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xkcd #3238: Soniferous Aether

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Imagine you could ride alongside a sound wave. It would probably be pretty cool, right? We're putting in a departmental budget request to buy a really fast plane so we can check it out.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3238/

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[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 month ago

At 0Hz sound is just the local air pressure and the weather forecast is technically sheet music.

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Thought this was from the hover text for a second!

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

It's an awesome comment, it totally could have been the hover text.

this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2026
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