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I would just change the duration of a second. It would be probably easier to change a few physics constants here and there than to fix all the broken code.

anticensor 8y ago
If only you were manipulating second only. You would also be manipulating metre, candela, and ampere, assuming old definition of SI, or metre, kilogram and kelvin assuming new definition of SI.
- smt88 8y ago
  Can you explain how the duration of a second affects the metre?
  - supermdguy 8y ago
    Not OP, but "The metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 second" - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre
    - smt88 8y ago
      But in that case, doesn't the "second" constant change (or the coefficient) and a metre remains the same length?
      - supermdguy 8y ago
        A meterstick would remain the same length, but the SI meter's length would change.
    - mockingbirdy 8y ago
      The duration of a second is defined using Caesium-133 [1], not using anything else like daytime or rotational speed. It's independent of such factors and will always be the same in a given frame of reference. No need to update those values. edit: I think it will lead to the same or more problems because everyone would have to change all time-related constants. Easier to add a second to the day constant (because the day constant is a subset of the seconds constant, but the seconds constant affects many more aspects than just the day constant). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_caesium#Caesium-133 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_caesium#Caesium-13...
wruza 8y ago
Unless these physics constants are, well, constants put in the same code. How many ballistical systems treat ‘standard g’ as a variable? (hint: it depends on seconds squared.)
- itsthecourier 8y ago
  We are so mad the developers made light speed a constant. Should be fixed in the next update. Reboot may be required. XD

anticensor 8y ago

If only you were manipulating second only. You would also be manipulating metre, candela, and ampere, assuming old definition of SI, or metre, kilogram and kelvin assuming new definition of SI.

smt88 8y ago
Can you explain how the duration of a second affects the metre?
- supermdguy 8y ago
  Not OP, but "The metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 second" - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre
  - smt88 8y ago
    But in that case, doesn't the "second" constant change (or the coefficient) and a metre remains the same length?
    - supermdguy 8y ago
      A meterstick would remain the same length, but the SI meter's length would change.
  - mockingbirdy 8y ago
    The duration of a second is defined using Caesium-133 [1], not using anything else like daytime or rotational speed. It's independent of such factors and will always be the same in a given frame of reference. No need to update those values. edit: I think it will lead to the same or more problems because everyone would have to change all time-related constants. Easier to add a second to the day constant (because the day constant is a subset of the seconds constant, but the seconds constant affects many more aspects than just the day constant). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_caesium#Caesium-133 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_caesium#Caesium-13...

wruza 8y ago

Unless these physics constants are, well, constants put in the same code. How many ballistical systems treat ‘standard g’ as a variable? (hint: it depends on seconds squared.)

itsthecourier 8y ago
We are so mad the developers made light speed a constant. Should be fixed in the next update. Reboot may be required. XD