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 threadEndlessMasonMay 28, 2024

> civil engineering by the bushel.

this is a great name for a podcast

@richh @KatLS

Show threadKatLSMay 28, 2024
@EndlessMason @richh indeed.🤣have you ever tried to get data to interact when some things are measured in bushels? And some in pounds? It’s tedious.
Show threadrobMay 28, 2024
@KatLS @EndlessMason @richh that would be an interesting test for LLMs.
Show threadEndlessMasonMay 28, 2024

it's going to tell you to eat glue

@robparsons @KatLS @richh

Show threadrobMay 28, 2024
@EndlessMason @KatLS @richh by the bushel, or the chain?
Show threadEndlessMason

Right, I mean I'm pretty sure it's a markov chain

@robparsons @KatLS @richh

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