rafa@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat the fuck is a kilometer?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1473arrow-down133file-text
arrow-up1440arrow-down1imageWhat the fuck is a kilometer?lemmy.worldrafa@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeto@lemmy.studiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 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-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year ago“Americans doing anything to not use the metric system” today: the Fibonacci sequence.
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut why i should have to if I am not 'murican Ps thank you.
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-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-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 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-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI appreciate this practical answer even though I just learned that only pilots uses this particular American measure system Americans call mile.
minus-squareperil33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoFun Fact: you can choose not to use miles
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.
“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
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.
I appreciate this practical answer even though I just learned that only pilots uses this particular American measure system Americans call mile.
Fun Fact: you can choose not to use miles