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minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoDo European cars come with distance measuring equipment??
minus-squareThreeme2189@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·15 days 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-up1·15 days agoOnly in cyberpunk literature.
minus-squareltxrtquq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days 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-up2·edit-214 days ago“In the year 2147, technology has given humans abilities beyond the natural senses, it has given them… eyes.”
minus-squarebabybus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoEyes can’t measure distance. You can only make rough estimations.
minus-squareIgnotum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoI like my distance estimates the way i like my toilet paper rough
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·15 days 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.