PJ "Vote Green" CoffeyMay 28, 2024

A little fun from the FT. Apparently they don't care for American paper sizes in comparison to ISO 216 and I appreciate the poetry with which they express this. 😀

EDIT: A kind person has provided this link https://www.ft.com/content/bb9bf7c6-1785-4383-9e39-03da04a17fe2 although much of the other language employed smacks of desperation to claim credibility as a younger person and is quite cringeworthy in its use.

We tried to design the perfect sellside note. How did we do?

Notes on notes on notes

Financial Times
Show threadKatLSMay 28, 2024
@Homebrewandhacking and there’s the Imperial system…
Show thread@richh has movedMay 28, 2024
@KatLS The Imperial system that Americans call "English". And yes, yes, we still do use a handful of unholy mashups (like miles for distance and mileage expressed as miles per gallon despite petrol being sold by the litre) but nobody is doing civil engineering by the bushel.
Show threadSpace HoboMay 28, 2024

@richh @KatLS Americans do not use the Imperial measurement system: they use the American Standard measurement system, which is slightly different. Some of the names overlap, but that is it.

Also the UK went metric in 1967. The only place that it is still using Imperial measures is in pint glasses (defined in ml, fortunately) and motoring. Even National Rail switched away from "miles and chains" a decade or so ago.

I measure all distances in km, and when people ask me "what's that in miles?" I always smile and cheerily shout "Nine shillings, sixpence!!"

Show threadgigantos
@spacehobo @richh @KatLS However, the American Standard measurement system defines all of its units indirectly in terms of SI units, so there is that 🙂
May 28, 2024 at 5:02pmWeb