I Got a Knuth Check for 0x$3.00

Re:I Got a Knuth Check for 0x$3.00 by lugg on Sunday May 19, 2019 @02:56AM (#19951865)

And almost all of the world uses SI units, so why would you expect anything else in the international edition?

I.e, all you've given us is a reason to only ever use SI. Which isn't really what your intention was, was it?

(I'm aware non SI is useful in some contexts.)

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Re:I Got a Knuth Check for 0x$3.00 by BrandoElFollito on Sunday May 19, 2019 @04:32AM (#19952199)

Which contexts?

I used to be a physicist so voodoo around constants so that we end up mass having energy units was common but I cannot think off my head of problems better where imperial units are easier. There are certainly, I am genuinely curious which.

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Re:I Got a Knuth Check for 0x$3.00 by e12e on Sunday May 19, 2019 @08:03AM (#19952885)

Well, it's easy to remember that the speed of light is roughly 1.8 terafurlongs per fortnight...

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Re:I Got a Knuth Check for 0x$3.00 by BrandoElFollito on Sunday May 19, 2019 @08:37AM (#19953016)

I thought it was a joke but it is not. And "roughly" here is actually "very close to".

Now I know what imperial units are useful for, thanks.

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