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minus-squareNigahigaYTlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•11 months agoAnd this is all broken up into decihour days, no? With each hour being made up of 100 centiminutes?
minus-squareLuccuslinkfedilink3•11 months agoCan you spot why years, months, days, hours and minutes are not SI units? This is an honest question. The SI units were chosen very carefully with regard to their human usability and scientific universality.
minus-square@qjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilink5•edit-211 months agoTo be clear, most science/advanced education in the US is conducted in SI units. Also, a year is about pi*10^7 seconds, which can be useful for back-of-the-envelopes.
minus-squarePhobosAnomalylinkfedilink1•edit-211 months agoUsing this, you can tell the time on your Swatch .beat. No i’m not joking.
And this is all broken up into decihour days, no? With each hour being made up of 100 centiminutes?
right
Can you spot why years, months, days, hours and minutes are not SI units?
This is an honest question. The SI units were chosen very carefully with regard to their human usability and scientific universality.
To be clear, most science/advanced education in the US is conducted in SI units.
Also, a year is about pi*10^7 seconds, which can be useful for back-of-the-envelopes.
Using this, you can tell the time on your Swatch .beat.
No i’m not joking.