I was putting up some wall decorations earlier today and was painstakingly realigning everything until it looked level to my eyes. It might be just a hair off, but if I don’t correct it, I’ll see the misalignment almost instantly and get bothered for the rest of time until I fix it. Has anyone investigated, or is there literature on the minimum perceptible angle from level to the naked eye?

  • TheYang@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Side note, basically every smart phone out there has orientation sensors, so it should be just as easy as downloading a Bubble Level app from the app store.

    not when almost every phone has a camera bump, volume rockers and a power button.

    i.e. no long flat sides, that still allow you to see the screen.

    • over_clox@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      You do have a point, but most phones have one edge that doesn’t have any buttons, and most people have their phone in a case, which assuming it’s a proper fitting case, usually cancels out that camera bump issue and makes it sit properly flat on a table.

      • TheYang@lemmy.world
        1·
        23 hours ago

        I haven’t Bhad a case which sisn’t didn’t mirror the camera bump in a long while unfortunately

          • TheYang@lemmy.world
            1·
            23 hours ago

            different language auto-correct really didn’t help my inborn lack of spelling, and I (apparently) didn’t even glance back to check what I wrote.