Comment on Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds

pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Klear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Relevant xkcd

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  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    is there an xkcd for there always being an xkcd for everything? i wonder now …

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    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      #2807

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      • trk@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        www.xkcd.com/2087/

        Disappointed it wasn’t tbh

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  • ksigley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There really is Xkcd for everything.

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• Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No, real Americans would measure it in rocks, or football fields or something.

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  • prex@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Image

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “Stone” is British, we don’t use that bullshit here.

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  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s right there in the article.

    over roughly the distance between New York and Florida

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• Hoimo@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I also have to laugh when someone takes a very rough estimate (around a hundred miles) and converts it to metric with 4 significant figures (160.9 km). Even 160 is too precise when talking about a distance of 80-120 miles. If the original number has 1 sigfig, the conversion should too, even if that feels way off.

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  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I swear I’ve bought stuff at Costco before that was 1.3608kg.

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