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56 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 07 March 2013 04:33AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 11 March 2013 02:01:34PM 2 points [-]

Being able to check my orientation as easily as checking the time

Ironically enough, over the weekend I was searching for a more systematic way of using the sun to tell direction (besides moves east to west, and is in the south at midday (northern hemisphere)) and found this - Wikipedia: how to find north using an analog watch