x is "near" y and y is near x. y is not near z, so z is not near y, and therefor... | Hacker News

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		noblethrasher on Jan 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's your speciality, and what's your "F... x is "near" y and y is near x. y is not near z, so z is not near y, and therefore z is not near x nor is x near z.

Someone on Jan 2, 2014 [–]

Bad example. "Near" is not an equivalence relation. Every step you make keeps you near where you were, but you can eventually get thousands of miles away.

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