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-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.
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.