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minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·2 months agoDo European cars come with distance measuring equipment??
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoMany places have roads markers every 100m. Or you can count the seconds from any fixed point and figure it out.
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·2 months agoNo but humans typically do
minus-squareThreeme2189@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoHumans aren’t actually that good at visually measuring distances. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/judging-distances-and-depth-perception-change-with-arm-length/
minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOnly in cyberpunk literature.
minus-squareltxrtquq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI may not be good at giving it a number, but I can usually see how far apart two things are.
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 months ago“In the year 2147, technology has given humans abilities beyond the natural senses, it has given them… eyes.”
minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoEyes can’t measure distance. You can only make rough estimations.
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI like my distance estimates the way i like my toilet paper rough
Do European cars come with distance measuring equipment??
Many places have roads markers every 100m. Or you can count the seconds from any fixed point and figure it out.
No but humans typically do
Humans aren’t actually that good at visually measuring distances.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/judging-distances-and-depth-perception-change-with-arm-length/
Only in cyberpunk literature.
I may not be good at giving it a number, but I can usually see how far apart two things are.
“In the year 2147, technology has given humans abilities beyond the natural senses, it has given them… eyes.”
Eyes can’t measure distance. You can only make rough estimations.
I like my distance estimates the way i like my toilet paper
rough