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minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·1 month agoDo European cars come with distance measuring equipment??
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·1 month agoNo but humans typically do
minus-squareThreeme2189@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month 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-up1·1 month agoOnly in cyberpunk literature.
minus-squareltxrtquq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-21 month ago“In the year 2147, technology has given humans abilities beyond the natural senses, it has given them… eyes.”
minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoEyes can’t measure distance. You can only make rough estimations.
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI like my distance estimates the way i like my toilet paper rough
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoMany places have roads markers every 100m. Or you can count the seconds from any fixed point and figure it out.
Do European cars come with distance measuring equipment??
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
Many places have roads markers every 100m. Or you can count the seconds from any fixed point and figure it out.