rafa@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhat the fuck is a kilometer?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up11.11Kfile-text
arrow-up11.03KimageWhat the fuck is a kilometer?lemmy.worldrafa@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square119fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeto@lemmy.studiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·edit-22 years 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-up32arrow-down4·2 years agoFun Fact: you can choose not to use miles
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoWell I’m trying to get the the kilofoot to catch on
minus-squarePrinzMegahertz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoBut I love Miles Morales
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoSomeone call someone, I think I had a stroke.
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIt works because the ration between miles and kilometers (~1.609) is surprisingly close to the Golden Ratio (~1.618), and https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/backgrounders/fibonacci-and-golden-ratio
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·2 years ago“Americans doing anything to not use the metric system” today: the Fibonacci sequence.
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoBut why i should have to if I am not 'murican Ps thank you.
minus-squarefeck_it@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoJust 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.
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoIn airspace, feet and miles are used very often
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 years agoPilots, maybe, they’re “special” like that. Engineers do not. Jk
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoYeah, but those are nautical miles, not murican miles.
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-22 years agoI appreciate this practical answer even though I just learned that only pilots uses this particular American measure system Americans call mile.
minus-squareWiller@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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
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But I love Miles Morales
Someone call someone, I think I had a stroke.
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It works because the ration between miles and kilometers (~1.609) is surprisingly close to the Golden Ratio (~1.618), and https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/backgrounders/fibonacci-and-golden-ratio
“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.
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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.
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.
And where do i know which part of the fib sequence to use?