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[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 17 points 7 months ago (4 children)

How much is that in hamburgers? Sorry I only understand freedom units

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Approximately .075 hamburger at arms length

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think you meant 5/64 of a hamburger.

I was told that the concept of decimal is too hard to understand compared to fractions.

[–] hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 months ago

Unfortunately you're completely wrong here. Americans, burgers, and fractions don't mix well.

Third pound burger failed because people thought it was smaller than a Quarter Pounder

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 13 points 7 months ago

0.5° is 0.00873 radians

[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

Turkey at distance is the proper measure here. That's a Turkey at I'd reckon 10 football fields.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 7 months ago

Degrees are the freedom unit!