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May be number of units and categories it supports. Plus I am adding more units.

Faaak 3y ago
units(1) is way more simpler to use though. Just type the input/output formulas and it will do the rest
bashinator 3y ago
I couldn't find a way of converting from US teaspoons to cubic light-seconds, which is my favorite demo of the GNU utility. Also, do you have a way of adding a time dimension to the conversions? E.g from kibibytes per day to megabits per second?
- lostlogin 3y ago
  Are US teaspoons actually a different size to UK ones, or just the volume measurements?
  - bragr 3y ago
    1 US teaspoon is about 14.8 ml 1 UK teaspoon is about 17.8 ml. It goes on: 1 US gallon is about 0.83 imperial gallons
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    - beojan 3y ago
      A teaspoon is 5 ml. I think you're thinking of tablespoons.
  - saalweachter 3y ago
    Teaspoons aren't particularly common in the US. If you do need to stir a beverage or add sugar, you typically use a tablespoon.
    - culi 3y ago
      Seems like a weird statement. As someone who cooks and bakes, I use teaspoons all the time. Teaspoons for certain spices and seasonings are extremely common in recipes
    - tobinfricke 3y ago
      Yeah, this isn't true. A teaspoon is a standard unit of measurement in US cooking.
    - SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
      Tableware sets in the US commonly come with at least two different sizes of spoon. These usually bear no relation to the "measuring spoons" used to measure volume, though they are handy for stirring tea or eating soup (for the small & large spoons, respectively). For people who cook in the US, a set of "measuring spoons" is a very common kitchen tool. "Teaspoon" and "Tablespoon" are units of measurement of volume, not bits of silverware. "Tea spoon" and "Table spoon" or "Soup spoon" are pieces of silverware, not units of measure!
      - beojan 3y ago
        The one you stir tea with is also probably smaller than a teaspoon (probably about half a teaspoon).
        SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
        Yep, they're usually completely unrelated to the units of measure.
- BenjiWiebe 3y ago
  My favorite is millilightseconds<->miles, for calculating maximum distance to a server or minimum possible latency for a distance.
  - bashinator 3y ago
    Obligatory https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles

units(1) is way more simpler to use though. Just type the input/output formulas and it will do the rest

I couldn't find a way of converting from US teaspoons to cubic light-seconds, which is my favorite demo of the GNU utility. Also, do you have a way of adding a time dimension to the conversions? E.g from kibibytes per day to megabits per second?

lostlogin 3y ago
Are US teaspoons actually a different size to UK ones, or just the volume measurements?
- bragr 3y ago
  1 US teaspoon is about 14.8 ml 1 UK teaspoon is about 17.8 ml. It goes on: 1 US gallon is about 0.83 imperial gallons
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  - beojan 3y ago
    A teaspoon is 5 ml. I think you're thinking of tablespoons.
- saalweachter 3y ago
  Teaspoons aren't particularly common in the US. If you do need to stir a beverage or add sugar, you typically use a tablespoon.
  - culi 3y ago
    Seems like a weird statement. As someone who cooks and bakes, I use teaspoons all the time. Teaspoons for certain spices and seasonings are extremely common in recipes
  - tobinfricke 3y ago
    Yeah, this isn't true. A teaspoon is a standard unit of measurement in US cooking.
  - SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
    Tableware sets in the US commonly come with at least two different sizes of spoon. These usually bear no relation to the "measuring spoons" used to measure volume, though they are handy for stirring tea or eating soup (for the small & large spoons, respectively). For people who cook in the US, a set of "measuring spoons" is a very common kitchen tool. "Teaspoon" and "Tablespoon" are units of measurement of volume, not bits of silverware. "Tea spoon" and "Table spoon" or "Soup spoon" are pieces of silverware, not units of measure!
    - beojan 3y ago
      The one you stir tea with is also probably smaller than a teaspoon (probably about half a teaspoon).
      - SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
        Yep, they're usually completely unrelated to the units of measure.
BenjiWiebe 3y ago
My favorite is millilightseconds<->miles, for calculating maximum distance to a server or minimum possible latency for a distance.
- bashinator 3y ago
  Obligatory https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles