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		hans_castorp 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Translating a Fortran F-16 Simulator to Unity3D My favorite "strange unit" is poronkusema: "A Sami measurement of distance; the distance a reindeer can travel before needing to stop to urinate. Today used to describe something that is at a very obscure distance away" (approximately 7.5 km) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolete_Finnish_units_of_meas...

sunrunner 5 months ago [–]

There's no reason for this to obsolete, I have to factor this into route planning for myself so I vote we bring this one back.

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