Masonry Heaters: 18-24 hours of heat output from a single wood fire

Re:Masonry Heaters: 18-24 hours of heat output from a single... by throwawaaarrgh on Sunday February 26, 2023 @05:51PM (#34950533)

Seems like an excessive placation for a very minor problem. People post in SI and the Americans convert it, Americans post in US and everyone else converts it. There's no rocket launches failing because a HN comment's units had to be converted.

It also seems weird on principle. If 65% of HN readers spoke Mandarin, would you make all your comments in Simplified Chinese?

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Re:Masonry Heaters: 18-24 hours of heat output from a single... by oliwarner on Monday February 27, 2023 @08:42AM (#34956259)

Perfectly valid points, but I probably wouldn't complain if I did post on a Mandarin-heavy site and somebody translated it.

That's what happened here. Somebody posted in their native unit, somebody converted it to the audience-standard unit and you took issue with "normal" and a lot of words were thrown on the bonfire of internet squabbles and here we are.

I don't expect people to change their units themselves. It's nice when they cover both bases. But it's also nice when people offer a conversion so others get the picture without having to do any mental gymnastics. I think what we could all do without is this bit.

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