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minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·1 day agoDo European cars come with distance measuring equipment??
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoMany places have roads markers every 100m. Or you can count the seconds from any fixed point and figure it out.
minus-squareThreeme2189@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day 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 day agoOnly in cyberpunk literature.
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-217 hours ago“In the year 2147, technology has given humans abilities beyond the natural senses, it has given them… eyes.”
minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoEyes can’t measure distance. You can only make rough estimations.
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoI like my distance estimates the way i like my toilet paper rough
minus-squareltxrtquq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI may not be good at giving it a number, but I can usually see how far apart two things are.
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.
“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
I may not be good at giving it a number, but I can usually see how far apart two things are.