Speed
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The Speed of Light Is Like a Foot and an a Second
In physics, if i needed to delay a signal by a nan a second, by a billionth of a second, i just added an extra foot a cablemel. Even if these signals are traveling at millions of miles an hour, close to the speed of light,. If somebody is a few hundred miles closer to new york than you, and they leave at the same time as you, well then it's going to be like, you hear that, but i donye that beep in the middle as some other dud beatin you by a few mill a second. These little differences matter that they're trying to get in and out super fast. And maybe each trade they're
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