joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agowhy don't people say mega metersmessage-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squarewhy don't people say mega metersjoel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-28 months agonobody will stop you, i’ve seen some publications use gigagrams instead of thousands of tons
minus-squaretakeheart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 months agoweirdly enough SI unit for mass is kg not grams
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI’ve always found that strange. I guess a kilogram is a lot closer to “human scale” than a gram, maybe that’s why they picked it.
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoyeah humans do really need a small, inch and cm, a medium, meter and feet, and a big, mile and km.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·8 months agoSI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoHaving meter as a base unit makes more sense than kg because meter lacks any prefix.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoBut that is like a giant difference in what they usually measure
nobody will stop you, i’ve seen some publications use gigagrams instead of thousands of tons
weirdly enough SI unit for mass is kg not grams
I’ve always found that strange. I guess a kilogram is a lot closer to “human scale” than a gram, maybe that’s why they picked it.
yeah humans do really need a small, inch and cm, a medium, meter and feet, and a big, mile and km.
SI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.
Having meter as a base unit makes more sense than kg because meter lacks any prefix.
But that is like a giant difference in what they usually measure