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Matt Bateman@mbateman• over 1 year ago

me: Show me how to get to this place google maps: Ok, ETA 38 mins google maps: WAIT google maps: I HAVE FOUND A ROUTE THAT SAVES 4 MINUTES AT THE NEGLIGIBLE COST OF TRIPLING HUMAN COGNITIVE OVERHEAD AND STRESS google maps: REJOICE me: Um no that’s— google maps: REROUTING

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David R. MacIver@DRMacIver• over 1 year ago

Replying to @mbateman

@mbateman https://t.co/utWDpPeaWG

David R. MacIver@DRMacIver• over 2 years ago

> driving > Google maps says it's found a faster route > I ask if route is actual road or insane horse track > It doesn't understand > I pull out a diagram explaining what is road and what is insane horse track > It laughs. It's a good route sir > It's an insane horse track

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Matt Bateman@mbateman• over 1 year ago

Replying to @DRMacIver

@DRMacIver lol I’ve heard it’s even worse in the UK

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David R. MacIver@DRMacIver• over 1 year ago

Replying to @mbateman

@mbateman Yeah specifically the problem is that the UK has some really godawful roads and insufficiently fine grained road data to distinguish them from basically ok roads.

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Matt Bateman@mbateman• over 1 year ago

Replying to @DRMacIver

@DRMacIver Austin just has traffic and a lot of parallel highways and pseudo-highways that are siren songs to realtime optimization algos

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