I catch myself doing something like this from time to time. Unfortunately, I also see non-tech-savvy journalists (and editors) publish stories with this problem all too often.
When you quote numbers, please be careful with rounding and truncation, especially when you convert units.
End of public service announcement.
And thanks again to Randall Munroe, for explaining interesting problems in unusual ways.
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