▲ 383 ▼ This is what the pyramids used to look like. They were covered with polished white limestone and had a peak made of pure gold. (lemmy.today) submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children) Whoops. 23³ m³ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (2 children) 23 cubed cubic metres? Why not just put a few zeroes in the first place? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) I guess, because that way it easier conveys the point of ‘it's a cube with 23 meters side’, which makes sense as it's easier to imagine than just an arbitrary amount of cubic meters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago Correct. Cube 23m on each side. I think I meant to write (23m)³ but forgot the parentheses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (2 children) 23 cubed cubic metres? Why not just put a few zeroes in the first place? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) I guess, because that way it easier conveys the point of ‘it's a cube with 23 meters side’, which makes sense as it's easier to imagine than just an arbitrary amount of cubic meters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago Correct. Cube 23m on each side. I think I meant to write (23m)³ but forgot the parentheses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) I guess, because that way it easier conveys the point of ‘it's a cube with 23 meters side’, which makes sense as it's easier to imagine than just an arbitrary amount of cubic meters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago Correct. Cube 23m on each side. I think I meant to write (23m)³ but forgot the parentheses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago Correct. Cube 23m on each side. I think I meant to write (23m)³ but forgot the parentheses. permalink fedilink source parent