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[-] [email protected] 131 points 2 days ago

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Cubic metres. I guess they find 32m^3 less clear

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Probably whoever was writing this in plain text didn't know about the superscript numbers in unicode ³.

Somehow I've seen it written as cum multiple times in my line of, and never registered it haha

Context is a hell of a drug

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Is this a hardwood or a softwood

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

You guys really go through some lengths (ha!) Just to avoid metric 😁

[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago

Space is so much cooler in the imperial system!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Wasn't there a satellite that got lost in space due to EU/US teams disagreeing on the tracking units of measurement? I feel like I read this at some point...

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Assuming you're thinking of the Mars Climate Orbiter, it crashed into Mars.

Of course it's possible there's been more than one metric/imperial issue.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

You nailed it. Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

About 1.3 womp rats.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

DAMN....point taken :-)

[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago

Somebody must have had a rad cable label machine

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

I was worried it was gonna say, "The length of this 50' cable is 50 feet."

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago

Still a better unit of measurement than feet.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Coolest cable company.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

That beats my Space Shuttle Certified roll of Cat5 by miles! ;-)

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

By approximately the wingspan of a pterodactyl

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Ok, that sounds cool. You got any picture?

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

How many football fields is that?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Is the meme that this description couldn't possibly be in reference to any animal that has ever existed?

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