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minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 month 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-up9·1 month agoThere weren’t computers when NYC’s grid was laid out either.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWell, there were. But back then computers had hair and nails.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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.