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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah but earth is wobbly and imprecise so now we define the meter as "the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458th of a second"

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

That'a a cool definition. I wouldn't call it an origin though, that would still be the Earth measurement through Paris, which is also cool.