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One day I had a thought. (Dangerous, I know.) What if I could build a machine that took me up into the air and decoupled my inertia from the rotation of the Earth. So I would cease to move in sync with the Earth's rotation. Then I thought this could be a way to travel around the Earth. I wanted to know how long it would take to go around the Earth. So I got the circumference of the Earth and divided it by the surface speed of the Earth. I was really excited at this point.

40075 km ÷ 1670 km/hr = 23.997 hours

Oh ... yeah ... 24 hours. I guess the math checks out.

And this is why we need dev ducks.

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  • 1
    Those machines already exist, you know. No need to build one yourself.
  • 0
    Doesn't the entire galaxy also speed through existence? Wouldn't want to accidentally let go of that
  • 1
    @alexbrooklyn The original idea came from an anti-inertia machine. I realized pretty quick that if such a device could be built it would more dangerous than a nuclear weapon potentially.
  • 0
    decoupling your inertia wouldn't do much, since that's already like 90% happening just by you stopping to touch the ground.
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