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8. Significant digits!

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:46 PM

Jan 2025

An example of my significant digits pet-peeve: Converting an estimate of 60 meters into a precise 196 feet.

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Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 [View all] nitpicked Jan 2025 OP

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Right. And the lottery ticket buyers are idiots PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2025 #7

Significant digits! Foolacious Jan 2025 #8

Like converting 37. Celsius to 98.6 Fahrenheit ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2025 #9

"likely around the same size as the 1908 Tunguska rock or the Meteor Crater rock" muriel_volestrangler Feb 2025 #10