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Comment by turmeric_root | Hacker News Reader

I don't understand this, how would you create a program to help explore (for example) a 2D coordinate space without any visual aids?

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West of House

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.

There is a small mailbox here.

    Jameson street: (10,220)->(4,110)
    Queens lane: (10,220)->(1,55)
    ...
    ...
    You are at: (15,220)
    Turn left at the next intersection.

It may be worth evaluating why we need to explore this space through computing in the first place? Pen and paper have never failed us before, nor has actually traveling to the space in question.

generally speaking, computers are faster at performing calculations than humans. this can be beneficial for humans, as if they are able to convert a problem (for example, mapping the densities of functions over a 2D space) into a purely mathematical one, humans are able to save significant time and effort.

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