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The point is that those decimal places don't have to be zeros. 7.893 is just as precise as 8.001.

• a3w 1y ago
  Yet for some reason unknown to me, people get annoyed when you tell them „let us meet at 13:37. that is no more accurate than let us meet at 14:00 hours”
  • VMG 1y ago
    14:00 is a Schelling point
  • Mawr 1y ago
    1. It's easier to remember. 2. Do you actually say fourteen-zero-zero or just fourteen? If the latter, that's your answer right there.
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