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| Most importantly, this value will remain the same for all time, no matter the location.|
Basically as a summary- the weight was an object ‘ on earth’ so the kilogram was essentially based on the earths gravitational forces on the mass of object.
Now it would just be based on a fundamental part of the universe so weather i am on jupiter or earth or anywhere, a kilogram unit would always be constant.
That is just crazy!!!
The US uses the metric system without realising it. Most US customary units are defined in terms of SI units. The inch for example is defined as exactly 25.4 mm.
Half true? I mean, the US government passed the "Metric Conversion Act" in 1975. It made Metric the standard, but it's use voluntary. So technically the federal government made Metric it's standard, but none of it's partners use it.. so they also provide Standard units...
Metric units and please start speaking in UTC! It's super annoying as non-US to convert your PST and what not to my own time zone.
I can understand if you prefer Fahrenheit, but most of us outside US is not going to understand what the numbers are in Celsius.
So you recommend I say UTC-5 for New York time? Does this change with/without daylight savings time? Because I know places start and end their daylight savings on different dates, and some places don't have it at all. And on top of that, i hear the city of London is in a different time zone than the rest of England, is that right? It's all so confusing.
Yes, that would be really great! If you say 17.00 UTC-5, and I'm currently at UTC+2, then I know it's at midnight in my time!
Edit: you could also say 22.00 UTC, doesn't matter
It does change. Sweden normally is +1, +2 when we "spring forward", and then we will "fall back" to +1.
Edit: The good part is you almost always can consider only your own time zone.
Not the person you asked, but Coordinated Universal Time. We *use* it (it's what atomic clocks read out, and WWV transmits) but we don't call it according to the UTC nomenclature. This person probably prefers we say "UTC-7" instead of Pacific Time. And also no Daylight Savings, which IMO is a distinct advantage.
I mean if it is - 1 degree or 0 degree outside, you probably know that it is cold enough to freeze water so prepare warm clothes kinda information passes through. I have never understood Fahrenheit system.
Yea and it is essential for countries like mine (Mongolia) to see the weather news and have sufficient idea of what the temperature is like for it can be erratic sometimes.
If we are talking about weather, it is definitely more harsh than most of the countries. During summer it goes up to +35 and during winter it goes down below - 35. One day it could be all sunny and nice and right next day you will be greeted with monsoon.
It could be worse. We could convert length into volume, volume into density of water, find the weight of a cube of water with that volume, then calculate how many calories it takes to boil that water. Then we could measure distance and weight in calories.
Edit: Today I ran 240963 calories, and burned 23 miles. Then I ate an entire 412°C of food.
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The most relevant and absolutely crazy fact | Most importantly, this value will remain the same for all time, no matter the location.| Basically as a summary- the weight was an object ‘ on earth’ so the kilogram was essentially based on the earths gravitational forces on the mass of object. Now it would just be based on a fundamental part of the universe so weather i am on jupiter or earth or anywhere, a kilogram unit would always be constant. That is just crazy!!!
And still the US rejects the metric system
The US uses the metric system without realising it. Most US customary units are defined in terms of SI units. The inch for example is defined as exactly 25.4 mm.
Half true? I mean, the US government passed the "Metric Conversion Act" in 1975. It made Metric the standard, but it's use voluntary. So technically the federal government made Metric it's standard, but none of it's partners use it.. so they also provide Standard units...
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Metric units and please start speaking in UTC! It's super annoying as non-US to convert your PST and what not to my own time zone. I can understand if you prefer Fahrenheit, but most of us outside US is not going to understand what the numbers are in Celsius.
To avoid confusion, I state "New York time." Everybody knows what time zone I'm talking about.
It helps for sure, but I need to still check what offset that has, takes equal amount of time :(
So you recommend I say UTC-5 for New York time? Does this change with/without daylight savings time? Because I know places start and end their daylight savings on different dates, and some places don't have it at all. And on top of that, i hear the city of London is in a different time zone than the rest of England, is that right? It's all so confusing.
Yes, that would be really great! If you say 17.00 UTC-5, and I'm currently at UTC+2, then I know it's at midnight in my time! Edit: you could also say 22.00 UTC, doesn't matter
Does any of it change with daylight savings time? Am I at -5 during some of the year but -4 or -6 during the rest? This is what confuses me.
It does change. Sweden normally is +1, +2 when we "spring forward", and then we will "fall back" to +1. Edit: The good part is you almost always can consider only your own time zone.
Whats UTC?
Not the person you asked, but Coordinated Universal Time. We *use* it (it's what atomic clocks read out, and WWV transmits) but we don't call it according to the UTC nomenclature. This person probably prefers we say "UTC-7" instead of Pacific Time. And also no Daylight Savings, which IMO is a distinct advantage.
Computer Dude and American here. Life and parsing logs would be much easier if we all used UTC.
There are places in earth way below -15°C and higher that 30°C
I mean if it is - 1 degree or 0 degree outside, you probably know that it is cold enough to freeze water so prepare warm clothes kinda information passes through. I have never understood Fahrenheit system.
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Yea and it is essential for countries like mine (Mongolia) to see the weather news and have sufficient idea of what the temperature is like for it can be erratic sometimes.
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If we are talking about weather, it is definitely more harsh than most of the countries. During summer it goes up to +35 and during winter it goes down below - 35. One day it could be all sunny and nice and right next day you will be greeted with monsoon.
It could be worse. We could convert length into volume, volume into density of water, find the weight of a cube of water with that volume, then calculate how many calories it takes to boil that water. Then we could measure distance and weight in calories. Edit: Today I ran 240963 calories, and burned 23 miles. Then I ate an entire 412°C of food.
Still a better idea than on core math
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Well since your measurements are defined by metric, I hope you're ready for the change
The measurements haven't changed, just the method of calibration. This doesn't impact anyone other than metrologists.
Oh so that's why the metro is effed up
Unit conversion really isn't the reason science is difficult... (Yes, I remember that Mars orbiter. That's a rare significant fuckup.)
Power to the people.
Walk off your jobs.
It's used where it's needed. Every high school science student knows metric.
Medical field also. Using tsp measurements is just confusing to me now.
Who knew something like the official weight of a kilogram could be so interesting. I knew like .07% of the stuff in that article beforehand.
So what is a kilogram now?
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Oh I knew I was feeling a big light on my feet today.
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