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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by tines on Monday June 24, 2024 @06:36PM (#40781826)
> massive pound of flesh

Technically, all pounds of flesh are the same mass :)

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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by noworriesnate on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:07PM (#40782112)
Not in an interplanetary society. If you're on Europa, your entire body weighs approximately one pound.
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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by tines on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @10:01AM (#40788758)
In modern times, the pound is defined in terms of kilograms, so it's a unit of mass.
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Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules by Spivak on Monday June 24, 2024 @06:43PM (#40781886)
Love that, I fully expect "pound of flesh" to soon have an entry in the dictionary for "an unspecified amount of flesh" to annoy language prescriptivists.
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