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minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·24 hours agoWelcome to everywhere else in the world that’s not a fucking grid lol. This isnt a computer where traces are made in 90 and 45° angles.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·20 hours agoThere weren’t computers when NYC’s grid was laid out either.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 hours agoAnd the ancient Romans, and Indus valley people another couple millennia earlier were both fond of grid plans. They’re considered passe, but there’s real advantage in terms of easy scalability and adaptability to changing land uses.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoWell, there were. But back then computers had hair and nails.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoMmm, hot computers. Giggity.
Welcome to everywhere else in the world that’s not a fucking grid lol.
This isnt a computer where traces are made in 90 and 45° angles.
There weren’t computers when NYC’s grid was laid out either.
And the ancient Romans, and Indus valley people another couple millennia earlier were both fond of grid plans.
They’re considered passe, but there’s real advantage in terms of easy scalability and adaptability to changing land uses.
Well, there were. But back then computers had hair and nails.
Mmm, hot computers. Giggity.