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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

The Florida Oblast should be proud of their high school graduates and education system.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Are you saying they aren't?

[-] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 64 points 11 hours ago

reading this on voyager was a trip

[-] BigDiction@lemmy.world 19 points 7 hours ago

Dawg I was like how tf did a Lemmy post get 48k votes.

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Is that iOS? It looks different here on Android and I can't tell how much of it is because I customized it. I don't quite remember how I customized it but I remember that I did.

My buttons are colored orange instead of blue, that's definitely something I would do. The share button looks different, as does the top bar with the back button.

[-] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 12 points 10 hours ago

Holy shit you made me realize there's a Apple Android option on Voyager. I'm on an Android phone but I was using the Apple layout:

Here's Android comparison:

NGL, I think I like the Apple one more...

Also voyager voting buttons are Blue/Red no matter what theme you use unless you specifically pick the reddit Blue/Orange theme.

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

My android with theme changed

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

I literally can't tell the difference, but if you tell me, I will instantly become strongly opinionated which one is best

[-] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Of the minor but noticable changes:

  • Bottom icons and text are bigger for some reason on Apple mode. Maybe more readable?
  • Share icon is the "network dots" on Android, but the weird "up-arrow page" icon on Apple. Honestly I've never liked that Apple icon, hated Safari cause that icon doesn't scream "share" to me.

Biggest issue for me? Why the hell does Android mode throw a grey bar at the top unlike the all pitch-black that Apple mode has. It looks clean and smooth on that mode and jarring and ugly on Android mode ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

Edit: So I figured it out, if you have "pure black dark" mode enabled, it will apply that to the bars on Apple mode, but not Android mode. Top bar also doesn't follow the app color scheme, it's white no matter what, unlike the blue in Apple mode.

[-] dandelion 2 points 9 hours ago

where do you find that setting?

I'm also on Adroid, here's what it looks like for me:

[-] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Go to settings > appearance > themes, scroll down and there should be a category saying "System", pick between Android and Apple.

[-] dandelion 1 points 2 hours ago

thank you, so helpful! I had made it to the themes but was confused by the options and didn't think to scroll ๐Ÿ˜„

[-] frog@feddit.uk 97 points 13 hours ago

Smartest person in Florida.

[-] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 10 hours ago

Tbf, they (1) asked a question to learn something new and (2) where open about the result. That's highly respectable

[-] AreaKode@lemmy.world 48 points 13 hours ago

They self-actualized upon leaving the state. I'm telling you, that place is contaminated.

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

As always, just a great unit of measure.

  • Is called "fluid weight", but is actually a unit of volume. All liquids have the same density right?
  • An "imperial fl.oz." is ~28.41mL
  • A "US customary fl.oz." is ~29.57mL
  • A "US food labeling fl.oz." is 30mL

Also found out that you have "liquid pints" and "dry pints" as well, for some reason.

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 10 hours ago

This is the true reason metric is better. A lot of people think it's inherently better for various reasons: it's decimal and it's based on the constants of nature. While nice, that doesn't make it a better system.

The reason it's a better system is that there has only ever been one metre, there has only ever been one litre, there has only ever been one kilogram. If you use any metric unit there is no ambiguity, there has never been ambiguity and there never will be ambiguity. There's just one system.

For the imperial system and all of its branches and predecessors, that's just not the case. The foot has had different measures, the mile has had different measures, the fl oz still has different measures as you noted. You can speak to someone and say some measure, they hear your exact words and interpret it as some different measures.

That's the real problem with imperial, and that's why metric was invented.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

only ever been one kilogram

Nobody tell them

[-] pishadoot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Metric has its advantages but imperial does as well, primarily that the units of measure that humans generally interact with have more whole number factors than in metric, making it very easy to "work with."

A foot is 12 inches, which has whole number factors of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. A yard is three feet.

So, it's really easy to divide things into half, quarters, thirds, etc. Great for construction math, great for a lot of stuff.

I'm not saying that you can't achieve the same end with metric. I've lived in many countries and I'm very familiar with both, and I know 333mm is pretty dang accurate if you want to divide a meter in thirds, but it's not an exact measurement.

For most use I don't think it really matters. Metric is a much "cleaner" system but imperial does have its advantages.

They both work. Nobody quibbles about which version of an oz you're using in daily life. I bet most people don't even know there's different versions because it doesn't make a difference in 99.9% of situations, and in situations where it does people know the differences.

[-] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 points 4 hours ago

metric updates reference values sometimes as well

[-] iveseenthat@reddthat.com 42 points 13 hours ago

Still a nonsense measurement. The metric system is vastly superior.

[-] CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 12 hours ago

Ridiculous. The metric system is all the same. How many millimommies in a decamommy? I dunno, but it's 10 or 100 or 1000 or something like that. Everything is a factor of ten, and the unit conversions are even a factor of 10! You can look that up in a table, and a 6-year-old can properly measure things. Booooring!

Now look at the Imperial/English/Standard/US/Florida system: how many hogshead in a cubic furlong? Nobody knows offhand, so you have to get creative. Is it a US standard colonial, also called a tobacco hogshead? Or is it the British hogshead? It may depend on the contents, like whether it's brandy or sugar or fish (the species matters!). You can convert to firkins if you wish, but that's optional. As for furlongs, it used to depend on the horse, but sadly they standardized it to 40 rods, because German feet were longer than English feet, probably due to the toes. Fortunately, some states in the US still disagree on definitions, so the length may depend on the state. Once you figure that out, you can easily calculate that using a English wine hogshead and an international furlong leads to about 34,136,818.7 hogshead in a cubic furlong. Explain to me how that's not better than your silly metric system!

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 4 points 8 hours ago

I'm gonna need that in fractions or multiples of a Rhode Island.

[-] Screamium@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

My toilet blew up after I returned from Europe and forgot to convert from kilos to ass-loads

[-] Botzo@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago

As always, we catalog the creativity at !anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de.

[-] hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 12 hours ago

Every time I see "NSFW" my brain goes "New South Fucking Wales". Help.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

National Science Foundation, Wow

[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

That could be an ad campaign for NSW, genius

[-] Mk23simp 25 points 13 hours ago

Maybe there are stupid questions. :P

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 15 points 11 hours ago
[-] Kertyna@feddit.nl 4 points 9 hours ago

Oh! They got this all screwed up.

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today 21 points 12 hours ago

I'll explain it to you, just give me a New York minute.

[-] enbiousenvy 8 points 10 hours ago

Also everytime I see "lbs" I will always read it as "L B S" separately by default. I forget how did libera become pound.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

It's how you measure your Kentucky Jelly.

[-] razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 13 hours ago

Standard unit of methurement down south.

[-] hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world 17 points 13 hours ago

Damn, I'm old enough to remember this post the first time it happened on Reddit. I laughed about this poor fool all day. Good times.

[-] somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago
[-] carl_the_grackle@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 hours ago

Looks like Apollo for Reddit (screenshot is likely a few years old)

[-] vodka@feddit.org 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

It is 1:1 with Voyager (just with reddit)

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

It's not Florida Australia?

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