rafa@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat the fuck is a kilometer?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1948arrow-down163file-text
arrow-up1885arrow-down1imageWhat the fuck is a kilometer?lemmy.worldrafa@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeto@lemmy.studiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-21 year agoFun 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.
minus-squareperil33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·1 year agoFun Fact: you can choose not to use miles
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWell I’m trying to get the the kilofoot to catch on
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year ago“Americans doing anything to not use the metric system” today: the Fibonacci sequence.
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBut why i should have to if I am not 'murican Ps thank you.
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIn airspace, feet and miles are used very often
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoPilots, maybe, they’re “special” like that. Engineers do not. Jk
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI appreciate this practical answer even though only pilots uses this particular American measure system they call mile.
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, but those are nautical miles, not murican miles.
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes, 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.
minus-squareWiller@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnd where do i know which part of the fib sequence to use?
Fun fact: you can convert from miles to kilometers using the Fibonacci sequence:
1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 35
So this means 1 mile = 1 kilometer.
Fun Fact: you can choose not to use miles
Well I’m trying to get the the kilofoot to catch on
But I love Miles Morales
“Americans doing anything to not use the metric system” today: the Fibonacci sequence.
But why i should have to if I am not 'murican
Ps thank you.
In airspace, feet and miles are used very often
Pilots, maybe, they’re “special” like that. Engineers do not.
Jk
I appreciate this practical answer even though only pilots uses this particular American measure system they call mile.
Yeah, but those are nautical miles, not murican miles.
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.
And where do i know which part of the fib sequence to use?