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Is the window my frame of reference?

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

“Accelerate… Decelerate” — Simon Phoenix

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Well, with Alfas half of those accelerators probably don't work!

(Actually jk, afaik this is only an old-timey joke now)

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (9 children)
[–] spicystraw@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Acceleration is a change in velocity. When you press the gas pedal or brake, you feel positive or negative acceleration. When you turn the wheel, you feel sideways acceleration.

Another analogy is force: F=ma. You feel a force if you accelerate, brake, or turn the wheel; all three induce acceleration as defined in physics.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Breaking doesn't cause acceleration, it just causes damage.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago (5 children)

You wouldn’t be able to press a gas with your foot though.

[–] b34k@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I can imagine a scenario where you a gas is encased in a volume that you can reduce by stepping on it with your foot, thus pressurizing it.

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