Imperial Wastes So Much Time

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• TehBamski@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You’re not wrong. From a US citizen who is tired of the old ways that don’t work anymore

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  • zqwzzle@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The funny part is that US customary units are defined from SI units.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You use US customary, though, not Imperial.

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    • stinerman@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I was in Canada and ordered a 20oz beer. The waitress said “ok the pint” and I said “uhh…the 20 oz one” and she said “yeah…ok.”

      Didn’t realize that we had smaller pints (16 oz) than they do everywhere else.

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• mikenurre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  If you’re doing science, go metric. For EVERYTHING else, Imperial is sooo much better. Imperial measurements are easier to relate. You’re 1.68m tall? Means nothing. You’re 5’ 6", you go short king. Temp is 40C? Hieroglyphics. It’s 105F out, too hot, I’m staying inside.

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• thatradomguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Every time I see Shrek now, I shriek to think about how they’re going to F up the new movie.

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• Quilotoa@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So does trying to convince the U.S. to switch.

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• cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Km

  k is kilo, K is Kelvin.

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  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    While that’s true, it’s an inconsistency. All other prefixes for factors greater than 1 are capitalized, while lowercase prefixes are for factors less than 1.

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    • idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, hecto and deca are also not capitalized. The rule should be, uppercase if more than 10^3. Or simply the change between upper and lowercase is between 10^3 and 10^6, not at 1.

      It grinds my gears much more, that all the letters are latin, except μ.

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• SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Moreover, 1m³=1000 litres, 1litre=1kg
  (of water)

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• Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You wanna know what is ridiculous, calling european paper sizes “metric”.

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  • oktoberpaard@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m not sure if I ever heard that one, but that’s indeed nonsensical. ISO 216 is a very nice system, though, and used in most of the world, not just Europe.

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    • Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I am not arguing it isn’t nice, just that labeling it metric is a misnomer. The 1:√2 ratio doesn’t have any inherent connection to the metric system.

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