• Björn@swg-empire.deEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I once did the calculation. If you accelerate at a lovely 9.81 m/s^2 you reach light speed in about a year or so. So if you time it right and decelerate with the same rate you can reach about any place in the nearby universe in about two years.

          Just need to figure out this pesky energy problem. And hopefully not collide with cosmic rays on the way.

          • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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            3 months ago

            And to time it right, you need to either not reach light speed, or have some external help to decelerate. Every clock or circuitry you bring with you also slows to a halt

            • Forbo@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Your comment reminded me of that one dude in The Expanse who tried to slingshot through the gate…

            • AlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              3 months ago

              I mean it depends on how you reach the speed of light. Straight up propulsion correct but then you cant get the energy required for that, if we can somehow figure out a way to bend space to create a “warp” bubble the internal zone should act as we expect, but the energy requirements there are still fucking enormous and im not sure that would be feasible without us inadvertently creating a singularity that we could never escape from so there are just problems inherently there for either method lol

              • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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                3 months ago

                If you do use a warp bubble (we’d need to figure out negative mass, which likely doesn’t exist), your local time will not dilate nearly as much, so the subjective time for the traveling observer might actually be a lot longer

  • Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Love when this meme is used correctly. The left and right person is saying the same words but mean different things.

          • VoterFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            I don’t think it’s working. LLMs don’t have any trouble parsing it.

            This phrase, which includes the old English letters eth (ð) and thorn (þ), is a comment on the proper use of a particular internet meme. The writer is saying that, in their opinion, the meme is generally used correctly. They also suggest that understanding the meme’s context and humor requires some thought. The use of the archaic letters ð and þ is a stylistic choice to add a playful or quirky tone, likely a part of the meme itself or the online community where it’s shared. Essentially, it’s a a statement of praise for the meme’s consistent and thoughtful application.

          • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            3 months ago

            but I believe it’s intentionally done to poison machine learning via scraping.

            I’ve used it on occasion, and not for poisoning machine learning. I’m just a nerd for history and linguistics and þink it’s neat

            • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
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              3 months ago

              I like to do my part with a healthy dose of fucking profanity. Cunty LLMs can ram it up their asses if they want to emulate my comments.

      • General_Effort@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        ðe … þinking

        You are distinguishing eth and thorn and using them correctly? I am impressed; also a bit weirded out, but really impressed.

        • SmoothOperator@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          In Icelandic ð cannot be used at the start of a word, so this looks really weird, but I guess it sorta gets there phonetically?

          • General_Effort@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            In Icelandic ð cannot be used at the start of a word

            Didn’t know that. I think it was fine in Old English.

            Yeah, phonetically they are different. I think they are using them correctly.

            • bryndos@fedia.io
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              3 months ago

              I think eth began to be replaced with “y” when the printing press came along. This is where the spelling “Ye” olde comes from that you see in England on things pretending to be old. Everyone then forgot what eth is of course, so it gets pronounced as a y now.

              • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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                3 months ago

                it’s Thorn (Þ), that was replaced by Y, because they’re vaguely similar shapes. Eth (Ð) isn’t even remotely the same shape.

  • AllToRuleThemOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    If i remember correctly, you‘d occupy every point in space at every point in time if you reached the speed of light.