jschubart

jschubart t1_j3xffn6 wrote

If you traveled at the speed of light, you would need to not have any mass. If you were to travel near the speed of light (e.g. 99.9% the speed of light), to you about 4.5 years would have passed. To everyone else, 100 years would have passed.

Here is a nice calculator:

https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/time-dilation

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jschubart t1_j3tp4vt wrote

It is pretty common for large cities to do that information. The idea behind it is not bad: the person they are sending knows someone in the destination city that can help them out. The problem comes with follow up. If there is no follow up (which is rare), then there is no confirmation that the person actually got help. There is little incentive for the original city to check in because that costs money and they technically did their part by reducing homelessness in the city.

And when I say it is common in large cities, it does not really matter whether they lean left or right. LA, SF, and NYC sends out quite a few homeless on one way tickets as do places like SLC and Florida.

https://i.redd.it/aje7plg1vy931.gif

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