Is AI’s Circular Financing Inflating a Bubble? [YT | 25'13"]

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• GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Americans will use anything but the metric system

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  • Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I hate the metric system for an unusual reason: It’s totally arbitrary.

    Internally consistent, sure, but SI is based on a flawed calculation of the circumference of the Earth, and as such, it’s not suited to modern applications, to say nothing of the weird units we end up with like c.

    Define distance by the light-nanosecond, and now you’ve got a system based on a constant from which to derive everything else. Metric was a good first step, but measuring apparati weren’t up to the task at the time.

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    • Little_mouse@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The meter is defined by the distance light travels in a specific fraction of a second. It may have been initially defined by a rough estimate but it (and all metric measurements) are now fixed to universal constants.

      Also the foot is currently defined exclusively as 0.3048 meters, so you are already using metric.

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