UK petition: Change distance units in road transport from miles to kilometres
Sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/765782
Graph of signatures: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/765782
Deadline: 29 October 2026
UK petition: Change distance units in road transport from miles to kilometres
Sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/765782
Graph of signatures: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/765782
Deadline: 29 October 2026
I have an idea for the American government:
You should switch to the #MetricSystem. This would cut gas prices instantaneously.
Oh, ich mag aktive online Kalender/Uhren und diese Seite hier zeigt aktuelles Tagesdatum und Uhrzeit in diversen Zeitsystemen an, zuoberst modifizierte Julianische Tageszahl:
Sieht vom Design her ziemlich nach Claude Opus aus, wenn ich mal meine eigene Kreation (metrischer Kalender/Uhrzeit) daneben halte:
Is there a pro-metric US group on Mastodon? Can't seem to find one but open to creating one if there's interest. Have personally converted to metric.
Two weeks for family, and here we are with more context for a 32k limit. Looks like the AI Agent in my head wasn't ready for the changes done in the life, or maybe I'm getting fatigued, either ways...
If you felt that the tool isn't "tooling", give a read:
https://jeferson.me/blog/2026/02/05/two-weeks-of-ai
#Agent #AI #Bash #Blog #Bubble #Claude #China #DnD #Git #MetricSystem #OpenCode #Security #Skepticism #Technology
@MarkHoltom
Them: What is your height?
Me: About 1.9 penguins.
@dianea
Them: What is your height?
Me: About $12.
lol, the thought of a cop every 10 metres on a multiple kilometre beach....
A few inches is still a couple of centimeters.
#MetricVsImperial #MeasurementMatters #InchesToCentimeters #LengthConversion #MathIsFun #ScienceFacts #UnitsOfMeasurement #ConvertIt #MetricSystem #ImperialSystem
I actually hear my (Dutch) child now discuss milliards, as if they were billions, since he heard about this from US based news sources. He doesn't even know there is a difference.
This needs to be standardized, because this will lead to confusion.
Once again the US forcing false measures on the rest of the world. :-P
#MetricSystem