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xkcd #3065: Square Units (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 days ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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The biggest I've seen in a published source in the wild is an 80-fold error in a reported distance, which I think came from a series of at least three unit conversions and area/length misinterpretations.

https://explainxkcd.com/3065/

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

........

Person behind this account, at this point you're being deliberately dense.

Find something better to do with your time

Those are the exact same thing because they are the exact same thing.

I understand English is difficult to parse, I hope you'll get there some day.

I guess you're the person who this comic is written with thoughts of

Maybe when you're buying real estate or property some day it'll click for you, in the mean time please ask for help before writing units in scientific papers, or interpreting those papers, and definitely don't try to spread the results of those papers to others, lest we end up with world consuming insects.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago

Highly ironic that you're telling me to find something better to do with my time.

Get a grip, bud.