Thank you. So does that mean that the Fibonacci can help us because just like the miles-km algorithm it is closed form, so we can use it to compute a single number, and at the same time it gives us similarish results because of coincidence?

Tbh, the last sentence was just a silly jab at the imperial units.

I was mostly just making fun of the fact that you implied the Fibonacci sequence can be memorized, when it is infinite. I'm not saying that referring to it is simpler than dividing/multiplying by a constant, no.

Canada another that does the Mixed Metrics, but with entirely different sets of arbitrariness

Yeah man, it's fucking nuts

Which makes more sense than imperial units.

But you'd only need to do the conversion if you started with imperial units.

US and Israel are the only places that still use Imperial.

But the US has a global business empire. So you'll see the Imperial/Metric conversions all over the planet.

thanks to "AI" being in everything more and more computers are starting to perform worse than brain

The UK still uses miles for vehicle speed and road signs

Works because ratio of km to miles is about the golden ratio.

Canadian here, I watch some UK fitness shows, can confirm.

Same!

Why have brain when have computer

The point is you don't have to look it up. Fibonacci is really easy to compute in your head.

"I'm trying to lose 2 and a half stone" just sounds utterly deranged.

Honestly divide by 5 and multiply by 8 usually isn't too difficult and just gives you the right answer.

I remember it by 200mph is 320kph.

Yessir, stone and lbs usually.

So 12 stone 8 for example. 14lbs to the stone.

5 to 8 is the far simpler pretty exact conversion.

Really? Do people walk around in the UK and say "I weigh 11 stone"? "I lost 3 stone on this diet"?

US and Israel are the only places that still use Imperial. While older generations in Canada and UK will speak about weight in Imperial, the official unit system is Metric.

I always used "a little more than half".

I think he might’ve been talking about an orchiectomy.

Interesting, but if I have to look up a conversion I’ll just look up the actual conversion rather than an approximation.

I know from running that 5k is 3.1miles so I just go from there

Or I could just do 1.6 km ≈ 1 mile whenever I need to convert from the standard that I use, Metric, to Imperial

Far far far simpler

Edit: I'm not American, I use sensible units, SI Metric

Edit edit: I do fully have dyscalcus, mostly only effects "scary" looking maths, so no, your suggestion doesn't help

Yeah, people talk shit about Americans using Imperial, but Brits are so fucked up. At least we consistently use one shitty system. Brits are constantly switching between the two, and sometimes even using outdated systems no one else uses. Like, why the fuck do you use stones for body weight, but pounds, ounces, and grams for different measurements of weight? Be consistent at least.