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Re:Show HN: 10-minute programming challenge. Let's do more o... by pud on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @07:19AM (#4354955)
Is it possible you're reading it wrong?

I just put in a 2.4km address and it came out to ~2,500 steps.

See this permalink (click "go")

http://missstep.com/?origin=Clayallee%209%2014191%20Berlin,%...

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Re:Show HN: 10-minute programming challenge. Let's do more o... by subsystem on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @08:04AM (#4355079)
Localization issue: var miles = prettyDistance.replace(",","").replace(/[A-Za-z$-]/g, "");
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Re:Show HN: 10-minute programming challenge. Let's do more o... by snippyhollow on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @08:16AM (#4355120)
I don't think I'm reading it wrong. Your link gives me:

"The fastest route is 2,4 km, which will take approximately 24,855 to 33,140 steps if you walked it."

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Re:Show HN: 10-minute programming challenge. Let's do more o... by tantalor on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @09:34AM (#4355435)
Are those metric steps or imperial?
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