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• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The unit of measurement in this instance is completely irrelevant to the math involved.

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• Soulg@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This problem would be exactly the same if they used 5 m/s

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  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Except now the walking speed of 1 m/s (3.6 km/h) and running speed of 5 m/s (18 km/h) are realistic

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• Atlusb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes mph is one thing but fps!

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  • general_kitten@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i am running at 5 frames per second

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    • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      5.099 frames per second, but allowing for rounding you could argue they are separating at 5 fps

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• captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah tbh I think that’s a good next step for metrication. Currently it’s all in US customary until college with a brief lesson on metric every few years. With some high school teachers doing a bit more in metric. If you swap it these people will just instinctively use and understand metric.

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  • MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m good with intuiting 1-3 meters, and I have a decent estimate for 1 centimeter. Beyond that, about all I got (yes I know this is all very rough estimates) is “a kilogram is a couple pounds, a kilometer is a short mile, a liter is basically a quart”. But I guess I don’t even have a good intuition for a quart because that in my head rests at the crossroads of “4 cups or ¼ gallon”.

    Make metric meaningful early in life, or actively make referencing real metric measures a part of your life, if you want it to stick.

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  • Soulg@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The biggest issue with swapping to metric I’m aware of isn’t the people getting used to it as much as the massive monetary and labor cost of replacing signs/notices/etc around the whole country

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah it’s public opinion. People don’t want to change. The costs are annoying, but we can budget for them. We tried to metricate at the same time as Canada. They had less money per person than us but succeeded because they didnt flip back and forth

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      • tromars@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well depends on what you mean by „success“

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I am on my phone so sorry for terseness but maths breakup problem trapeze lady twelve feet per second south human cannonball man two hundred yards per second every direction but south how far apart after two burritos and a threesome (human cannonball not involved)

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• Alberat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  it’s not physics, it’s anthropology

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