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pavel_lishin
on April 27, 2025
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Reverse geocoding is hard
Damn! 7cm per year feels blazing fast when you consider the fact that it's a whole continent.
niccl
on April 28, 2025
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A way to think about it I've seen a few times: continental drift is roughly the same order of magnitude as the rate your fingernails grow!
anotherevan
on April 27, 2025
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We're coming for you!
XorNot
on April 27, 2025
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I mean I'm still mind blown that the Three Gorges dam in China literally changed the rotational speed of the Earth, and thus the length of the day.
voidUpdate
on April 28, 2025
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You can change the length of the day just by spinning counterclockwise :P
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