• tal@lemmy.today
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    6 hours ago

    The article title and body don’t match in the amount of the sale:

    sold for US$25

    He was later told that Chutou had been sold to a dog meat restaurant for 180 yuan (US$27) and the pet had been eaten.

    I mean, not that it’s that far off, but seems odd to have an article where the two don’t match.

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      4 hours ago

      180 yuan right now is $26.59. Given the headline only reports the conversion which changes, it’s arguably better to round it as they did to convey a general point rather than the exact specific amount of dollars.


      Edit: Looking at it now, the conversion rate seems reasonably stable, so I wonder if they still rounded it just for simplicity’s sake.