News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The history behind aspirin 81. Parent comment

Re:The history behind aspirin 81 by kalleboo on Monday November 27, 2023 @01:31AM (#38428931)
> It's worth noting that most if not all of these odd values seem to be metrications of customary units; I can't seem to think of any examples of the opposite.

"3.5-inch floppy disks" are actually 90mm (closer to 3.54 in) as they were designed by Sony in Japan

[ Parent | on HN ]

There are no comments on this comment yet.