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yreg 17 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

Darkness travels even faster than light on Discworld, because it has to be fast enough to get out of the way when light arrives.

aequitas 16 days ago [–]

The sunrise flows like a golden river onto the landscape. If I remember correctly.

Also one of my favorites is discworld scientist experimenting with ftl communication through succession by “modulating” a king above a pit of sharks an measuring his son at the other end of the world for “kingness”

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