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xkcd #3251: Time Machine Conversation

Title text:

It's possible to do sea navigation without a compass, but you'll have to get some spoilers from the Polynesians.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3251/

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Unless there were survivors from the shipwreck and this person’s family wasn’t among them.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

Even then they might have survived but not made it back.