knizerAug 20, 2023

Kevin Kelly (kk.org) added to the 'Big Here' quiz started by Peter Warshall. I'll ask the questions in this thread, over the coming months, polling the fediverse.

1. Point North.

#BigHere #Poll #SituationalAwareness #LifeSkills #Question #AskFedi
(Share your method in the comments)

https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-big-here-quiz/

Success!
57.1%
I was pretty close, but closer to NE or NW.
28.6%
Not so close.
14.3%
Poll ended at .
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Show threadSarah E BourneAug 20, 2023
@knizer I'm sitting in my house and I used a compass to mark the directions ages ago. (Kinda cheating...)
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@sbourne Oh, thats interesting! when you say you marked the direction, do you mean that you have a 'This Way Is North' indicator in your home full time?

Oh, now I am inspired to paint a compass rose on our porch!

Aug 20, 2023 at 4:18pmWeb
Show threadSarah E BourneAug 20, 2023
@knizer Nothing that precise LOL. We just know it's "that way". The house doesn't move much*, so it makes it pretty easy.
*In fact, it hasn't yet, but you never know!
Show threadknizerAug 20, 2023
@sbourne As someone who lives in a 100+ year old building, unexpected changes to the direction of the structure would be very, very surprising. And expensive. So, >addresses building, pets wall of house< let's just stay in place, ok? 🤪