Ahmed?@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agoStay rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up1855arrow-down116
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minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 year agoBut only related to the cosmic microwave background, which, while more universal than most other reference frames, is ultimately still arbitrary
minus-squaregbuttersnaps@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoNorth is arbitrary as well, that doesn’t mean you can’t use it for spatial referencing.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoYes, for practical purposes, absolutely! But you’re always just aligning with something else moving through space, not space itself
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt can be as arbitrary as it wants it still allows you to use relative positioning to determine a fixed point.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoI think they mean it would be “Stay at this exact point in the CMB rest frame” but not “in space” because the “space rest frame” is nonexistent
minus-squareSuperb@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s a little wordy though, so most people would just say “in space”
But only related to the cosmic microwave background, which, while more universal than most other reference frames, is ultimately still arbitrary
North is arbitrary as well, that doesn’t mean you can’t use it for spatial referencing.
Yes, for practical purposes, absolutely! But you’re always just aligning with something else moving through space, not space itself
It can be as arbitrary as it wants it still allows you to use relative positioning to determine a fixed point.
I think they mean it would be “Stay at this exact point in the CMB rest frame” but not “in space” because the “space rest frame” is nonexistent
That’s a little wordy though, so most people would just say “in space”