joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agowhy don't people say mega metersmessage-squaremessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squarewhy don't people say mega metersjoel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square47linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agonobody will stop you, i’ve seen some publications use gigagrams instead of thousands of tons
minus-squaretakeheart@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoweirdly enough SI unit for mass is kg not grams
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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-down2·1 year agoSI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.
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But that is like a giant difference in what they usually measure