Right, but what’s the point of arguing about the real-ness of something you’re u...

kergonath on Aug 28, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: 111,111.1 meters is reliably 1 degree of latitude

Right, but what’s the point of arguing about the real-ness of something you’re using without verifying it ever. The equator (or the 45th parallel, or any meridian) is not a circle; nobody ever said anything like “man, it’s so much more natural that the equator is 21638.778 nmi instead of that ugly 40,075.017 km”.