Comment on Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs
ikidd@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And since a kilocalorie is what we would call a “calorie” from food, this shows precisely how you can’t outrun a bad diet.
Comment on Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs
ikidd@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And since a kilocalorie is what we would call a “calorie” from food, this shows precisely how you can’t outrun a bad diet.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
kcals are actually what we call Calories (note the uppercase letter). Most people don’t know that and just use lowercase without thinking though.
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
So Calories = kilocalories =/= calories?
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Exactly! But unless you’re in some very technical setting, people saying “calorie” probably meant “Calorie”/“kilocalorie”.
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
That’s weird… I wonder how that came to be like that