River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch where it ends up

Re:River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch ... by Urgo on Thursday May 27, 2021 @01:04AM (#27299589)

This is great! I got a chuckle though that this is for the US only, but it shows distance in km instead of miles. I'd love it if we changed to metric but I don't see that happening any time soon.

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Re:River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch ... by mulmen on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:27AM (#27300341)

The United States was one of the original signatories of the Metre Convention [1]. The metric system has been the foundation of all US measures since 1893 [2,3]. School children in the United States have learned both systems for decades. Ford trucks have metric bolts. The US military uses the metric system.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_Stat...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendenhall_Order

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Re:River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch ... by samlearner on Thursday May 27, 2021 @08:44AM (#27302370)

That's the form the data came in and when it came time to convert it, I figured it might be better not to.

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Re:River Runner: drop a raindrop anywhere in the USA, watch ... by perryizgr8 on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:35AM (#27300375)

It will happen if we keep making new things (like this tool) that use km instead of miles.

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