Da Cap’n@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoJapan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speedswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1346
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minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·edit-219 hours 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-squareksigley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours agoThere really is Xkcd for everything.
minus-squareCodpiece@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoNo, real Americans would measure it in rocks, or football fields or something.
minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·18 hours agoIt’s right there in the article. over roughly the distance between New York and Florida
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
There really is Xkcd for everything.
No, real Americans would measure it in rocks, or football fields or something.
It’s right there in the article.