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xkcd #3238: Soniferous Aether (europe.pub)

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xkcd #3238: Soniferous Aether

Title text:

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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[–] Kenny2999@lemmy.world 107 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sound is funny. At lower frequencies it behaves increasingly similarly to air i.e. wrapping around obstacles instead of just reflecting. At 0Hz sound is just the local air pressure and the weather forecast is technically sheet music.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 week ago

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

[–] sniggleboots 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Stands to reason. Vivaldi did compose the seasons after all

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

!!! my oregano !!!