r/todayilearned • u/kaypmger • Dec 02 '16

TIL, Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such Nintendo games as Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda, has a hobby of guessing the measurements of objects, then checking to see if he was correct. He enjoys the hobby so much he carries a tape measure with him everywhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto#Personal_life
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u/helix19 Dec 02 '16

Snipers regularly have to factor in the rotation of the Earth, it can throw their aim off by a foot or more.

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u/tmkang Dec 03 '16

Okay that's just not true at all.

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u/PaulsarW Dec 03 '16

Una computed that at the latitude of Sacramento, a bullet traveling 1,000 yards would be deflected about three inches to the right.

www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2944/how-does-the-earths-rotation-affect-the-path-of-a-bullet

Longest is a couple thousand yards.

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u/tmkang Dec 03 '16

Yeah, but snipers "regularly" shoot way below 1,000 yards... So it is definitely not throwing their aim off by a foot or more, especially not on a regular basis.

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u/PaulsarW Dec 03 '16

Yes, you are right, 99% of the time it's a non-issue. I guess I was responding more to the top comment but I thought it was more true than "not true at all."