joel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agowhy don't people say mega metersmessage-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squarewhy don't people say mega metersjoel_feila@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agonobody will stop you, i’ve seen some publications use gigagrams instead of thousands of tons
minus-squaretakeheart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoweirdly enough SI unit for mass is kg not grams
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoI’ve always found that strange. I guess a kilogram is a lot closer to “human scale” than a gram, maybe that’s why they picked it.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoSI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoHaving meter as a base unit makes more sense than kg because meter lacks any prefix.
nobody will stop you, i’ve seen some publications use gigagrams instead of thousands of tons
weirdly enough SI unit for mass is kg not grams
I’ve always found that strange. I guess a kilogram is a lot closer to “human scale” than a gram, maybe that’s why they picked it.
SI also does meter instead of cm, so it overall checks out.
Having meter as a base unit makes more sense than kg because meter lacks any prefix.