rafa@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat the fuck is a kilometer?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down176file-text
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1imageWhat the fuck is a kilometer?lemmy.worldrafa@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoIn airspace, feet and miles are used very often
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 months agoPilots, maybe, they’re “special” like that. Engineers do not. Jk
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoYeah, but those are nautical miles, not murican miles.
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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-211 months agoI appreciate this practical answer even though I just learned that only pilots uses this particular American measure system Americans call mile.
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.