▲ 757 ▼ W Celsius (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 months ago by blinfabian@feddit.nl to c/memes@lemmy.world 362 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago (3 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 4 points 4 months ago should be french flag because the metric system originates from france and now its used everhwhere except myanmar, us and liberia permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (3 children) Kilometers to miles is probably the easiest common conversion. 5 km is 3 miles, easy peasy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Except 5km is not 3 miles... it's 3.1069 miles so off by a considerable factor. 1 mile = 1.6km is a much more accurate approximation that's easy to remember. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) That's 4%, that's not a significant amount for functional purposes and it's a whole number to whole number conversion. Most of the time, if I'm converting, it's from metric to imperial so 1 km is 0.62 miles. If you tell me the speed limit is 70 km/h it's way easier for me to calculate 70 ÷ 5 x 3 = 42 mph than to calculate either 0.62 x 70 or 70 ÷ 1.6 = 43.49. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Johanno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago Are we talking about British, American or sea miles? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 1 point 4 months ago kilometers to nautical miles are easier tbf permalink fedilink source parent [–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago A mile is 8 furlongs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 4 points 4 months ago should be french flag because the metric system originates from france and now its used everhwhere except myanmar, us and liberia permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (3 children) Kilometers to miles is probably the easiest common conversion. 5 km is 3 miles, easy peasy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Except 5km is not 3 miles... it's 3.1069 miles so off by a considerable factor. 1 mile = 1.6km is a much more accurate approximation that's easy to remember. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) That's 4%, that's not a significant amount for functional purposes and it's a whole number to whole number conversion. Most of the time, if I'm converting, it's from metric to imperial so 1 km is 0.62 miles. If you tell me the speed limit is 70 km/h it's way easier for me to calculate 70 ÷ 5 x 3 = 42 mph than to calculate either 0.62 x 70 or 70 ÷ 1.6 = 43.49. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Johanno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago Are we talking about British, American or sea miles? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 1 point 4 months ago kilometers to nautical miles are easier tbf permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Except 5km is not 3 miles... it's 3.1069 miles so off by a considerable factor. 1 mile = 1.6km is a much more accurate approximation that's easy to remember. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) That's 4%, that's not a significant amount for functional purposes and it's a whole number to whole number conversion. Most of the time, if I'm converting, it's from metric to imperial so 1 km is 0.62 miles. If you tell me the speed limit is 70 km/h it's way easier for me to calculate 70 ÷ 5 x 3 = 42 mph than to calculate either 0.62 x 70 or 70 ÷ 1.6 = 43.49. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) That's 4%, that's not a significant amount for functional purposes and it's a whole number to whole number conversion. Most of the time, if I'm converting, it's from metric to imperial so 1 km is 0.62 miles. If you tell me the speed limit is 70 km/h it's way easier for me to calculate 70 ÷ 5 x 3 = 42 mph than to calculate either 0.62 x 70 or 70 ÷ 1.6 = 43.49. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Johanno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago Are we talking about British, American or sea miles? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 1 point 4 months ago kilometers to nautical miles are easier tbf permalink fedilink source parent
[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago A mile is 8 furlongs. permalink fedilink source parent
