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[–] NegativeLookBehind 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How about a bridge between Turkey and Hungary?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's just called a fork.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If you see a fork in the road...

[–] MudSkipperKisser 3 points 7 months ago

By god you’ve just solved world hunger!

[–] bitwaba 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As a Georgian, I approve of this project.

[–] Everythingispenguins 13 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I like how it is completely ambiguous to which Georgian you are.

But I like to think you are a time traveler from Britain in the 1700s.

[–] bitwaba 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We are all Georgians on this blessed day

[–] Reddfugee42 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

ატამი ყველასთვის!

[–] ReiRose 2 points 7 months ago
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[–] Potatisen 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is this what the tunnel jews were working on?

Connecting New York and York?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 10 points 7 months ago

Whoa, this might be bigger than all of us.

[–] Resol 5 points 7 months ago

Nope, connecting Zeeland, Netherlands with New Zealand.

[–] flop_leash_973 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because the world cannot allow Georgia Prime to be reconciled. They would be to powerful.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 10 points 7 months ago

We split them for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Why build a tunnel when you could just rename a place somewhere closer and pave a road?

[–] Reddfugee42 5 points 7 months ago

That solution is Russian af

[–] Everythingispenguins 3 points 7 months ago

Because it is less fun

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How do you decide which Georgia gets left out?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

finally a place for atlantans to throw chicken bones

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Wouldn't want to drag the European Georgia back 200 years 😂

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

While we’re at it, let’s connect the two Parises. Or the three—they do call Atlanta the Paris of the south (is that Atlanta? Seems…wrong. I’ve been to Atlanta. And Paris. I see no resemblance.)

[–] T00l_shed 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Two Paris's? I'm sure they are more than 2.

[–] Fedizen 9 points 7 months ago

Fault lines mostly. And Lava.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

They clearly do not understand the magmatude of such a project.

It would get so hot that you'd "pop pop!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Pop what?! What are they trying to to say?!

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[–] Gigan 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Anyone have an idea how long that is?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] alquicksilver 5 points 7 months ago
[–] VicentAdultman 2 points 7 months ago

Damn. I thought I could get the job done, but the requirements are the double to what I have.

[–] MudSkipperKisser 3 points 7 months ago

At least as long as a banana

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

10,152 Km between Atlanta and Tbilisi, and ChatGPT gave the pseudocode below as an explanation, which I didn't double check before making this comment!


# Coordinates for Atlanta, Georgia, USA
atlanta_coords = (33.7490, -84.3880)

# Coordinates for Tbilisi, Georgia (country)
tbilisi_coords = (41.7151, 44.8271)

# Calculate the straight line distance through the Earth
geopy.distance.great_circle(atlanta_coords, tbilisi_coords).km```
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

That's wrong, it calculates the surface distance not the distance through the earth, while claiming otherwise. From the geopy.distance.great_circle documentation:

Use spherical geometry to calculate the surface distance between points.

This would be a correct calculation, using the formula for the chord length from here:

from math import *

# Coordinates for Atlanta, West Georgia
atlanta_coords = (33.7490, -84.3880)
# Coordinates for Tbilisi, Georgia
tbilisi_coords = (41.7151, 44.8271)

# Convert from degrees to radians
phi = (radians(atlanta_coords[0]), radians(tbilisi_coords[0]))
lambd = (radians(atlanta_coords[1]), radians(tbilisi_coords[1]))

# Spherical law of cosines
central_angle = acos(sin(phi[0]) * sin(phi[1]) + cos(phi[0]) * cos(phi[1]) * cos(lambd[1] - lambd[0]))
chord_length = 2 * sin(central_angle/2)

earth_radius = 6335.439 #km
print(f"Tunnel length: {chord_length * earth_radius:.3f}km")

A straight tunnel from Atlanta to Tbilisi would be 9060.898km long.

[–] gmtom 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Depends what the great circle function does. But chances are it gives you the arc length between the two points, which would give you the shortest distsnce between them on the surface of the earth.

If you wanted the distance through the earth you would need to work put the central angle of that arc, then use that to work out the remaining edge of the triangle formed between the two cities and the centre of the earth.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

People get mad when I call it West Georgia.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I believe it would be a 45 (actually 42) min journey under gravity power only?

(Assuming frictionless travel in a vacuum...)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_train

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

At first I read Gravy Train and I was excited.. But then I saw Gravity... but I still want the Gravy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I mean, you could fill it with gravy, then it would be a gravity gravy train 😆

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

United Lands Of Georgias! ULG! #georgiaSonmymind

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 4 points 7 months ago

Instant sub! This is exactly what I've been looking for.

[–] Maggoty 5 points 7 months ago

I think the better question is why did Russia allow the US State of Georgia to annex land in that area? Did no one think about the transportation issue before hand!?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Georgia phase tunneling

[–] thesporkeffect 3 points 7 months ago

Welcome to Meta-Georgia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It goes all the way back to the 20th century nut and peach export conspiracy between the state of MAGAty Taylor Greene and the righteous nation of Georgia. MTG land was worried about having an even larger nut population if these exports were exchanged.

[–] Ostrichgrif 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

As someone from twenty minutes south of MTGs district I'd like to point out that nearly every district (minus the one north) touching hers is firmly blue and she only gets elected because every rich and rural town in the area has been gerrymandered to fuck into one district. Certain parts of Georgia are deep red but the only reason she gets elected is fucked up maps.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

That's a 2d picture. You only dug a ditch, at best.

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