superkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-225 days agoMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageMakes more sense than the Imperial systemfeddit.orgsuperkret@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-225 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 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-up0·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-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 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.
Sure, but the joke is skele-ton