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A lot of the highway department’s budget goes to adjusting the sign whenever the moon passes directly overhead.
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Source: xkcd.com/3174/
10 ft 6 inch? That’s the can opener bridge!
For users of non-retarded units: 10ft 6in = 3.2m
Otherwise cool xkdc
This would be top comment on Reddit
But- we’re not on Reddit. Are we?
I still get freaked out when I gaze into the night sky and remember that I’m looking into infinity.
And beyond …. Your view of infinity is blocked because the speed of light is so slow
Nah, you’re looking at the underside of a 46 billion light years tall bride.
11foot8.com has entered the chat
The sign on the left is mounted on a pole that extends 10 ft 6 in above the ground.
I love Randall so much
The Karman Line is typically 100-120 km up.
You could put a flat 100 km on the sign and call it a day.
There really is a xkcd for everything.
probable_possum@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
True. But wind sheer in the lower atmosphere could be an issue. Sometimes the moon gets in the way, too.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Not just the moon. You can’t just drive here with a 46 billion light year tall lorry without crashing into some stars, galaxies, black holes and what not.
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Really?
Can we calculate this? Let’s do specs first. Let’s say we only drive until the next overpass, which is likely in the next few km , let’s say 5. And we drive 40kmh so for 450 second the lory is swinging around the universe trying to hit anything. Would it?
logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago