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Americans will use any unit of measure but SI units… /s
by trklausss 3y ago
Americans will use any unit of measure but SI units… /s
- ThrowawayTestr 3y agoSI derived units are still SI.
- notfish 3y agoThe foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 meters, does that mean it’s an SI unit?
- nyrikki 3y agoNo, while the Mendenhall order 1893 defined all US customary units off of the Metric system, in SI "Derived units" are defined as products of powers of the base units. If you look at section 2.3.4 in the link below you will notice that there are no scalars in those derived units. They will all have the form: x^n * y^m * z^o Also note how they define a 'degree Celsius' which is equivalent to a degree K, but then invoke a T_0 to include it to avoid breaking the above rule. https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/SI-Brochure-9-EN.pdf https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/SI-Brochure-9-...
- Aloisius 3y agoThe sievert has a hidden numerical factor.
- Tomte 3y agoTell them that the only patriotic measurement unit is a gun, specifically the American M16. Since there are multiple versions, we use the latest and greatest: the M16A4. It is 39.97 inches long. That‘s what American distances and lengths are measured in! I‘m 1.9 M16s tall! After a while we swap M16 for meters, since the M16 is not only 39.97in, but also -quelle surprise!- exactly one meter long.
- basil-rash 3y ago1 meter is 39.37”, as is one M16A3. The other A’s are different.
- pclmulqdq 3y agoThe M16 is capable of about 900 rounds per minute, which is about 15 rounds per second, so we can call the Si "banana" the "M16" in America and have it be the same measure of requests per second.
- trklausss 3y agoThat’s a good switcharoo right there… Just as remark, it’s 39.37in :)