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xkcd #3289: Highway Signs

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Highway engineers like Planck units because, like the speed of light, the energy capacity of a typical car's gas tank is 1.

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[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

But negative speeds are dangerous!

this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2026
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