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Post #AwJruhVgkIH72TLOYy by [email protected] |
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I've just learned that converting from m/s to km/h is a trivial multiplicat… |
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Post #AwK8xiJDvj3RbeXJAm by [email protected] |
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@ryanc @hypebot Wait until you learn about Mass (Gramm), Height (Meter), Time (… |
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Post #AwK93pXVxagHlj8ZZA by [email protected] |
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@ryanc I find it helpful to remember that x mph is approximately x/2 m/s. |
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Post #AwK93peFYY4K6cHx44 by [email protected] |
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@dwm @ryanc All I remember is that 88 feet per second is 60 miles per hour. |
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Post #AwK9TrIQ3HcIkIUJ7I by [email protected] |
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@ryanc Try flying. You can measure fuel in US gallons, litres and pounds, dista… |
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Post #AwKErxW74eT0lCCjHk by [email protected] |
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@TimWardCam As happened in 1983 when a flight from Montreal to Edmonton crash-… |
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Post #AwKErxdubehn9NqxRQ by [email protected] |
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@ApAlun That's the best known case, yes. |
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Post #AwKIXoXf8IiqwwZwWG by [email protected] |
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@dwm @ryanc easier to remember that you can use all but the lowest numbers in t… |
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Post #AwKKOKAmsH7W42Tvai by [email protected] |
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@ryanc Wait until you need to convert pounds per square inch into newtons per s… |
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Post #AwKKRYyKJBaEpbCJZg by [email protected] |
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@ryancWhen I read about people running 5K races, I think that it must be very c… |
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Post #AwKTgWvR6D0iPn3c2K by [email protected] |
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@ryanc Sure, if you want a shortcut. A more traditional method involves using … |
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Post #AwKThidx18zf2zRh3Y by [email protected] |
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@ryanc @briankrebs indeed, multiplying by “number” instead of “obscure-re… |
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@ryanc As a USian, I date the earliest modern sign that we were determined to d… |
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Post #AwKTrNGFN4wpcvxils by [email protected] |
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@ryanc Let's also not forget that even in Star Trek, in deep space, in the … |
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Post #AwKTtiGcF6OpM4FYye by [email protected] |
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@dwm That approximation works for knots, too.@ryanc |
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Post #AwKTxdJsZwOdAYe6Ii by [email protected] |
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@ryanc I learned about the decimalisation of the british pound the other day an… |
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Post #AwKU0nQ1UFlpMN1m5Y by [email protected] |
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@ryanc Me working in metric-Third Step: admiring the gorgeous simplicity of itS… |
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Post #AwKU7oW5ns5wnADGRU by [email protected] |
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@TimWardCam @ryanc my fave in flying is the persistence of 'flight level… |
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Post #AwKUCeeHv2uBdSM2ro by [email protected] |
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@ryancFunny to see the one conversion that is way harder than normal metric con… |
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Post #AwKUJIJdLrBeOhrMsC by [email protected] |
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@ryanc when i learned that water and gravel and firewood are measured in the sa… |
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Post #AwKUJIPezS0WhOgBGa by [email protected] |
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@astrid @ryanc Acre-feet, yards, and cords seeming not like fun anymore?I used … |
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Post #AwKUJIVgd2pP05Uzey by [email protected] |
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@Gorfram @astrid @ryanc I lead an international cycle ride every year from Lond… |
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@spacehobo @Gorfram @astrid @ryanc always thought it was common practice in UK … |
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@vfrmedia @Gorfram @astrid @ryanc Wimbledon is taking heat for showing ball spe… |
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@ryanc that's why the unit "feet per second" is relatively close … |
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@vfrmedia on metric day the mph speed limit signs become by diktat km/h; imagin… |
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@ryanc It was the biggest failure of the metric system, not to make time decima… |
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@ryanc It's unfortunate we are stuck with nonsense non decimal time systems… |
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@astrid @ryanc in the UK the cubic yard persists in some very niche situations … |
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@russss @astrid @ryanc in the UK, estate agents seem not to have got the memo f… |
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@ryanc on a related note, if you're into meteorology, you can convert knots… |
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@ryanc hour is not metric |
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Post #AwKUonLc1eCxcOo1bM by [email protected] |
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@ryanc if we got rid of all the time-oriented bullshit, m/s and km/h could be a… |
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@ryanc and thats one of the more complex conversion factors!i remember in our &… |
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Post #AwKV1AdXGNHbK65fWa by [email protected] |
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@spacehobo @vfrmedia @astrid @ryanc Doesn't that result in ball speeds decr… |
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@phlash @ryanc Heights etc are in feet. Unless, I think, you're in Russia, … |
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@ryanc The more I read about the imperial system, the more the insanity of the … |
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@mkj @ryanc they don't specify the reference frame because everyone in the … |
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Post #AwKXNc42AY3ufPJWoC by [email protected] |
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@leeloo @ryanc the French sure tried. Along with the metric calendar. But the b… |
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@ryanc Mile per second does not compute. /s |
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Post #AwM99vR7Kyoq6wyHVw by [email protected] |
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@MarcelNBG @ryanc @hypebot conveniently g is 9.8m/s² which can be rounded to j… |
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@gunstick @ryanc @hypebot Well, g isn’t 9,8 m/s² everywhere.At some places i… |
