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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

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[–] 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?

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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