Varven@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoThe line war has begunlemmy.worldimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down122
arrow-up1755arrow-down1imageThe line war has begunlemmy.worldVarven@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up127arrow-down1·edit-29 months 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-up44arrow-down23·9 months agoThat’s not a straight line, although it is possible to follow without changing direction😊
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84arrow-down3·9 months 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-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoWould you say that they… crossed the line?!?! 😏😏😏
minus-squareSippy Cup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months 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-29 months agoAnd when Im walking, in my frame of refrence, the houses on the side of the road move behind me. Houses move.
minus-squaretecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·9 months agoBut following the surface of a sphere causes you to constantly change direction
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoWould straight plane be as understandable?
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoCorrect! Technically :P
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoDude that’s awesome. How did you make these images??
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months 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.
Would you say that they… crossed the line?!?! 😏😏😏
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.
But following the surface of a sphere causes you to constantly change direction
Would straight plane be as understandable?
Correct! Technically :P
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Dude that’s awesome. How did you make these images??
I didn’t, it’s from a spiegel.de article