A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers

Re:A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers by wruza on Saturday August 10, 2019 @05:10AM (#20661019)

And if it’s big enough, just prepend 0x.

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Re:A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers by joshca on Saturday August 10, 2019 @06:27AM (#20661248)

How does it work? 1000 miles = 1609.34 km. But 0x1000 = 4096.

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Re:A mathematician's way of converting miles to kilometers by rocqua on Saturday August 10, 2019 @07:07AM (#20661398)

Only if it is double digits does this work.

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