Show HN: MetricPlease – Bookmarklet that turns 100 yards into 91.4 m (opens in new tab)

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2 pointsrufname5y ago3 comments

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Great idea, it's so annoying that even science sites don't use metric, for example a recent article about room temperature superconductors:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-discover-first-roo...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24777268

rufnameOP5y ago

Those sites will be good test cases for the bookmarklet. And I see I have to add Fahrenheit for the next release.

rufnameOP5y ago

This little bookmarklet helps with reading webpages that use "inches", "feet", "yards" and "miles" for people (like me) used to the metric system. (It can also handle in. ft. yd. mi.)

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kristianp5y ago

Great idea, it's so annoying that even science sites don't use metric, for example a recent article about room temperature superconductors:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-discover-first-roo...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24777268

rufnameOP5y ago

Those sites will be good test cases for the bookmarklet. And I see I have to add Fahrenheit for the next release.

rufnameOP5y ago

This little bookmarklet helps with reading webpages that use "inches", "feet", "yards" and "miles" for people (like me) used to the metric system. (It can also handle in. ft. yd. mi.)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse