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minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·7 months agoYeah, no idea what a mi is in sensible units.
minus-squareSquorlple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·7 months ago1 mile ≈ 528 halves of a giraffe
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoThey’ve updated the unit of measurement’s name to Jerhalves.
minus-squareSubdivide6857@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 months agoYou don’t want to hear about how many American football fields are in a mile?
minus-squareEufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoA thousand Roman paces. A pace is two steps, each about 1m, so 1mi is about 2km. The conversion from paces to meters isn’t exact, and definitions have shifted over time.
minus-squareNostraDavid@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoMultiply by Phi (1.6) / the Golden Ratio (still 1.6) to get km. Typically, this is what you need to know: 100 miles = 160 km 60 miles = 100km
minus-squarehakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoA mi is one mile in sensible units.
Yeah, no idea what a mi is in sensible units.
1 mile ≈ 528 halves of a giraffe
They’ve updated the unit of measurement’s name to Jerhalves.
You don’t want to hear about how many American football fields are in a mile?
A thousand Roman paces. A pace is two steps, each about 1m, so 1mi is about 2km. The conversion from paces to meters isn’t exact, and definitions have shifted over time.
Multiply by Phi (1.6) / the Golden Ratio (still 1.6) to get km.
Typically, this is what you need to know:
100 miles = 160 km 60 miles = 100km
A mi is one mile in sensible units.