@Varven@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml • 11 months agoThe line war has begunlemmy.worldimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1775arrow-down123
arrow-up1752arrow-down1imageThe line war has begunlemmy.world@Varven@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml • 11 months agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-square@ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish126•edit-211 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-square@Tobberone@lemm.eelinkfedilink21•11 months agoThat’s not a straight line, although it is possible to follow without changing direction😊
minus-square@ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish81•11 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-square@PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilink7•11 months agoWould you say that they… crossed the line?!?! 😏😏😏
minus-squareSippy Cuplinkfedilink6•11 months agoIn our space time frame of reference, we never change direction, we travel in a straight line. It’s a straight line.
minus-square@nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink2•edit-211 months agoAnd when Im walking, in my frame of refrence, the houses on the side of the road move behind me. Houses move.
minus-square@techt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink21•11 months agoBut following the surface of a sphere causes you to constantly change direction
minus-square@sem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink4•11 months agoDude that’s awesome. How did you make these images??
minus-square@ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 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
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Correct! Technically :P
Would straight plane be as understandable?
Dude that’s awesome. How did you make these images??
I didn’t, it’s from a spiegel.de article