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★ yakuruto◆x1yMC5lu4g > 1000 milliliters to one liter ヽ(´∇`)ノ (2026/8/14-18:48:08)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > but yeah, out of all the SI units, liters are the ones I think are a better scale for the amount of liquid I interact with regularly (2026/8/14-18:46:53)
★ yakuruto◆x1yMC5lu4g > oh it was introduced by the british and they just never changed to metric (2026/8/14-18:46:33)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > for addressing purposes (2026/8/14-18:45:07)
★ yakuruto◆x1yMC5lu4g > i understand liberia... (2026/8/14-18:44:55)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > convention in the computer world was always 1024x since that rounds out much nicer (2026/8/14-18:44:41)
★ yakuruto◆x1yMC5lu4g > why does myanmar use the imperial system (？_？) (2026/8/14-18:44:33)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > but (2026/8/14-18:44:24)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > kilo, mega, giga, etc, are in fact defined as 1000x, 1000000x, 1000000000x, etc (2026/8/14-18:44:21)
★ hachikuji◆naRqMpZoTs > sue them all!!!!!!!! (2026/8/14-18:43:59)
★ hachikuji◆naRqMpZoTs > should be illegal.. (2026/8/14-18:43:55)
★ anonwaha◆bGTvsQ3YBE > (for the people selling it) (2026/8/14-18:43:49)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > x1000 is technically the right one but actually for those prefixes (2026/8/14-18:43:42)
★ anonwaha◆bGTvsQ3YBE > it's convenient to be able to sell something for a big number when it is actually a smaller number (2026/8/14-18:43:40)
★ hachikuji◆naRqMpZoTs > i always thought it was arbitrary (2026/8/14-18:42:54)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > so your 2TB disk is... quite a lot less and not just because of the massive NTFS table (2026/8/14-18:42:53)
★ hachikuji◆naRqMpZoTs > but disk manufacturing does x1000 for each step < is there a reason? (2026/8/14-18:42:42)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > but disk manufacturing does x1000 for each step (2026/8/14-18:42:16)
★ yakuruto◆x1yMC5lu4g > *system (2026/8/14-18:42:06)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > and so does windows LOL (2026/8/14-18:42:02)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > I still do x1024 for kB, MB, GB (2026/8/14-18:41:55)
★ yakuruto◆x1yMC5lu4g > i remember that the metric is all multiples of 10 (2026/8/14-18:41:55)
★ hachikuji◆naRqMpZoTs > on windows mainly (2026/8/14-18:41:38)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > ze french decided to make everything x10 based (hilariously, including things like clocks) (2026/8/14-18:41:25)
★ hachikuji◆naRqMpZoTs > some things still use 2s (2026/8/14-18:41:23)
★ hachikuji◆naRqMpZoTs > the one unit problem that annoys me the most is bytes being a decimal or being composed of multiples of 2s (2026/8/14-18:41:06)
★ yakuruto◆x1yMC5lu4g > i dont remember the imperial system off the top of my head anymore... (2026/8/14-18:41:00)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > which is where all the funkiness comes from (2026/8/14-18:40:37)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > most US units are based on shit that was based in multiples of 3 or 4 (or 6, 8, and 12), rather than 5s and 10s (a mile is 5280 feet instead of 5000 because it is 8 furlongs LOL) (2026/8/14-18:39:42)
★ pez > any1 got pi-hole installed? (2026/8/14-18:33:56)
★ pez > phone keyboard** (2026/8/14-18:33:29)
★ pez > well typing on keyboard doesnt feel nice at all (2026/8/14-18:33:11)
★ anonwaha◆bGTvsQ3YBE > theory: it's easier for americans to convert measurements because they have to constantly do mental math with their own (2026/8/14-18:32:45)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > it feels very goofy being too lazy to type on a phone keyboard so I used qrencode to type it on my desktop and used my phone camera (2026/8/14-18:32:29)
★ pez > took like 10 dayz (2026/8/14-18:32:24)
★ pez > my crypto has FINALY been cleared! (2026/8/14-18:32:14)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > jinx (2026/8/14-18:31:41)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > meow (2026/8/14-18:31:31)
★ pez > 1 wafuu = 1 meow (2026/8/14-18:31:29)
★ pez > 2 nyaa = 1 wafuu~ (2026/8/14-18:31:12)
★ pez > 1 meow = 2 nyaa (2026/8/14-18:30:55)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > 1 inch is like 3cm give or take (2.5 but again, lazy) (2026/8/14-18:29:57)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > so again, I just say fuck it and double/halve (2026/8/14-18:29:16)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > 1km is .62 miles (2026/8/14-18:29:07)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > same shit with miles -> kilometers and back, but it's a little worse (2026/8/14-18:28:58)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > I usually just split the difference and halve/multiply (2026/8/14-18:28:36)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > .45 of a kg give or take (2026/8/14-18:28:27)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > see, you got all these guys who are strong with really big kgs but you're fat if you got too much lbs (2026/8/14-18:28:12)
★ anonwaha◆bGTvsQ3YBE > i don't know lbs at all (2026/8/14-18:27:49)
★ miredo◆MIreDo.98. > wwwwwwwwwwww (2026/8/14-18:27:44)

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