lazynooblet@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoBefore satnav we'd need to use an A-Z, we would learn the route and eventually not need the A-Z. With satnav I can drive to the same place 5 times and I don't know the route. This is AI today.message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down123
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareBefore satnav we'd need to use an A-Z, we would learn the route and eventually not need the A-Z. With satnav I can drive to the same place 5 times and I don't know the route. This is AI today.lazynooblet@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoAnd in Tasmania do they hold the maps South Up? Sigma Octantis is nowhere near as bright as Polaris…
minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoMy original comment was a joke. But you can’t see Polaris at all from Tasmania, so even if there’s no good South pole star, it’s better than one blocked by the Earth.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoMine is a joke too, but a serious question: are there significant numbers of people who draw and hold their maps “South Up”? Are they just afraid of getting cold feet?
And in Tasmania do they hold the maps South Up? Sigma Octantis is nowhere near as bright as Polaris…
My original comment was a joke. But you can’t see Polaris at all from Tasmania, so even if there’s no good South pole star, it’s better than one blocked by the Earth.
Mine is a joke too, but a serious question: are there significant numbers of people who draw and hold their maps “South Up”?
Are they just afraid of getting cold feet?