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I can whistle at the speed of sound (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] lowleveldata 256 points 1 month ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I mean, any other non-c speed really.

[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Bunch of nerds in this thread.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You're in science_memes what did you expected?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe it's going to be space lasers.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Flying Spaghetti Monster

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would be especially interested in speeds larger than c 🙂

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Well that's pretty easy, just fire it anywhere except a vacuum.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

But I never use my vacuum. Might as well fire a laser at it!

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Imagine if they made it fire so slow that you could just do a dark souls dodge roll to avoid it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 1 month ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait until you learn how old my sun is

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Claims to travel at the speed of light.
Still takes eight minutes to get here.

Sus.

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[–] RandomVideos 20 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The army trembling when I bring a mirror

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago (2 children)

NOW YOU FUCKED UP!

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 month ago

SUPER.

HOT.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 month ago (8 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I would hope so

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

I'd be more impressed if they didn't.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wake me up when I can buy a lightsaber.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

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

[–] cheddar 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What has science done?!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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