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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: OT: Converting miles/km
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 11:52:50 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-09-20, occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:

> You do use Google search?  Try typing '1 mile = ? kilometers' in the
> google search bar.  Answer = 1.60934.

My point wasn't really to give practical advice on unit conversion--
I assume we can all manage--but to laugh at the sheer absurdity of
two entirely unrelated numbers working out to approximately the
same, purely by chance.


PS: I use Google for currency conversion.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de