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minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·14 days agoBut only related to the cosmic microwave background, which, while more universal than most other reference frames, is ultimately still arbitrary
minus-squaregbuttersnaps@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 days agoNorth is arbitrary as well, that doesn’t mean you can’t use it for spatial referencing.
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·14 days agoYes, for practical purposes, absolutely! But you’re always just aligning with something else moving through space, not space itself
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoIt can be as arbitrary as it wants it still allows you to use relative positioning to determine a fixed point.
minus-squareSuperb@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·14 days agoThat’s a little wordy though, so most people would just say “in space”
But only related to the cosmic microwave background, which, while more universal than most other reference frames, is ultimately still arbitrary
North is arbitrary as well, that doesn’t mean you can’t use it for spatial referencing.
Yes, for practical purposes, absolutely! But you’re always just aligning with something else moving through space, not space itself
It can be as arbitrary as it wants it still allows you to use relative positioning to determine a fixed point.
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That’s a little wordy though, so most people would just say “in space”