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0 pointsfwip8y ago0 comments

23 nanometers off, dang. If they'd only had a slightly wider field of view, they could have found those poor people. :(

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Perhaps a little poor taste with the tone, but this is a great point. We're all talking about how poorly we handle units. Nm has two meanings, but I didn't even think about it until this comment.

jzwinck8y ago

Nm is Newton meters. You're looking for NM (Nautical Miles). Common mistake.

Similarly, kt means knots as in speed, but the very same kt also means kilotonnes as in dynamite.

fwipOP8y ago

Good point; I should have been more careful with my wording.

AceJohnny28y ago

Nautical Miles

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