https://xkcd.com/2920

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Fun fact: The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-center by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I’m in the wrong place.

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    7 months ago

    I think it’s fine.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/datums

    1: plural data ˈdā-tə  ˈda-

    also

    ˈdä-  : something given or admitted especially as a basis for reasoning or inference

    an important historical datum

    This enormous expense—and considerable risk—to pick up a datum or two about geriatrics?—

    Charles Krauthammer

    2: plural datums, mathematics : something used as a basis for calculating or measuring

    measuring the distance between datum points

    … make things more efficient for those of us whose work requires a time datum.—

    Robert Steinbrunn