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0 pointsmort961y ago0 comments

I want us to start using megameters. And gigameters.

And instead of (metric) tons, I want megagrams. No kilotons; gigagrams.

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Be the change you want to see.

I remember the first time I got those units out of gnu units on the command line scratching my head wondering why I'd never used them before and why it was using them at the same time.

walthamstow1y ago

Brewers introduced me to this with hectolitres

darkwater1y ago

Hectolitres and hectograms are used fairly often (the latter, daily) in Italian, for example.

walthamstow1y ago

Hectolitre is 100 litres, not 100ml, but hectogram is 100g, not 100kg? Very confusing!

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zmgsabst1y ago

I’m personally partial to attolightyears (about 1cm).

Chris20481y ago

Surely you'd use the base unit of time, the second (lightseconds)?

atto-lightyear = 1e-18 lightyear

lightyear = 3.156e+7 lightsecond

Hence, atto-lightyear = 3.156e-11 lightsecond = 31.56 pico-lightsecond

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llm_trw1y ago

Be the change you want to see.

I remember the first time I got those units out of gnu units on the command line scratching my head wondering why I'd never used them before and why it was using them at the same time.

walthamstow1y ago

Brewers introduced me to this with hectolitres

darkwater1y ago

Hectolitres and hectograms are used fairly often (the latter, daily) in Italian, for example.

walthamstow1y ago

Hectolitre is 100 litres, not 100ml, but hectogram is 100g, not 100kg? Very confusing!

2 more replies

zmgsabst1y ago

I’m personally partial to attolightyears (about 1cm).

Chris20481y ago

Surely you'd use the base unit of time, the second (lightseconds)?

atto-lightyear = 1e-18 lightyear

lightyear = 3.156e+7 lightsecond

Hence, atto-lightyear = 3.156e-11 lightsecond = 31.56 pico-lightsecond

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse