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minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up108·edit-24 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-up42arrow-down21·4 months agoThat’s not a straight line, although it is possible to follow without changing direction😊
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74arrow-down3·4 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-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 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-24 months 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-up5·4 months agoWould you say that they… crossed the line?!?! 😏😏😏
minus-squaretecht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 months agoBut following the surface of a sphere causes you to constantly change direction
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoCorrect! Technically :P
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoWould straight plane be as understandable?
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoDude that’s awesome. How did you make these images??
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 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.
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
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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