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[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago (12 children)

uh ackchuyally it's not the speed of light

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago (11 children)
[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

~~it’s not. Light only travels at c in a vacuum.~~

Looks like I am light years away from joining the ackchyually club.

[–] elkalbil@jlai.lu 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you really want to be pedantic, c is the notation for the "speed of light in a vacuum", not just the "speed of light", which depends on the medium.

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Which is what I was going for. But as flughoernchen already said, it can.

Now we just have to bring that laser into space. Or shoot into outer space. An idea so cool, I’m disappointed I didn’t think of it.

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