▲ 691 ▼ Guess I'll km/s (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 2 years ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I would like to introduce everyone to this video about cursed unit (youtube link warning) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Randelung@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) kWh has an intuitive reason. Watts are so small that you'd always calculate consumption in MJ and whatnot, and seconds are so short that you'd always be expressing time in ks. Using kWh will reduce the numbers to useful ranges and makes cancelling M and k unnecessary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, he elaborated it in his second video about the cursed unit that cursed ≠ useless. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago I have a soft spot for units like watt hours and foot pounds. I find them very intuitive to explain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) kWh has an intuitive reason. Watts are so small that you'd always calculate consumption in MJ and whatnot, and seconds are so short that you'd always be expressing time in ks. Using kWh will reduce the numbers to useful ranges and makes cancelling M and k unnecessary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, he elaborated it in his second video about the cursed unit that cursed ≠ useless. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago I have a soft spot for units like watt hours and foot pounds. I find them very intuitive to explain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago Yeah, he elaborated it in his second video about the cursed unit that cursed ≠ useless. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago I have a soft spot for units like watt hours and foot pounds. I find them very intuitive to explain. permalink fedilink source parent
