Comment by dsalzman Comment by dsalzman 10 hours ago 9 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Whats the units?
Copy Link MikeCoats 10 hours ago Next Collapse Comment - Centimetres.Their 13 cm high plant specimen had a 456 cm deep root. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link mock-possum 8 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - So like 15 feet Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link garbagewoman 13 minutes ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Probably, since cm are almost as useless as the grand old imperial system Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link mock-possum 8 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - So like 15 feet Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link garbagewoman 13 minutes ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Probably, since cm are almost as useless as the grand old imperial system Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link garbagewoman 13 minutes ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Probably, since cm are almost as useless as the grand old imperial system Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link zyberzero 10 hours ago Prev Collapse Comment - It says cm, so centimeters (1/100 meter) - slightly less than 0.4 inches Reply View | 5 replies Copy Link tejtm 6 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - decimal place issues... I hope.there are ten mm in a cm456cm == 4560mmthere are 24.5 mm per inch (it is the law).4550mm / 25.4 = 179.527 inchesor about 14.9 feetwhich is about 5 yardswhich is 20% of a 'murican football field if that helps Reply View | 4 replies Copy Link jacobolus 4 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - The above comment was pointing out that each 1 centimeter is slightly less than 0.4 inches. If you want to be more precise, each centimeter is about 0.3937 inches. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link tejtm an hour ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Your correction to my perception of what you intended 0.4 inches to represent is accepted. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link margittai 31 minutes ago Root Parent Prev Next Collapse Comment - [dead] Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link rkomorn 4 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - [dead] Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link tejtm 6 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - decimal place issues... I hope.there are ten mm in a cm456cm == 4560mmthere are 24.5 mm per inch (it is the law).4550mm / 25.4 = 179.527 inchesor about 14.9 feetwhich is about 5 yardswhich is 20% of a 'murican football field if that helps Reply View | 4 replies Copy Link jacobolus 4 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - The above comment was pointing out that each 1 centimeter is slightly less than 0.4 inches. If you want to be more precise, each centimeter is about 0.3937 inches. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link tejtm an hour ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Your correction to my perception of what you intended 0.4 inches to represent is accepted. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link margittai 31 minutes ago Root Parent Prev Next Collapse Comment - [dead] Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link rkomorn 4 hours ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - [dead] Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link jacobolus 4 hours ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - The above comment was pointing out that each 1 centimeter is slightly less than 0.4 inches. If you want to be more precise, each centimeter is about 0.3937 inches. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link tejtm an hour ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Your correction to my perception of what you intended 0.4 inches to represent is accepted. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link tejtm an hour ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Your correction to my perception of what you intended 0.4 inches to represent is accepted. Reply View | 0 replies
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Centimetres.
Their 13 cm high plant specimen had a 456 cm deep root.