• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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    1 month ago

    Hey hey, US customary units are metric:

    The majority of U.S. customary units were redefined in terms of the meter and kilogram with the Mendenhall Order of 1893 and, in practice, for many years before.

    They just use weird provincial conversion factors, that’s all.

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      They could be more metric. Just imagine this wonderful reality:

      • 1 inch = 2,5cm
      • -> 1 hand = 10cm
      • 1 foot = 30cm
      • 1 yard = 1 m (=3ft+1hd)
      • 1 pound = 500g = ½kg
      • 1 thou = 25μm
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        Funny thing is here in the Netherlands some people use pounds and ounces ( pond and ons in Dutch ) when they buy meat at the butcher. 1 pond = 500 gram, 1 ons = 100 gram

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        • 1 yard = 1 m (=3ft+1hd)

        Oh yeah, that’ll be fine, I’m sure it will make everything simpler:

        1km = 1000yd + 1000hd = 1111yd + 1hd

        What could possibly go wrong.

        1 slug = ... ?