▲ 423 ▼ Which is it Lemmy? (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 weeks ago by ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 281 comments fedilink hide all child comments Ragebait answers only
[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out. Cube had no speed going in, therefore no speed going out. The portal speed is irrelevant permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] untorquer@quokk.au 3 points 3 weeks ago But reference frame changes as the cube passes through the portal. The piston would feel resistance as its momentum is transferred to the cube to conserve it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) The cube has a speed of about 30km/s around the sun. You want to measure speed relative to the blue portal, but why that one and not the orange one? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago And if the blue portal is at a different angle than the orange portal, then… well, how fast is the milky way traveling through the galaxy relative to the universe? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] untorquer@quokk.au 3 points 3 weeks ago But reference frame changes as the cube passes through the portal. The piston would feel resistance as its momentum is transferred to the cube to conserve it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) The cube has a speed of about 30km/s around the sun. You want to measure speed relative to the blue portal, but why that one and not the orange one? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago And if the blue portal is at a different angle than the orange portal, then… well, how fast is the milky way traveling through the galaxy relative to the universe? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago And if the blue portal is at a different angle than the orange portal, then… well, how fast is the milky way traveling through the galaxy relative to the universe? permalink fedilink source parent