I think, Number 7 will stay empty for some time.
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i hate you.
but ignoring my loss, if everything is pressurized i think 7 if unpressurized i think 5
7 won’t ever fill because the pipe from 2 to 3 is blocked off.
well i didn’t see that lol
Ignoring the walled off stuff, can you ELI5 why pressurized vs not changes things and how so?
The pipe from 2-3 is walled off though.
well i didn’t see that lol
Unless I completely misunderstand how this works, I think 5 is the only one that will fill up. It then overflows, preventing any of the taller ones from filling. 7 is shallower but won’t start filling until 3 gets fuller than 5, which it never will. This would be true whether the blockage between 2 and 3 is a mistake or not.
I think you’re right. Unfortunately, we’ll still have to chalk this up as a loss.
You are correct and I agree, but look again.
At the comments.
Then at the image.
Forget all about the water, and the question.
If necessary, reread the title.
Groan.
Please help. I have nightmares of being in a room where everyone else is just waiting patiently for me to remember the thing I forgot/figure out what is happening.
Help
This ‘loss’ thing is so annoying.
Yeah I don’t get it. Why does anyone care if the comic was set up that way an if other people copied it. It’s funny? It’s not anything?
It’s an in-joke.
The comic used to be big in the ~2000s nerd space, mostly by being one of the earlier video game focused webcomics that hit it big. The author had/has a… polarizing personality and the comic itself went from dick jokes and game references to super serious miscarriage storyline at the drop of a hat.
Que endless satire.
I have never understood the meme but that clues me in a bit, thank you.
Fyi, it’s “Cue endless satire.”
Que is Spanish for “what” and is pronounced similar to Kay.
Queue is a bunch of extra letters standing in line after the “Q”
Cue is “it’s time” - imagine an actor backstage being poked with a pool cue to get them going.
Boo lol
By far the most annoying meme and it’s not even funny.
Goddammit.
Yeah I just got it seeing it for the second time in my feed lol
5
Also, you suck.
The actual joke aside, 4 has a hole in it, so it won’t.
5 fills from 2, not 4.
And 3 is blocked
??? 4 and 5 are not connected
Doh, you’re right, not sure what I was thinking.
Cheers, I got you bro.
Depends on how fast the liquid is flowing in.
Or, actually, can they even “fill”? These are 2D objects.
Is this that “loss” comic? Why is everyone mad?
Yes
I hate you so much right now. Also I think it’s 5
It’s only 5. It just overflows.
Depends on the flow from the faucet.
If it is filling 1 faster then water can move between then order will be 1->2->5
If it is slow enough then just 5 fills.
Everything else will be dry. Between 2 to 3 is sealed too. Without lids there is a lot of issues.
Technically if it’s faster, then at some point 3 will start to get water. Due to 2 overflowing and filling the space between the 2 cups.
6 probably, maybe would, but not 100% sure.
Which means that really 4 can’t fill up over time.
I think there’s a potential for 4 to get wet, even though it can’t fill.
If the faucet pressure and flow is so big that it spills out without filling the bucket, the spill could reach 4. Given that the walls of that bucket are extremely cold, the water could freeze over the drain, making that the first bucket to fill up.
So I would say 4.
Because the inlet and outlet of 2 are the same size, 2 will always be filled last, if at all. Once 5 is filled, it will spill out the edges of the container rather than back flowing.
Yeah nothing will fill up until 5 is full. And then since 4 has a leak it, I think basically ONLY 5 will fill.
Assuming there’s a floor it’d be 5 first, then 7, then 4 and 6 basically tie, followed by 2, then a million gallons later 3, and it looks like 1 is last because it’s a tiny bit higher
3/6/7 can’t be filled, the hole between 2>3 is plugged.
Assuming there’s a floor eventually water levels will rise and breach the rim. They aren’t sealed up top
even if they’re no floor, they will all fill eventually. it may cause another noah’s ark situation, but what matters is that all the containers will be filled.
4 before 6 because of the hole in 4.
2 and 3 at the same time.
I think you’re right about 4, it’s been like 20 years since I thought about how water works lol, once that hole is submerged, 4 fills, right?
The line is blocked between 2-3, so 3,6,&7 don’t get anything.
It’s gonna spill out and assuming there is a floor and it’s not an infinitely bottomless pit, the water will hit the floor, and the water level in the floor will rise. Keep in mind the very first thing I said was “assuming there is a floor”
Given enough pressure, bucket 1 will never be filled, and it will overflow to 2 and 3. Depending on the flow, 2 could be the first to fill up.
I like the explanatory drawing your provided.
It was your comment that made me realise
We’ll done.
I came in to comment, “it probably would probably be 5, but I think it would depend on the flow rate?”
But reading the other comments, it looks like I’m OOTL on something? 🧐
if you really want to know... don't do it
There might be something further upstream. All the way upstream.
spoiler-title
point zero, in fact
im at a loss too
There’s only one “one” in the diagram, so I’m gonna say the one marked “1.” Pretty easy.
God dammit I was five minutes late
5
5
Wait… Fuck!
this is right. Even if 2 to 3 is open.
The only other candidate is 1. If the faucet has much higher flow than the pipe from 1 to 2 can drain away, then 1 can fill up faster than it drains.
5 is correct but this is a loss leader.
Wouldn’t scale and viscosity play a role? Seriously, imagine a river vs a capillary tube. Also how many dimensions? And forces involved? Is that a blockage between 2 and 3? Are the walls breakable? How will the fluid hold air? Are the lines into structure 5 lower than the walls? Is this in a vacuum?
Also, these structures are all 2 dimensional.
you may be overthinking it
There is no mention of any fluid involved, just a faucet. So lets think inside of the box and assume we have some form of 2d-gravity and it is going to rain a newtonian fluid? I think most surface area on the top is draining into 5. If it snows the whole sheet can turn white and the problem is gone, too.
1 fills up first. the spigot is much winder than the tube so the glass will fill faster than it can drain.
Also rule
That’s assuming the valve is open all the way and that there’s a bunch of water pressure behind the spigot. It should be entirely possible to create a very slow trickle by having a massive body of water behind the spigot (making it functionally infinite) but having only a small part of the entrance beneath the surface.
who’s to say it isn’t a slow faucet?
If its not properly installed I will call a plumber to fix it.
The faucet
I’d recognise that pattern anywhere, but I focused in on the problem and almost didn’t notice your dasterdly deed
What pattern? Judging by the comments this is some kind of trick but I don’t know what it is lol
It’s the “loss” meme
It’s a reference to this
Tap for spoiler
Ctrl+Alt+Delete! Wow there’s a blast from the past!
As other replies have said and linked to, it’s meant to be “loss”
Though OP slightly changed the template to fit the puzzle, as the right hand corner is meant to have the shorter piece. That threw me off as well.
… fuck.
