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submitted 4 days ago by Merlu@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.

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[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 14 points 4 days ago

I remember my Dad teaching me about highway numbers back when I was a kid, so I know that the 4 means it's part of a loop, being odd means it runs mostly N/S, and being a low number means it's on the west side of the US.

The Dewey Decimal System is still a mystery to me, though...

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

I believe if the first digit is even in the 3 digit highway number, it connects, if it's odd then it doesn't. There's a cool video about it by cgp grey and a whole Wikipedia on it

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

'4' just means local.

[-] CubbyTustard@reddthat.com 2 points 4 days ago

you got it; the 405 is the beltway around 3 big west coast cities; Seattle, Portland and LA.

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