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Re:The 39th Root of 92 by hengheng on Sunday August 07, 2016 @03:45AM (#12241416)
> American units usually focus on divisibility and factoring of integers

The other day, right next to the problematic awg definition, I discovered the kcmil. Which is a kilo pi/4 Micro square inch.

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Re:The 39th Root of 92 by chias on Monday August 08, 2016 @01:54AM (#12245722)
Have you heard of the "cubic ton"? I am not kidding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_ton

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Re:The 39th Root of 92 by einhverfr on Friday August 19, 2016 @01:03PM (#12321510)
"Hundred" used to mean different things for different commodities.

four score for some things, six score for others, or for onions, a hundred was 15^2

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Re:The 39th Root of 92 by chias on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @12:34PM (#12353239)
That is beautiful.
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