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xkcd #3248: 182.8 Meters (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3248: 182.8 Meters

Title text:

They rounded down to 182.8 instead of rounding up to 182.9 because 182.9 might make the statement incorrect.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3248/

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[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's a boat though, so must be knots.

3.91

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Keep going. We're onto something

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

2.012 m/s

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

.0000000067102425 * the speed of light

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

But then those miles in the GP would be nautical. So 4 1/2.