Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
WTF did someone just try to assassinate Trump?? https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-biden-trump-07-13-24/index.html
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Ivy
@ivy
that's the word on the street, bluesky thinks it was staged
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Highly doubt it was staged
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Ivy
@ivy
bluesky is generally crazy yes
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Eric Platon
@ic
It really does not look staged. At the same time, what the probability to get the perfect shot of the bullet just as it passes. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
Very high? Fox end of professional cameras pointed in that direction continuously? Law of large numbers a good fraction will be great photos
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Eric Platon
@ic
Pretty high indeed, making conspiracy theory weaker. Reports say the weapon was kind of AR 15, apparently bullets fly at 3240ft/s. The typical camera seems to cover ~10ft centred on Trump, who is about 6’ tall. Given cameras are about 30fps, that leads to 9.2% probability per camera to get a bullet in the frame. With so many cameras pointed at the scene, high chance one can catch the bullet passing (basically 10 independent cameras reach 92% chance).
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
And by the time the bullet got there it would be much slower than muzzle velocity.
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Eric Platon
@ic
Touché.
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