minus-squarejago@lemmy.catoWorld News@lemmy.world•Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico’s name for US userslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days ago …the u.s. eez–which is no more than 200nm from land… 200 nanometres is 0.002 centimetres. That converts to 0.00078 inches (a bit over 3/4096", if you prefer fractional representation). Surely that can’t be correct. linkfedilink
minus-squarejago@lemmy.catoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•If all the people throughout history would have said to themselves: "It is what it is", then we 'd all still be living in grass huts and caves.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days ago…*had* said to themselves… linkfedilink
minus-squarejago@lemmy.catoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL of a boy in Pakistan that would stab himself with knives to entertain others. Researchers found he carried a rare gene mutation that prevents pain nerves to transmit their signals to the brain.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoHow does one fuck this up so monumentally? u/takeheart, how do you fuck this up so monumentally? linkfedilink
minus-squarejago@lemmy.catoMildly Interesting@lemmy.world•I lost my mouse a couple times and bought an exact replacement, then found the old one. You can see the evolution of the logolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year ago Cool find, thanks :) What about this find makes it cool? linkfedilink
200 nanometres is 0.002 centimetres. That converts to 0.00078 inches (a bit over 3/4096", if you prefer fractional representation). Surely that can’t be correct.