Hikermick@lemmy.world to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 5 days agoOff by just a little (MCF is a thousand cubic feet)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 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-up8·5 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-squareSnothvalpen@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days agoAfterall, they’re called aquaducts, not hydroducts
minus-squarehaverholm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 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-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 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.
Afterall, they’re called aquaducts, not hydroducts
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?!
Oh actually is it just simply imperial vs metric?