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streetlamp post with cardinal directions (lemmy.world)
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[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 8 points 2 months ago (7 children)

When Google Navigation tells you to "head North-East".

I am a fool who bought an Android phone without a magnetic compass.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I mean at that point just ask what time it is, and then pair that with the knowledge that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and boom. You have a general sense of direction.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Ah crap, it's noon

[–] topsecret 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Shadows point north in the northern hemisphere and south in the southern hemisphere

[–] lengau@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm in the tropics

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Drop bears attack from the South.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

I'm in a place with an ecosystem that can actually be taken seriously.

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