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c/comicstrips · by otters_raft@lemmy.ca · 268d

xkcd: Chessboard Alignment

Source: https://xkcd.com/3177/

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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 11 pts · 267d (4 replies)

No hover text? Boo!

Here it is and I have to admit I don't understand it:

Luckily, the range is limited by the fact that the square boundary lines follow great circles.

CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d

Probably accounting for the curvature of earths surface.

Codandchips@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 267d

Neil Degrasse Tyson did a Star Talk Explainer recently about Great Circles

cholesterol@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 267d (1 reply)

The circles might be the people viewed from above?

bigfondue@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 267d
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jpeps@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 267d

Shoutout to 5D Chess with Multiverse Time Travel