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Polybius

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5. That's what some old timers said about calculators and GPS

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 01:02 PM

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In fact, one just told me that my parking sensors (they tell and show me when I'm too close to the curb, a car, or other objects) will make me dumb and lazy.

I can live with that for convenience.

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