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xkcd #3038: Uncanceled Units (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by prototype_g2@lemmy.ml to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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

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[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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 1 week ago (1 children)

Which is why neither are SI-units

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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.