It’s extremely nuanced. ‘Light years ahead’ is correct since you are thinking about a race where one competitor is a long distance ahead of others. On the other hand, ‘light years away’ doesn’t make sense, since we think of achievements in terms of time needed, rather than distance.
I think the headcanon is that the shortest distance is impressive.
Either a different faster and harder route through “the kessel”. Or that 12 parsecs is the absolute minimum distance it can be done in, perfectly apexing every corner.
yeah honestly I know the answer even though I did the joke. the star wars mythical travel requires hyperspace navigation where objects still exist in it and the nav computer is basically plotting the smallest safe distance (or something like that). Basically all speed in hyperspace is the same its just about the route. Its basically explained in the original movie when han says (spoilers ahead /s):
“Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova and that’d end your trip real quick, wouldn’t it?”
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I’m happy to dunk on musk as much as the next guy, but that title is bull.
Lightyears measure distance not time, how can they mess that up?
You have to read the title in context of millennial journalism title convention.
It is tiring, you aint wrong but there is context on why it makes sense tho
Neither the writer, the editor, nor the Telegraph’s readership are millennials.
This might be the most lemmy comment I’ve ever seen.
Because the self driving tech exists, but it’s in the next galaxy
Could be in the galaxy, but it would be safe to assume out of the solar system by quite some distance.
It’s actually on earth, in metro trains
That just means it has to be created in space.
Because he’s a long way away. Longer than miles away…maybe…light years?
There are probably self-driving cars in some alien civilizations.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light-years ahead
It’s extremely nuanced. ‘Light years ahead’ is correct since you are thinking about a race where one competitor is a long distance ahead of others. On the other hand, ‘light years away’ doesn’t make sense, since we think of achievements in terms of time needed, rather than distance.
You’ve never heard the term miles ahead?
Tommy is miles ahead of Timmy in math class.
Clearly not referring to distance but it absolutely makes sense.
Maybe he needs 6.706e+8 miles more data
Edit, more math: that’s 8.9 million hours of data at 75mph, or about 2 more hours of data per Tesla (at 75mph).
I’m actually surprised that musk doesn’t talk about how many light years have been traveled.
Edit: first number was wrong? My TI89 is upstairs, so I’m trusting search engines
It’s like they can do the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs.
han did the kessel run in 12 parsecs
I think the headcanon is that the shortest distance is impressive.
Either a different faster and harder route through “the kessel”. Or that 12 parsecs is the absolute minimum distance it can be done in, perfectly apexing every corner.
Not even headcanon, that is canon. They used the fan theory on Solo to explain it. That whole movie was so unnecessary…
Or it’s a roundabout way of saying he cheated: “I finished the marathon in 22 miles!” :D
yeah honestly I know the answer even though I did the joke. the star wars mythical travel requires hyperspace navigation where objects still exist in it and the nav computer is basically plotting the smallest safe distance (or something like that). Basically all speed in hyperspace is the same its just about the route. Its basically explained in the original movie when han says (spoilers ahead /s):
“Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova and that’d end your trip real quick, wouldn’t it?”
They aren’t streets ahead.
Musk <-------------------------------- LYs -----------------------------------> Self-Driving car
Any questions?
Your point doesn’t help me because it shows that we can fold space-time to create a shortcut with warp technology.