WhatWouldKarlDo

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[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 2 years ago

It makes more sense than this KLM ad:

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

There is only one unit of length in metric. The meter. Everything else is a multiple, which are typically base 10, and have standard prefixes. This applies to EVERY metric unit, including time. If you want to be weird and divide the meter into different bases, there's nothing stopping you.

Fun fact actually, your SAE units are defined in metric. Why? Because metric units are precisely defined instead of being based on the king's foot.

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They are. The second is the only unit of time in the metric system. All of the regular SI prefixes apply. They just don't fit the earth day perfectly, and nothing will, nor should they. Being earth centric is not good science.

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

30cm is about 12 inches.

When you say oz, is it fluid or weight? I know that there's 20oz in a pint, aren't there like 2 pints in a quart or something like that? It's all insane.

Metric units are all related (mostly by water). It's easy to see how they relate and visualise them based on that. Imperial units are just a Hodge podge of different kingly measurements

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago (7 children)

30cm has more divisors than 12 inches. And we don't use base 12 numbers. And last I checked, most imperial conversions weren't base 12 anyway.

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

July and August.

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 years ago

The sidebar seems to indicate that it's an American Republican comm. So that would actually make sense.

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Have respect for the independent corporate media! They aren't like those clearly corrupt shills at https://thegrayzone.com/

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 2 years ago

The only metric unit of time is the second. all the other ones are customary units that are geared towards living on Planet Earth. There was a movement for decimal time at one point, but it never really took off. Given that the length of a day changes, I don't see how it would remain stable either. Which is something that SI units try very hard to make sure doesn't happen.

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 2 years ago

It's never about the source. It's about the content.

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

You can check this post (by a new user who left shortly after posting that I might add) when Lemmygrad was defederated. No reason given, aside from "crossed the line to more than political differences". Which is probably our anti-NATO stance.

[–] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 years ago

I hear you. I have friends in Alberta that are similarly trapped.

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