@TehBamski to [email protected] • 3 months agoWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?message-square111arrow-up1152arrow-down14
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?@TehBamski to [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square111
minus-square@CylonBunnylinkEnglish9•3 months agoI find it fascinating that electricity is fast enough that this is a thing. You would never get this wrong with water, and if you did things wouldn’t work right, but electricity is basically instant.
minus-square@cynarlinkEnglish4•3 months agoInterestingly, electron flow is only a few mm/minute, on average. The field propagation travels at around 2/3 the speed of light (200,000,000m/s).
I find it fascinating that electricity is fast enough that this is a thing. You would never get this wrong with water, and if you did things wouldn’t work right, but electricity is basically instant.
Interestingly, electron flow is only a few mm/minute, on average. The field propagation travels at around 2/3 the speed of light (200,000,000m/s).