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I can whistle at the speed of sound (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] elkalbil@jlai.lu 14 points 3 months ago

If you really want to be pedantic, c is the notation for the "speed of light in a vacuum", not just the "speed of light", which depends on the medium.

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Which is what I was going for. But as flughoernchen already said, it can.

Now we just have to bring that laser into space. Or shoot into outer space. An idea so cool, I’m disappointed I didn’t think of it.

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