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[–] 30 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Deka and Hecto are the metric system’s unloved children

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  • [–] 5 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    In Hungary "dekagram" is the default unit when buying food from actual humans at a deli counter or market. Asking for 30 deka of cheese sounds like a more human-scale number than asking for 300 grams.

    Though it's interesting that hecto would be even better for this, as we always use deka in 10s (or at least 5s), so we could just ask for 3 hectograms of cheese for an even more human-scale number :)

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  • [–] 5 points 17 hours ago

    That's pretty cool. Makes me think about speaking in ounces locally (NL). "3 ounce of cheese please" will get you 300g. They could ask if they cut it too fat: "mag het een onsje meer zijn?"/"Is it ok if it's a small ounce more?"

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