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kubofhromoslav@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Lembot_0006@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Roman engineers most probably never heard about miles too.

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  • mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    millia pasuum, literally “1,000 paces,” was a common unit of measure in the empire, and the basis of various modern miles. It was slightly shorter than the modern statute mile.

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    • Klear@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Interesting. Never realised that “mile” just means “thousand” (though it is kinda obvious in retrospect). And since the modern mile is 1760 yards, a kilometre is more of a mile than the actual mile.

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      • GraniteM@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah, assuming that a yard is meant to approximate the stride of an adult human, who’s the Goliath-sized motherfucker with the 5’ 3" stride who took a thousand steps and called that a mile?

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• piccolo@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Unless they’re american, then it’ll be built in freedom units.

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  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Will be built in cheeseburgers and carrying stolen oil.

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    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Interesting (scribbles on clipboard)…and for how many football fields would it span, exactly? And weigh how many Ford F150s?

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  • kubofhromoslav@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hopefully it would have better logistics than Martian probe…

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• djsaskdja@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They can build it in kilometers all they want. Plenty of people will still measure it in miles.

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