Cursed Units (mainly SI, not that funny imperial stuff)
I went down a rabbit hole and after wracking my wine-addled brain with some cunning geometry problems (50%, since you asked) I came across this....
Beautiful in its presentation and content, and even citing XKCD, ... what's not to like?
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 1:47, Share, Reply)
I went down a rabbit hole and after wracking my wine-addled brain with some cunning geometry problems (50%, since you asked) I came across this....
Beautiful in its presentation and content, and even citing XKCD, ... what's not to like?
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 1:47, Share, Reply)
Dimensional analysis really is very interesting.
But I don't understand what his problem with kilowatt-hours is.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 2:51, Share, Reply)
But I don't understand what his problem with kilowatt-hours is.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 2:51, Share, Reply)
Me neither
As a billing unit it makes perfect sense, for electricity anyway. Gas bills? Probably less so, but it does allow a meaningful comparison between them.
Sure it eventually cancels down to Joules, but that’s not an intuitively understandable unit.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 8:28, Share, Reply)
As a billing unit it makes perfect sense, for electricity anyway. Gas bills? Probably less so, but it does allow a meaningful comparison between them.
Sure it eventually cancels down to Joules, but that’s not an intuitively understandable unit.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 8:28, Share, Reply)
Surely it's better than BTU though!
I was very happy when they swapped to kWh for precisely the reason you said - you could directly get a feel for the relative costs, although for heating purposes it can be misleading if you don't account for boiler efficiency etc.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 18:38, Share, Reply)
I was very happy when they swapped to kWh for precisely the reason you said - you could directly get a feel for the relative costs, although for heating purposes it can be misleading if you don't account for boiler efficiency etc.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 18:38, Share, Reply)
yeah I started getting lost during kWh then
gave up during the gravity bit. I R not sciencey.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 11:26, Share, Reply)
gave up during the gravity bit. I R not sciencey.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 11:26, Share, Reply)
I liked this a lot
Not sure exactly how much though, or in what unit.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 23:24, Share, Reply)
Not sure exactly how much though, or in what unit.
( , Sat 20 Apr 2024, 23:24, Share, Reply)
Mathematically speaking, that's correct.
But a lot of programming languages allow mathematical operations on strings, and that would be the correct result.
( , Sun 21 Apr 2024, 18:54, Share, Reply)
But a lot of programming languages allow mathematical operations on strings, and that would be the correct result.
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