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xkcd #3038: Uncanceled Units (xkcd.com)

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Edit: Alt Text: Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian.

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[-] booly@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

Unless you're converting seconds to minutes, hours, days, years, etc.

Then you get things like watt hours. Or light years.

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Which is why neither are SI-units

[-] sploosh@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The Hives were right, we need to convert to the metric system for time.

[-] Hugin@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Fun trivia. It's called a second because it's the second division of an hour after minutes. You can keep going with thirds and fourths for sub second time.

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