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When the Dutch florin was introduced there would have been an agreed (or imposed) exchange rate. Looks like that was 1:1.
Later when the Euro was adopted there was an exchange rate for that too.
To get to USD use the floating exchange rate of the open market.
Sometimes I ask people about their internal monologue, can they change its perceived voice? Do they even have one? That often sparks some interesting conversations.
And quite an interesting article at that!
Take your kilometres e.g 60, divide by 5 -> 12, now times that by 3 -> 36.
Take your miles e.g 80, divide by 5 -> 16, times 8 -> 80 + 48 -> 128
So any conversion reasonable conversion can be done in your head with your 3, 5, and 8 times tables
Semantic satiation can come up when you’re having a conversation and use the same word often enough (not necessarily back to back) that it feels like that word is wrong, or doesn’t mean anything. You start to pay attention to the sound of the word instead of the meaning.
I have seen lots of comments like “well we need some kind of solution to this problem, whether it’s Apple launching an android app or a 3rd party”, and to be honest with you, I don’t even understand the problem. Maybe it’s cause I’m not from the US and can’t wrap my head around the social implications of message bubble hues?
Also you said the office doesn’t have an electronic link but your example workflow includes the phone ;)
If they get something working with iron based batteries and have a path to fully electricity their sales then the world is a better place. Their sales volume is immense.