Varven@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 30 days agoThe line war has begunlemmy.worldimagemessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down124
arrow-up1750arrow-down1imageThe line war has begunlemmy.worldVarven@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 30 days agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up127·edit-228 days agoIt can get a few percent longer if sailing between Madagascar and the rest of Africa but Pakistan-Russia does not have the same ring to it, I guess. Edit: source (German), they also show the longest land route (across Eurasia of course)
minus-squareTobberone@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down23·30 days agoThat’s not a straight line, although it is possible to follow without changing direction😊
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84arrow-down3·30 days agoI KNOW IT’S BASICALLY A CIRCLE IN 3D SPACE. There is an exact amount of pedantry at play here, and you’re going over.
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·29 days agoIn our space time frame of reference, we never change direction, we travel in a straight line. It’s a straight line.
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-228 days agoAnd when Im walking, in my frame of refrence, the houses on the side of the road move behind me. Houses move.
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·29 days agoWould you say that they… crossed the line?!?! 😏😏😏
minus-squaretecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·30 days agoBut following the surface of a sphere causes you to constantly change direction
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·30 days agoWould straight plane be as understandable?
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·30 days agoCorrect! Technically :P
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·29 days agoDude that’s awesome. How did you make these images??
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 days agoI didn’t, it’s from a spiegel.de article
It can get a few percent longer if sailing between Madagascar and the rest of Africa but Pakistan-Russia does not have the same ring to it, I guess.
Edit: source (German), they also show the longest land route (across Eurasia of course)
That’s not a straight line, although it is possible to follow without changing direction😊
I KNOW IT’S BASICALLY A CIRCLE IN 3D SPACE. There is an exact amount of pedantry at play here, and you’re going over.
In our space time frame of reference, we never change direction, we travel in a straight line. It’s a straight line.
And when Im walking, in my frame of refrence, the houses on the side of the road move behind me. Houses move.
Would you say that they… crossed the line?!?! 😏😏😏
But following the surface of a sphere causes you to constantly change direction
Would straight plane be as understandable?
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Correct! Technically :P
Dude that’s awesome. How did you make these images??
I didn’t, it’s from a spiegel.de article