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Wacov546 karma

For anyone wondering, it's about 0.34% of one g, with a tangential velocity at the equator of 1,036 mph. Here's a calculator. Assuming a perfectly spherical earth (not a good assumption, ironically), this would make a 70 Kg person weigh 210 g less at the equator than at the poles. In reality, the equatorial bulge slightly strengthens the effect, to around 0.5%.

Edit: If the planet rotated just over 17x per 24 hours, we'd subjectively experience approximately 0 g at the equator. At this point, your tangential velocity would be a respectable 17,681 mph. This might be fun for the few seconds before the Earth begins disintegrating, shedding a giant and chaotic ring formation, leaving a red hot and largely metallic core planet. Note this is very close to the orbital speed of low earth orbit, which is no accident - gravity at 200km up is only very slightly weaker than at the surface. You orbit by going so fast that the opposing centripetal and gravitational accelerations balance out, leaving you in endless freefall around the planet.

Wacov43 karma

FYI Cheese is significantly more expensive in Canada than other Western nations, you might be cost-competitive here sooner than in other places.

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Another benefit: visualization. A decent graph (or dare I say it, interactive viz) can help make your point very effectively, and Excel only gets you so far.

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Have you heard about/have any opinions on the F-35? Everything I've seen about those birds (I'm from UK) has made the programme seem a bit clusterfuck-y

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Dude chill