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Ah yes, named for the one part of the US unit system that actually makes a lot of sense (being powers of 2). I wish we could resize the US pint to 500ml and the
by boondaburrah 5y ago
Ah yes, named for the one part of the US unit system that actually makes a lot of sense (being powers of 2). I wish we could resize the US pint to 500ml and then have two actually useful systems, just in different bases, with an easy conversion point.
(though I can't actually tell if this is the US pint or the UK pint)
- OJFord 5y agoI'm not sure what you're saying is powers of 2, but if you mean that it's 568ml, that's a UK/Imperial pint; US is smaller. It was actually university that taught me the millilitre size of a pint: the SU bars at my alma mater, Imperial, are named Metric & 568.
- boondaburrah 5y agoNah I'm talking about the US unit of volume being related to itself by powers of 2. 16oz to a pint, 8 pints to a gallon. Everything is just halves and doubles. I feel like that's legitimate and convenient. Can't say the same for the rest of the US system. I think the US pint is something like 476ml (checked; it's 473), and the UK pint is 20 /slightly/ smaller than US oz instead of 16.