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QuinnyCoded sh.itjust.works QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works
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lowk I have no idea what this is but I figured I'd post here

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hoch lemmy.world hoch@lemmy.world
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Paris Gun

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Successful_Try543 feddit.org Successful_Try543@feddit.org
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Paris Gun

The distance was so far that the Coriolis effect—the rotation of the Earth—was substantial enough to affect trajectory calculations.

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Jumi lemmy.world Jumi@lemmy.world
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The distance was so far that the Coriolis effect—the rotation of the Earth—was substantial enough to affect trajectory calculations.

That's why it was so imprecise because everyone knows the world is a disk (on the back of four huge elephants standing on a giant turtle).

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ddplf szmer.info ddplf@szmer.info
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The ultimate war crimes machine, the precision was so bad it was terrible at targetting strategic objects, but amazing at terrorizing large civilian settlements!

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Schiffsmädchenjunge sh.itjust.works Shipgirlboy@sh.itjust.works
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That's why it was so imprecise because everyone knows the world is a disk (on the back of four huge elephants standing on a giant turtle).

Where's that turtle standing on?

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trollercoaster sh.itjust.works trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works
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Where's that turtle standing on?

Another turtle. In fact, it's turtles all the way down.

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verdare piefed.blahaj.zone verdare@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-07
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The ultimate war crimes machine, the precision was so bad it was terrible at targetting strategic objects, but amazing at terrorizing large civilian settlements!

The barrel of a gun being half of a suspension bridge certainly doesn’t inspire confidence in its accuracy.

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Jumi lemmy.world Jumi@lemmy.world
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Where's that turtle standing on?

He or she, scientists are not sure yet, swims through space

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tquid sh.itjust.works tquid@sh.itjust.works
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Another turtle. In fact, it's turtles all the way down.

It's no good, Professor James

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BradleyUffner lemmy.world BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
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The barrel of a gun being half of a suspension bridge certainly doesn’t inspire confidence in its accuracy.

A full one would have just been awkward though

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a_non_monotonic_function lemmy.world a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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The barrel of a gun being half of a suspension bridge certainly doesn’t inspire confidence in its accuracy.

It inspires confidence in its ability to not fall down.

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