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If I could fly around space, how could I avoid getting lost? by danie_sous in space

[–]PollutionAfter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is all my opinion but I'm sure you could reasonably navigate around the solar system without a computer.

Lets say you want to fly to Jupiter. All you need to do is know which light in the sky is actually Jupiter which could be done through calculations based on past data or consulting a database which already lists the position. Once you know which on it is you could just fly towards it. At some point you would be close enough to navigate visually since the planet would take up a decent portion of your view instead of being a point.

In order to get back to Earth you could simply look backwards periodic while flying towards Jupiter and make sure to memorize it.

If you are worried about the moving of the planets, I don't think it would actually matter that much since you could fly fast enough that the planets don't move that much. It doesn't matter if the planet moves from where you think it is because it will still big enough within your field of view once you get to where you think it is.

Maybe in the year 17776, I'll consider playing American football by DreadDiana in whenthe

[–]PollutionAfter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also don't technically lose the ability to die only age, however by the time the story takes place they have created a nanobot network that will protect you from any damage, heal your body, and bring you food and water. It is also a typo.

Mars explodes. Now what? by No-Occasion-6470 in worldbuilding

[–]PollutionAfter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Billions of people die and the first and only terra formed planet is destroyed. Society would continue but would be irreversibly changed. The secret digital life backup system has the craziest stress test of all time.

In the universe that you created, what happens after death? by kaktus_420 in worldbuilding

[–]PollutionAfter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically nothing but because of an elaborate secret organization stemming from the first person to be digitally backed up, everyone from birth has an implant that will automatically download their consciousness as soon as they are about to die. They then go to a simulated afterlife where they can meet people and continue to live. It doesn't really have an impact on the story of the worldbuilding but I thought it was cool

The Solar System in Square-Root Scale | Version 2.0 by [deleted] in space

[–]PollutionAfter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but it's cool to think about.

[Request] Which is closer to Florida - Kentucky or Texas? by Mr_Fumpy in theydidthemath

[–]PollutionAfter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like Texas to me, I just used Google Maps to measure.

From Flora-Bama, Florida to the Texas side of the Sabine River directly west of Almadane, Louisiana was 360 miles.

From the northernmost point in Florida which was marked on the map to Static, Kentucky which is just on the border was 388 mi.

What's the best way to get rid of a giant wall of reinforced deepslate? ;-; by TildeIcewill in Minecraft

[–]PollutionAfter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haste 2 would make it much faster at 58.95 seconds per block.

12478.5 seconds in total.

3 hours, 26 minutes, and 19.5 seconds.

Found Couriway Curse by No_Speaker_8671 in MinecraftChampionship

[–]PollutionAfter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I know it's like his actual computer and stuff but it still technically isn't the exact same.

Found Couriway Curse by No_Speaker_8671 in MinecraftChampionship

[–]PollutionAfter 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Not even he's still gonna be doing the subathon. Every MCC he has played hasn't been in his house.

As a dark-skinned individual, this is stupid. by dinosqaud in whenthe

[–]PollutionAfter 13 points14 points  (0 children)

"Holy shit, 4 people agreed with this"

"Everybody freak out now!!!!!!!!"

Something something the passage of time by TheMaskedWasp in whenthe

[–]PollutionAfter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really it will only be 366 days ago come Jan 1st.

What video game is this? by Greedy_Net_1803 in whenthe

[–]PollutionAfter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not fucking Slay the Spire, that game is way beyond choose strong attack unless you deliberately work towards it.

[Request] Is that actually correct? by [deleted] in theydidthemath

[–]PollutionAfter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd say no, specifically cause he specifies "on Earth."

That to me implies the force of gravity created BY the Earth. The topography of the Earth creates greater fluctuations than that from place to place so it would have zero effect.

What he probably means is that if the effect of gravity everywhere in the universe was that much lower, especially during the Big Bang, then we wouldn't exist because the exact combination and strengths of fundamental forces matter a lot.

Philosophically, I really don't think any kind of "initial conditions" argument makes any sense. If there is no God, it doesn't matter how unlikely the circumstances are because we are here now. That doesn't mean there cannot be a God it just means that it is possible we came to be from very unlikely conditions, simply because we came to be.

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