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Retric on May 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: We are not mostly empty space

An oxygen tank where you can safely add more oxygen by increasing the pressure is not considered full. The percentage of how empty a container is can be considered 1 -(amount of stuff in it) / (maximum stuff possible).

mcnamaratw on May 9, 2020 [–]

I think possibly you've defined "full" two different ways. Is it maximum safe pressure or maximum stuff possible?

Retric on May 9, 2020 | [–]

I don’t see the contradiction, Space unlike a gas tank is not going to fail.

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