Technology ConnectionsJan 14, 2023

This is what a single trip to the hardware store looks like out where my parents live.

Notice the miles driven, time it took, and remaining battery status (started this at 100%).

But by all means, please keep telling us electric cars only work in cities.

Show threadKrisJan 14, 2023
@TechConnectify chuckling to myself that “mi/kWh” is what the Americans settled on for EV efficiency units.
Show threadTechnology ConnectionsJan 14, 2023
@krssctt In a land that uses miles-per-gallon, it makes perfect sense.
Show threadPaul Martin
@TechConnectify @krssctt The UK uses miles per gallon too, only our mile is infinitesimally smaller and our gallon is a hair over 20% bigger.
Jan 14, 2023 at 11:33pmWeb
Show threadJake ArkinstallJan 14, 2023
@nowster @TechConnectify @krssctt miles per gallon? Speak for yourself, I use furlongs per pint.
Show threadPaul MartinJan 15, 2023

@jake_arkinstall @TechConnectify @krssctt Don't mix up your units in the furlong firkin fortnight system.

(Curiously you could use attoparsec per microfortnight as a substitute to measure tape speeds and the numbers would be almost the same as ips.)

Show threadScottJan 15, 2023
@nowster @TechConnectify @krssctt the UK mile is the same as the US mile (63,630 inches to the mile, and the inch is 25.4mm), but for some crazy reason the US redefined their pint to be 16 fl.oz instead of the 20 fl.oz of the UK pint, so the US gallon is only 80% of the UK gallon, making the UK gallon 25% larger than the US gallon. But more bizarrely, the UK measures fuel consumption in miles per (UK) gallon, but sells fuel in litres. That’s what makes no sense to me :)
Show threadScottJan 15, 2023
@nowster @TechConnectify @krssctt 63,360 inches. Sheesh.
Show threadPaul MartinJan 15, 2023
@scottearle @TechConnectify @krssctt UK fluid ounces are smaller than US fluid ounces as they're based on a different gallon. The UK standardized on the volume of 10 pounds of water at 62°F as being a gallon but the US stayed with the Queen Anne wine gallon (231 cubic inches).
Show threadScottJan 15, 2023
@nowster because of course they did