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Ask HN: How to create a new unit of measurement?
Anyone here has experience in creating a new measuring system in any field. (E.g. size of clothing or any other physical product)
- mrschwabe 9y agoNo direct experience myself, but MathJS has an API for creating new units of measurement that you might consider for prototyping/experimenting/initial development: http://mathjs.org/docs/datatypes/units.html http://mathjs.org/docs/datatypes/units.html
- robin_reala 9y agoSwatch Internet Time might be an interesting case study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time