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But what's the point of that? If they were always the same two (or three) words, fine. But if there are multiple such encoding systems, any set of three words
by mirimir 8y ago
But what's the point of that?
If they were always the same two (or three) words, fine.
But if there are multiple such encoding systems, any set of three words (foo.bar.baz) is ambiguous. Because it depends on the system being used.
So sure, someone might remember "foo.bar.baz". But "foo.bar.baz" in W3W might be in SF. But in Hanoi by some other system.
And then we get to the need to pay W3W to generate those codes. That's crazy bullshit.
- maxerickson 8y agoYes, W3W is stupid, but each address is a pointer to lots o bits.
- NikkiA 8y agoTBF The maidenhead system (which is a worldwide standard) IS, IMO fairly easy to remember. And because it's pairs are increasing in area, I can state that I live in IO93 and it narrows it to: https://www.karhukoti.com/maidenhead-grid-square-locator/?grid=IO93 https://www.karhukoti.com/maidenhead-grid-square-locator/?gr... or I could give the next 2 characters to narrow it to a 1km x 1km (roughly) area that covers my town, or the 2 letters and 2 numbers that give a small area that pinpoints 2-3 houses on my street. It's not really any more complex or hard to remember than a standard postal code or zip code.
- mirimir 8y agoNow that sounds like a very useful system. It's hierarchical. With arbitrary precision. With ~short, easy to remember (and easy to key/speak on radio) codes. Nice.