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muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

No what they mean is that GPS uses timestamps to calculate position so messing with time would mess with position. GPS is so precise at measuring time we need to account for time dilation due to Einstein and satellites traveling at speed.

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piecat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
So do we need to take time dilation into account?

1 minute forward in all reference frames? Is there an 81pSec difference in the time jump?

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- muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yeah we need to account for time dilation but since op doesn’t specify this it would break GPS.
  
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tuck182@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
That wacky Einstein, still dilating time from beyond the grave.

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