J. Given that a kilo-ton of TNT yields 4.183e12 J of energy, it means that I need a device that delivers approximately 3950 kTNT of energy. Which is a lot.
In conclusion it must be noticed that these figures only allows me to be outside of the blast radius. The resulting shock wave of the device would likely kill me.

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