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  • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzPROTEIN BRO
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    3 months ago

    It’s cursed because if you’re not gonna use metric, then don’t use it.

    Do drams per pound of body weight or something like that. Still cursed because it’s not metric, but less so.

    Or do the thing that’ll make everyone* happy, just use metric.

    (*me, personally)

    Moles are somewhat cursed, but we do need some standard number of molecules, else all our chemistry would be in insanely large numbers. May as well make it something related to the gram.

    Though, in fairness, I will grant, it’s one of the less metric-y units out there since atomic weights aren’t perfect round numbers anyway, other than carbon.

    Perhaps we could have standardised a mole as 1x1010 molecules. Ah well



  • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzPhysicists vs Normal People
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    3 months ago

    As someone who prefers not to drive where possible, and in a country where manual for regular cars is not common, why do people think manual is so great?

    Gives you some more control on your gears, sure. But heck, the only time I ever, ever need it is going up or down very steep hills - for which there are low gear settings on most cars which you can switch on for those moments.

    For most people, it’s just a massive waste of time to learn, when an engineered solution already exists and presumably doesn’t add significant enough cost to be worth not having it (I assume, because of the lack of demand, here).

    Is it just, for the “love of driving”? Okay fair enough, but that’s your hobby then, not sure why we need to like it also

    In any case, do enlighten me because I don’t get it haha


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