this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2023
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They estimate the rocket should be free by approximately ... uh ... well, in about two hours.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn technology gonna destroy life as we know it.

Ecosystems will retaliate

Tides will go wonky. Day and night will be standing still.

Damn you technology.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We can just move out of the environment

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No it's out of the environment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Day and night will be standing still.

Wait until they get tired from all that still standing. Then they'll go to bed together for the first time!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But it's just the date line, so hours and minutes should go on, but the next day will be Groundhog day again. Like it happened when Kiribati moved to the other side of the date line: Friday, 30 December 1994, was followed by Sunday, 1 January 1995, Date line shouldn't affect hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Date_Line#Eastern_Kiribati_(1994)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That’s what they tell you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago