Da Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoJapan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speedswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
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minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months ago over 1,120 miles (1,802 kilometers). This is the most American thing ever. Taking an official number (1,808km), converting it to customary units (1,123mi) rounding it (1,120mi) then converting it back again with rounding error.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agois there an xkcd for there always being an xkcd for everything? i wonder now …
minus-squareCodpiece@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoNo, real Americans would measure it in rocks, or football fields or something.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months ago“Stone” is British, we don’t use that bullshit here.
This is the most American thing ever. Taking an official number (1,808km), converting it to customary units (1,123mi) rounding it (1,120mi) then converting it back again with rounding error.
Relevant xkcd
is there an xkcd for there always being an xkcd for everything? i wonder now …
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No, real Americans would measure it in rocks, or football fields or something.
“Stone” is British, we don’t use that bullshit here.