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Re:The Secret Lives of Fungi by Jedd on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @06:38PM (#23160943)
For 100% metric people, that means 1 cubic metre of soil contains ~11 kilometres of mycelium.
Re:The Secret Lives of Fungi by TheSpiceIsLife on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:43PM (#23163260)
Personally I prefer very-mixed units and contexts, so why not:

61023.7 cubic inches of soil contains 1.97984 nautical leagues of mycelium.

Re:The Secret Lives of Fungi by Jedd on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @03:52AM (#23164542)
For people outside the USA, the idea of mixed units, or even just the various interpretations of imperial/archaic, I suspect isn't as intrinsically droll as it perhaps is from within a culture that's still trying to work out whether to adopt a basic measurement system in use across 95% of the planet.

However, gripes aside, for fruity measurements you may wish to adopt (read: you may not be aware of, but if you aren't, I suspect you'd approve) the FFF [6] measurement system.

The above relationship would be expressed as 54 furlongs of mycelium per 1.2283533E-7 cubic furlongs. (I think)

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFF_system

Re:The Secret Lives of Fungi by TheSpiceIsLife on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @05:40AM (#23165143)
Ha! Nice.

Yes, I wasn’t aware of the FFF system.

I particularly like the fortnight as a unit of time!

I approve! :)

Re:The Secret Lives of Fungi by aSplash0fDerp on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @01:20AM (#23163710)
I thought that was funny. Too many fragile egos on HN with no sense of humor.

I`m still counting the inches in a light-year, so the nautical leagues perspective made me giggle a little.

Re:The Secret Lives of Fungi by Jedd on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @08:20AM (#23166094)
Humour. And we have plenty of it.
Re:The Secret Lives of Fungi by aSplash0fDerp on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:24AM (#23167761)
No doubt. I`ve come across a few worthwhile perspectives.

Though I observed someone yesterday for the 1st time here that could not form their own conclusion/opinion and was agitated by their incompetence. I agree that the humour is pretty thick sometimes.

Re:The Secret Lives of Fungi by uuuuuu on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @01:25PM (#23169275)
I try to find excuses to express density in an area in terms of miles per gallon, but it turns out to be surprisingly difficult.