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		ajuc on Jan 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Those computers in your head > You can fly me to a new country and drop me in a city I've never seen before, and I'll start navigating it on foot This doesn't work in triangle-based cities like Szczecin :) It's very hard to stop the assumption that 2 right turns is roughly 180 degrees :)

lioeters on Jan 18, 2022 | [–]

It probably doesn't work in cities like Prague either, parts of which were specifically designed like a labyrinth (not a grid at all) to confuse invaders.

VladimirGolovin on Jan 18, 2022 | [–]

And in neighborhoods planned as concentric circles. My navigation module goes completely bonkers.

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