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minus-square@psud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish12•23 days agoCubic metres. I guess they find 32m^3 less clear
minus-square@MisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•23 days agoProbably whoever was writing this in plain text didn’t know about the superscript numbers in unicode ³. Somehow I’ve seen it written as cum multiple times in my line of, and never registered it haha Context is a hell of a drug
minus-squareDyskoloslinkfedilinkEnglish17•24 days agoYou guys really go through some lengths (ha!) Just to avoid metric 😁
minus-square@AtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish40•23 days agoSpace is so much cooler in the imperial system!
minus-square@LOLseas@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish6•23 days agoWasn’t there a satellite that got lost in space due to EU/US teams disagreeing on the tracking units of measurement? I feel like I read this at some point…
minus-square@AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish7•23 days agoAssuming you’re thinking of the Mars Climate Orbiter, it crashed into Mars. Of course it’s possible there’s been more than one metric/imperial issue.
minus-square@DancingBear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish5•23 days agoIs this a hardwood or a softwood
Cubic metres. I guess they find 32m^3 less clear
Probably whoever was writing this in plain text didn’t know about the superscript numbers in unicode ³.
Somehow I’ve seen it written as cum multiple times in my line of, and never registered it haha
Context is a hell of a drug
You guys really go through some lengths (ha!) Just to avoid metric 😁
Space is so much cooler in the imperial system!
Wasn’t there a satellite that got lost in space due to EU/US teams disagreeing on the tracking units of measurement? I feel like I read this at some point…
Assuming you’re thinking of the Mars Climate Orbiter, it crashed into Mars.
Of course it’s possible there’s been more than one metric/imperial issue.
You nailed it. Thanks!
About 1.3 womp rats.
DAMN…point taken :-)
Is this a hardwood or a softwood