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LOL.

Yesterday in bed I kept wondering why the speed of light is exact 299 792 458 m/s

And ofc the answer turns out to be so very simple, I didn’t even think of it

It’s because the definition of a meter, in distance is based on the speed of light

@stux The speed of light is 1.

Meters are weird, not light.

@pre i like that!

woudlnt be handy in daily use though

groff

@stux @pre
The speed of light ≈ 1 foot per nanosecond.