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Oh no. I'm a blind guy. I have a distinct interest in starships -- I have every Eaglemoss model, and many many more. If I click this link I am totally going t

by ctoth 9mo ago

Oh no. I'm a blind guy. I have a distinct interest in starships -- I have every Eaglemoss model, and many many more. If I click this link I am totally going to get sucked into having people design and print me starships -- I need another project like I need another hole in my head.

UltraSane 9mo ago
I have always wondered how blind people "visualize" (I can't think of a better term) large scale objects.
- bell-cot 9mo ago
  I've no idea. But flipside, I know quite a few sighted people who can't walk around a rectangular block without losing track of which way north is. Or can't visualize that (say) their master bedroom closet backs up to their kitchen. Or other facepalm-worthy visualization failings.
  - toast0 9mo ago
    > without losing track of which way north is. I blame my childhood. Everyone always said the Pacific Ocean is to the west. So naturally the direction I went to go to the beach on the pacific ocean should be West. Especially when the north/south freeway crosses the street I take to the beach at a pretty good angle (well it's more like 45 degrees). Turns out I actually go south to go to the beach, the freeway is roughly parallel to the coast and north/south freeways sometimes travel due east/west and I have a real hard time with cardinal directions, and even if I understand where the directions are when outside, when I enter a building, especially if I go up stairs or an elevator, my sense of where the cardinal directions from inside the building is likely to be way off. Thankfully, there's not a big impact from not knowing where room walls are relative to each other. :P
    - bell-cot 9mo ago
      > Thankfully, there's not a big impact from not knowing where room walls are relative to... Let me tell you about the friend-of-friend, who was cutting holes in his dining room wall to install [whatever], oblivious to the bathroom on the other side, and the water pipes for that bathroom...
      - toast0 9mo ago
        Don't they make special anchors for mounting your TV on PVC sewer pipes? Should be fine. ;)
    - coryrc 9mo ago
      Similarly, I live in Seattle with hills everywhere, but the main path I used to go uphill was Southbound. But on maps, up is always North. I haven't recovered since!
  - UltraSane 9mo ago
    I have never been able to use cardinal directions but I am very good at mental visualization and manipulation of 3d objects
tdeck 9mo ago
If you live in the US (and possibly other countries) and are blind, you can probably get See3D to model things and print them for you for free. http://see3d.org/ http://see3d.org/

by ctoth 9mo ago

UltraSane 9mo ago

I have always wondered how blind people "visualize" (I can't think of a better term) large scale objects.

bell-cot 9mo ago
I've no idea. But flipside, I know quite a few sighted people who can't walk around a rectangular block without losing track of which way north is. Or can't visualize that (say) their master bedroom closet backs up to their kitchen. Or other facepalm-worthy visualization failings.
- toast0 9mo ago
  > without losing track of which way north is. I blame my childhood. Everyone always said the Pacific Ocean is to the west. So naturally the direction I went to go to the beach on the pacific ocean should be West. Especially when the north/south freeway crosses the street I take to the beach at a pretty good angle (well it's more like 45 degrees). Turns out I actually go south to go to the beach, the freeway is roughly parallel to the coast and north/south freeways sometimes travel due east/west and I have a real hard time with cardinal directions, and even if I understand where the directions are when outside, when I enter a building, especially if I go up stairs or an elevator, my sense of where the cardinal directions from inside the building is likely to be way off. Thankfully, there's not a big impact from not knowing where room walls are relative to each other. :P
  - bell-cot 9mo ago
    > Thankfully, there's not a big impact from not knowing where room walls are relative to... Let me tell you about the friend-of-friend, who was cutting holes in his dining room wall to install [whatever], oblivious to the bathroom on the other side, and the water pipes for that bathroom...
    - toast0 9mo ago
      Don't they make special anchors for mounting your TV on PVC sewer pipes? Should be fine. ;)
  - coryrc 9mo ago
    Similarly, I live in Seattle with hills everywhere, but the main path I used to go uphill was Southbound. But on maps, up is always North. I haven't recovered since!
- UltraSane 9mo ago
  I have never been able to use cardinal directions but I am very good at mental visualization and manipulation of 3d objects

tdeck 9mo ago

If you live in the US (and possibly other countries) and are blind, you can probably get See3D to model things and print them for you for free. http://see3d.org/ http://see3d.org/