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We don’t memorize phone numbers anymore, we rely on GPS to tell us where to go and Facebook reminds us of birthdays. What else will we stop remembering once AI remembers everything for us? (lemmy.ca)
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[–] -2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

A gps is a paper map on the computer with the feature that shows your location on the map.

a gps is an planet covering realtime map pinpointing your location and destination, things a traditional map DOES NOT DO.

fuck mate a map only gives you orientation, you still have to know where north is for it to be any use.

There’s nothing to learn. The gps voice prompt takes the place of the passenger who’s job it was to voice prompt you.

a navigator... SAY THEIR FUCKING NAME, THEY WERE NAVIGATORS, IT WAS AN ENTIRE CAREER LOL

can't tell if this is all satire and I'm overreacting but holy shit I'd love to see this generation do some orienteering.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You looked at a map beforehand and saw what directions to go. The map book has an index in the back to find destinations.

    You often wrote a note for yourself beforehand. Rt 40, take exit 17a, take 97 S exit, Rt onto Brookshire,

    You didn't need to know north.

    I drove for decades before gps. No one taught me how to use a map. You bought one and it was obvious because it was the same as any text book with an index in the back.

    You act like kids are stupid.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    You didn’t need to know north.

    lol how do you orient the map then?

    I act like kids need experience and practice.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Are you confused as to which way to hold a book?

    You don't need to know North when reading a road map. It isn't Boy Scouts where you have a terrain map and you are trying to orientate yourself to unlabeled terrain.

    You have road intersections labeled in real life and on the map. You only need to know to travel along a road and turn right or left until you get to the next road at which point you again turn right or left until you reach your destination.

    My friend's 1990's era Jaguar came with a navigation that worked like that. There was no map. It was a text display that displayed directions as turn by turn directions.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Honestly, I suspect a lot of that kind of mentality is just projecting by people who struggled with something and assume everyone will struggle as well. Or people who just have a need to feel superior to other people by trying to gatekeep something by pretending it's super difficult to learn/do.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Chill out dude, they're talking about a road atlas here, not aviation or long distance trucking or whatever.

    This is like getting angry about not calling them switchboard operators when they're talking about the telephone book.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    take a hike. get lost.

    don't understand how maps work, you're in a tight spot.

    you do you lol

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