• Honytawk@feddit.nl
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    10 days ago

    You do know we have everything between a millimeter and a kilometer as well, right?

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      10 days ago

      Of course. And you select the unit you need based on the degree of precision required for the task. You’re not arbitrarily bouncing decimal points around for shits and giggles. The ability to do that is a cool bit of trivia, but in practice, it’s not particularly useful.