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Odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new high (globalnews.ca)
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[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

3.1% odds are nothing to sneeze at. Ever played D&D?

[โ€“] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

XCom vets know what's about to happen

[โ€“] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It'll climb to 95% and then phase through the earth to somehow miss entirely?

[โ€“] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Either that or devastating critical strike. No in between

[โ€“] mousefad@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

roll for save vs. asteroid on a D30...

Balls.

[โ€“] fossphi@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

D&D odds aren't cumulative, though