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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

1K-pound rocket debris hurtles to Earth and smashes into village as Kenya hunts for owner

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1K-pound rocket debris hurtles to Earth and smashes into village as Kenya hunts for owner

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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    K-pound? Really?

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      What, you don’t use kilopounds?

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      The figure obviously started as 500kg, and then the Americans got to it.

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        Americans know what kilo means?!?!

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      Half a ton, if you really want to stick to imperial…

      What next? Centigallons? Megafurlongs?

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        My car gets 30 rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it!

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      K is common short hand for a thousand.

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        Is it 1000 or 1024 pounds?

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          1000

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          Depends on gravity

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        Yes, but generally with SI units (and bytes).

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          And currency, and people, and just things in general.

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      Yeah, it’s really shitty writing by someone who probably got the job for favors.

      Just say 1,000…

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      It goes by kip in more professional settings, but yes.

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        Yep. Lots of kip feet numbers in engineering. Moments are everywhere and they usually dominate.

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