• weps@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    sometimes things become standard I guess

    like driving 1000 kilometers for a trip or weighing 100 kilograms

    using 1000 kWh in your house

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      3 days ago

      Much as I’d like Mm and Mg to be more widely used, they’re very rarely seen. TW and MWh are perfectly normal units, though.

      I do find it sad that people talk about 1000 kilotons, though. It’s a Tg. A ton is a megagram, a kiloton is a gigagram, and a thousand of those is a teragram. It’s a pity that we don’t live in a world where that’s normal.