superkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-225 days agoMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1611arrow-down117
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minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·25 days agoI think he’s proposing a skele-ton which is 0.01 tons, (i.e. 10kg), not a skelegram which is 10,000g. A skele-gram in this case would be 0.01g.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-224 days agoWell a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agowhere’s the prefix in “ton”/“tonne”?
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·24 days agoSure, but the joke is skele-ton
I think he’s proposing a skele-ton which is 0.01 tons, (i.e. 10kg), not a skelegram which is 10,000g. A skele-gram in this case would be 0.01g.
Well a metric tonne is based on a prefix, so a prefix to that is a double prefix. Skelemegagram to suit that situation which is the wrong way to do it.
where’s the prefix in “ton”/“tonne”?
Sure, but the joke is skele-ton