NanoraptorMar 10

I came across a functioning coder today asking if a kilogram was 1000 or 1024 grams.

Yes they did ask, yes they verified, yes they accepted 1000 grams.

I swear ten thousand years in the future some fucker will 'oops, black hole!' 'cos they began in comp sci and learned kilo = 1024 first and NOBODY WILL CATCH IT. Humanity will be WIPED OUT because YOU LOT KEPT THIS SHIT UP.

Show thread💡 a problematic moth on fediMar 10
@NanoRaptor we should meet in the middle with kilo = 1012
Show threadJonathan Z Simon
@16af93 @NanoRaptor Because kilo is a multiplicative prefix, i.e., we want a kilo of kilos to be a mega, I think we’d be better off with the geometric mean: sqrt(1024*1000)=1,011.929.
Mar 10 at 4:55pmWeb