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Bing says Alpha Centauri is 13.6 kilometers from us (imgur.com)

submitted 11 months ago by btaf45@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] peregrinetech@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

So close, yet so far...as once Elvis said

[–] tiny_electron@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Interstellar travel is possible after all

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The 4th dimension shortcut

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Maybe Bing has access to the Event Horizon's portal tech. It would explain a lot.

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now that's an explanation for Global Warming that I haven't heard before!

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

GOP gonna take this and run with it.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

Who's down for a quick bike ride?

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

It knows the distance from Earth, but that’s not what the question was. It’s 13.6 km from somewhere.

[–] sparkle@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How have scientists not figured out interstellar travel yet??? It's really right in front of us!

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[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2 points 11 months ago

From something like this?

If Earth were the size of a sand grain, this distance would be about the width of a hair in contrast to the corresponding 6-mile (10-km) distance to Alpha Centauri in the same scale.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Alpha Centauri is actually 13.6 feet from me, Ive got an old sid meyrs disk somehwere in the box of old tech stuff. Great game, used the same engine as Civ 2, think its on GOG these days.

[–] sinkingship@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It propably grabbed the info off some random number-confusing dude like me, who recently posted the Earth's diameter would be about 6 km instead of 6000.

Edit: oops, did it again. Meant radius, not diameter...

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Too close for comfort.

[–] deleted@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Perhaps you have asked a flat-earther AI /s

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Bada Bing

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