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Make gravity your bitch (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 169 points 4 days ago (36 children)

Gravity is the weakest fundamental force, yes. At least, at relatively close distances. The advantage gravity has is that it never quite goes away, no matter how far you are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Aren't all forces subject to the inverse square law?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Dipoles are, effectively, not

so if you have a charged bit and another opposite charged bit, while an inverse relationship might exist between either one, the net effect is that it drops off much faster.

The thing with gravity is it tends to go one way, unlike, say, charge.

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