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minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 days agoThe only place you can’t sail is directly into the wind. You can go all the other places eventually but it’s a lot of back and forth.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 days agoTacking back and forth is kinda the opposite of a straight line though, isn’t it?
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoIf you zoom out far enough, the zig zags look like a straight line. Something like a fractal or how they measure coastlines.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoAll your tacks are straight, they just turn every so often. Over time that adds up to Velocity Made Good.
The only place you can’t sail is directly into the wind. You can go all the other places eventually but it’s a lot of back and forth.
Tacking back and forth is kinda the opposite of a straight line though, isn’t it?
If you zoom out far enough, the zig zags look like a straight line. Something like a fractal or how they measure coastlines.
All your tacks are straight, they just turn every so often. Over time that adds up to Velocity Made Good.