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xkcd #2854: Date Line (imgs.xkcd.com)

https://xkcd.com/2854

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They estimate the rocket should be free by approximately ... uh ... well, in about two hours.

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[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

Damn technology gonna destroy life as we know it.

Ecosystems will retaliate

Tides will go wonky. Day and night will be standing still.

Damn you technology.

[-] oldGregg@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago

We can just move out of the environment

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago
[-] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

No it's out of the environment.

[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Day and night will be standing still.

Wait until they get tired from all that still standing. Then they'll go to bed together for the first time!

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago

But it's just the date line, so hours and minutes should go on, but the next day will be Groundhog day again. Like it happened when Kiribati moved to the other side of the date line: Friday, 30 December 1994, was followed by Sunday, 1 January 1995, Date line shouldn't affect hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line#Eastern_Kiribati_(1994)

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

That’s what they tell you.

[-] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2023
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