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[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 256 points 2 years ago

It'd be impressive if they fire it at like half the speed of light

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 78 points 2 years ago

I mean, any other non-c speed really.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 103 points 2 years ago

Actually, c is the speed of light in a vacuum, but light travels slower through a medium, like air. So lasers shot through air will actually travel slower than c.

[-] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago

(For anyone curious, the speed of light in earth air is like 99.97% as fast as in vacuum)

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Bunch of nerds in this thread.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

You're in science_memes what did you expected?

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[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

Maybe it's going to be space lasers.

[-] 5oap10116@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

Do you know what the religious affiliation of these space lasers will be?

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

You have a lot of chutzpah to ask such a question. Oy! What would your mother say?

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[-] shasta@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago
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[-] Eril@feddit.org 15 points 2 years ago

I would be especially interested in speeds larger than c 🙂

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 years ago

Would you accept 10,000 times slower than the speed of light?

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[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 118 points 2 years ago

I have a dollar store laser pointer than can also travel at the speed of light

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago

Pssh, I have a 30 year old flashlight that can do the same.

[-] dandu3@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Wait until you learn how old my sun is

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Your sun's light can travel at the speed of light?

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago
  • Claims to travel at the speed of light.

  • Still takes eight minutes to get here.

Sus.

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[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 20 points 2 years ago

The laser pointer can travel the light of speed? If you turn it on, does the laser not come out of the laser pointer?

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[-] mononomi@feddit.nl 112 points 2 years ago

The army trembling when I bring a mirror

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 83 points 2 years ago
[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 73 points 2 years ago

SUPER.

HOT.

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[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 82 points 2 years ago

I have wifi router that emits microwaves at the speed of light.

[-] Muscar@discuss.online 17 points 2 years ago

Pffft, I have a microwave that emits microwaves at microwave speeds to microwave things.

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[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 71 points 2 years ago

Impressive. The future is awesome! Can we maybe apply this to regular light too? Maybe even green light? Or purple? I'm so excited.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When you go from green to purple, the light gets more excited too.

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[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Well, for the green light we already have FTL tech, it was invented and perfected by the car behind you as you are waiting for the light to turn green.

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

According to the Gell-Mann amnesia effect, the same people also write about politics, environment and society.

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[-] julianh@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago

Wait until they see the speaker that makes noise at the speed of sound.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 years ago

Honestly I'd be more impressed by the Star Wars kind that go about thirty miles an hour.

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[-] SandmanXC@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Wake me up when I can buy a lightsaber.

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[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 18 points 2 years ago

Meanwhile, this headline goes at the speed of clicks:-).

[-] cheddar@programming.dev 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This picture got so much compression artifacts just in 3 days lol.

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[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago
[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 11 points 2 years ago

Has Science Really Gone Too Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?

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[-] Annoyed_Crabby 16 points 2 years ago

Have you not seen those Blaster from the galaxy far far away that fire laser half the speed of sound?

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[-] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 years ago
[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago

Easy there, that’s quite a can of worms you’re tipping over.

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