Seamount twice the size of world's tallest building discovered 'hidden under the waves' (www.livescience.com)

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[-] teft@startrek.website 31 points 10 months ago

twice the size of world's tallest building

5,250 feet above

Just say nearly 1 mile high. Why are reporters so averse to standard measurements?

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

5,280 feet is 1,584 Canada geese stacked on top of each other for our neighbors up north unfamiliar with imperial units.

[-] JWBananas@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago

Good bot

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Where is the problem? It says "1600 meter", which is perfectly fine and easy to scale. Initially, I was worried because they started with this "foot" thing while still having the word "science" in their name.

[-] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Doesn't sound as dramatic or clickbaity.

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

It was Washington's dream!

[-] teft@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago

That was great. Too funny but 100% on point.

[-] JWBananas@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

"You asked about the temperature–"

"I did not!"

[-] Lmaydev@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

5000 sounds higher than 1

[-] Darukhnarn@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

Like you are averse to using the SI-System?

[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I'd love to know why. Giving me measurements in units of football fields, elephants, Olympic swimming pools, Empire State Buildings, or Mount Everest are fucking meaningless.