Hikermick@lemmy.world to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 24 days agoOff by just a little (MCF is a thousand cubic feet)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·24 days agoNot defending ai at all or anything but why is M = 1000 in this case, when K is usually 1000? Like I would assume 1KCF would be 1000CF and 1MCF would be 1,000,000CF
minus-squareHikermick@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·24 days agoThe Roman numeral M=1,000. Greek kilo (K)=1,000. The only plausible explanation is the local sewer district is run by Romans.
minus-squarehaverholm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·24 days agoAll right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?!
minus-squareSnothvalpen@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-222 days agoAfterall, they’re called aquaducts, not hydroducts
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoOh actually is it just simply imperial vs metric?
Not defending ai at all or anything but why is M = 1000 in this case, when K is usually 1000?
Like I would assume 1KCF would be 1000CF and 1MCF would be 1,000,000CF
The Roman numeral M=1,000. Greek kilo (K)=1,000. The only plausible explanation is the local sewer district is run by Romans.
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?!
Afterall, they’re called aquaducts, not hydroducts
Oh actually is it just simply imperial vs metric?