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You can use Fibonacci numbers to approximately convert miles to km (europe.pub)
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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Interesting, but if I have to look up a conversion I’ll just look up the actual conversion rather than an approximation.

[–] CompassRed@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

The point is you don't have to look it up. Fibonacci is really easy to compute in your head.

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