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Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] by Cthulhu_ on Friday February 19, 2021 @05:33AM (#26191563)
Quick, how many miles is 26357 feet?

With metric it's a matter of shifting the decimal.

How much is a sixteenth inch anyways.

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Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video] by mulmen on Friday February 19, 2021 @03:05PM (#26197438)
Yes, conversion between mm, cm, m and km is easy. What's your point? If something is miles away why do I care about it in terms of feet? How many meters is the sun from here? How many km is 1/3 of an AU? How many seconds does it take light to go a meter in vacuum?

A 16th is half an 8th. Twice as much as a 32nd. AKA 2^4, 2^3 and 2^5, respectively.

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