• Sirico
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    9 months ago
    Big Dipper gang !
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    • M137
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      29 months ago

      Haven’t even thought about it being a thing since the iPhone 5. And I’m pretty sure it hasn’t been a standard app for years now.

  • @thisbenzingring
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    249 months ago

    I haven’t used a compass in years except to prove I knew which direction the building was in for my boss.

    Knowing when specific stars are at night and where the sun is (where shadows point) will tell you where north is. Knowing this stuff is why I can’t really get lost. One time I tried but even in dense forest, the shadows never lie

      • qyron
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        29 months ago

        You can get lost in the middle of nowhere but I always wonder why finding a direction seems to be such an endeavour for most/so many people.

        Sun rises in the east, sets at the west. Face the sun, on your left is west, south is behind your ass.

        • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
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          9 months ago

          Sun is not always visible, where I live there is frequently completely uniform grey skies. Also depending on your latitude and time of year you’ll have to adjust or you’ll be quite a bit off.

    • @dewritoninja@pawb.social
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      89 months ago

      In my city it’s even easier, there’s a friggin huge volcano right to the west, the city it’s built at its foot. Just look at the volcano and left is south, right is north

    • @Jumi@lemmy.world
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      49 months ago

      And if you don’t know which direction to go just go downhill. It has the highest chance of finding a river and humans always liked to settle on rivers.

  • @root_beer@midwest.social
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    149 months ago

    Oh god I don’t know man I’d be jonesin’ for some ‘pass if I stop using it for too long

    Totally worth losing out on that $250 million not go into withdrawal

  • @RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml
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    109 months ago

    I never use the compass app. I simply pick a direction and walk. Wherever I stop is where I truly wanted to go.

  • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy
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    9 months ago

    i blocked the instagram accout that was spewing these bullshit “you get X big number money but you can’t do Y thing you already dont do for a laughably small space of time”

    but it’s followed me here

    • @lud@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Or no compass at all.

      Compasses are useless in daily life unless you are orienteering every day or are on a boat or something.

      But if we have to find workarounds, you can just use your preferred map app which almost always has a compass integrated.