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  • Beto
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    1 year ago

    Fun fact: you can convert from miles to kilometers using the Fibonacci sequence:

    1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 35

    • 5 miles = 8 kilometers
    • 21 miles = 35 kilometers
    • 10 miles (2 + 8) = 16 kilometers (3 + 13)

    So this means 1 mile = 1 kilometer.

    • @peril33
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      291 year ago

      Fun Fact: you can choose not to use miles

      • @scarabic
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        61 year ago

        And after choosing not to use them, you might need to convert them to something else sometimes. You gonna tell me Europeans never travel to America as tourists? This is a fascinating and easy to remember method for them or anyone else.

        You came to the right thread for shitting on Americans, obviously, but you chose the wrong place for this condescending comment.

      • @joel_feila
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        61 year ago

        Well I’m trying to get the the kilofoot to catch on

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
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      91 year ago

      “Americans doing anything to not use the metric system” today: the Fibonacci sequence.

      • @scarabic
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        31 year ago

        You… shouldn’t? Unless you travel here as a tourist, as many do. This is converting FROM miles. I don’t understand why anyone would pick this place to shit on people who use miles. This comment offers a way out of using miles.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Just wanted to give a meme-y answer since we are in a meme side of the lemmy. I even thanked the person even though I think I will never travel outside my country given my circumstances.

          • Kilgore Trout
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            11 year ago

            Yes, nautical miles still have some logic behind, as they are based on degrees of latitude.

            Still it’s funny to me that they are still called miles.

        • @Ddhuud
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          Pilots, maybe, they’re “special” like that. Engineers do not.

          Jk

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          I appreciate this practical answer even though I just learned that only pilots uses this particular American measure system Americans call mile.