• borari
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          302 months ago

          We’re more familiar with 5.56x45mm thanks to all our school shootings thank you very much.

          • @[email protected]
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            72 months ago

            In the same way a US ton and a metric ton is like 10% different, a 556 bullet is actually 5.7 mm across.

          • @[email protected]
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            62 months ago

            I would make a bet that more mass shootings are done with 9mm. Depending on which shootings they consider ‘mass’ I see estimates from 60-80% for handgun usage. I’m sure the cheap .22 is a large number, but 9mm is probably right up there. There is a large bias in reporting the school shootings and shootings involving rifles by the media. They almost ignore the others.

      • @[email protected]
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        42 months ago

        In point of fact Americans have gotten impressive results out of far more complicated metrics than metric. It’s not a matter of understanding, it’s a matter of pride. And of not having to buy all new tools.

      • pruwyben
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        212 months ago

        The best system would have 0 at a mild, comfortable temperature, and go up or down by 100 degrees per one degrees Fahrenheit.

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          But mild and comfortable is different for different people who are acclimated to different weather.

          We need a defined ‘mild’ temperature. i vote for 70F/21C.
          It’s a bit chilly for the warm weathered folks and a bit warm for the cold weathered folks. Seems reasonable but I’m open to suggestions.

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            I’d adjust it to 68/20 just so it lines up with whole numbers in both systems. And on second thought, make it 90 per degree Fahrenheit so any whole F or C value can convert to a whole number.

      • @[email protected]
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        122 months ago

        You can absolutely yell about that. And when Fahrenheit flips to negative, you’re ready to express some big feelings about how fucking cold it is.

    • @[email protected]
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      202 months ago

      And Rankine would be even better than Kelvin in terms of “big number go brrr.” Water boils at 671 R.

      Of course, Rankine is the most obnoxious unit I’ve ever had to deal with, but those numbers sure are big!

    • Dettweiler
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      You mean it’s THREE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN FUCKING DEGREES OUTSIDE?!

    • socsa
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      Please raise this temperature by 1.4x10^-23 Joules - statements of the utterly deranged