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Interesting fact: this is important for US too, because pound is defined as exactly 0.45359237 kg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass)#Current_use https:
by ZeljkoS 9y ago
Interesting fact: this is important for US too, because pound is defined as exactly 0.45359237 kg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass)#Current_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass)#Current_use)
- pletnes 9y agoWould be more important if the pound had an independent definition - suddenly, a lot of international trade and unit conversion apps are affected.
- zorked 9y agoIt's kind of not important because nobody measures the kinds of things that require the level of precision applied to the kilogram definition using pounds.
- GCA10 9y agoI was about to argue that the illegal drug trade might be a counter-example, but haven't they gone metric, too?
- randlet 9y agoEven if they did use the imperial system, no drug dealer is going to care about a change in the 8th decimal place of the definition of the pound.
- undersuit 9y agoCarfentanil is LD50 at 0.05mg. Don't be Bill Gates, 640KB is not enough for everyone and the 8th decimal of the pound is a lethal dose of Carfentanil.
- randlet 9y agoI stand corrected! Thanks.
- undersuit 9y agoIt could come in handy too know one day! :/
- MBlume 9y agoWait no this doesn't make sense. It's not an 8th decimal of a pound, it's an 8th decimal of what you're measuring. If you're measuring out a pound of Carfentanil you might be off by 0.05mg, but if you're measuring a dose you'll actually take, you won't.
- undersuit 9y agoIt still stands that a LD50 of Carfentanil is able to be estimated away because of the change in the precision of a pound.
- astrodust 9y agoIt's ounces, grams and kilos in that business, but the ounces are an old-school unit that's dying out. You might buy an "ounce" of weed, but an ounce of cocaine is ridiculous unless you're Charlie Sheen.
- gph 9y agoAn Eight-ball is an eighth of an ounce, and it's still one of the most popular ways of asking for coke. It's not really dying out as much as you say.
- analog31 9y agoIndeed, all of the US units are defined in terms of metric standards. There is no standard inch.