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Re:Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees to get mo... by _jal on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @06:58PM (#24348105)
Telling people the shortest path is a great circle is also fun.
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Re:Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees to get mo... by dylan604 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @06:36AM (#24351843)
Me: 'The shortest distance is a straight line'

You: Except on a globe, it is a great circle.

Me: 'Nobody said on the surface. I'm tunneling through.'

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Re:Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees to get mo... by pmiller2 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @03:17PM (#24356802)
It's more like that on the surface of a sphere, great circles are lines. That's how it's interpreted in spherical geometry.
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