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[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 78 points 6 months ago

A thermometer is like if we measured speed by crashing a car into a barrier and gauging how much it made the barrier shake.

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 24 points 6 months ago

I mean, it would work, lol.

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

It's really an average of all the traffic that was interrupted

this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2024
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