Re:Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger
by UltraSane on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:23PM
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A unit based on the average size of the human foot is not "weird".
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Re:Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger
by stolsvik on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @06:52PM
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Correct. It is insane. Bonkers. Absurd. How the hell can you live with that-stupid.
Re:Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger
by UltraSane on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @08:51PM
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No. It is in fact completely normal and has been repeated many times in human history. A unit based on an arbitrary fraction of the distance from the north pole to the equator is quite a bit more odd when you think about it.