this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
240 points (87.5% liked)

Technology

59656 readers
2648 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
240
Light-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Phoning Home (www.iflscience.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
145 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Subspace is the answer of course!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Cosmicomical@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Now i'm visualizing a world where long distance communication is done with sound and you have screaming pipes across the continent

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We have that. It's called ~~Twitter~~ X.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

You forgot Facebook.

But I'd agree Twitter is more akin to just shouting

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

You forgot Facebook.

But I'd agree Twitter is more akin to just shouting

[–] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

There were pipes for large houses back in the day for talking...

Edit* for Link https://lafayettesquarearchives.com/1892-speaking-tubes-and-old-homes/

[–] Cosmicomical@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Something like that but with amplifiers to repeat over tens of kilometers

[–] Cosmicomical@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Btw that seems pretty cool to have in the house, and the also furnace is always useful especially if you have many enemies