this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
276 points (97.9% liked)

xkcd

9106 readers
233 users here now

A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Edit: Alt Text: Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] booly 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's pretty common to use acre inches and acre foot as a unit of volume for measuring water in agriculture, water use, flood mitigation, etc.

So if we can use area height as a volumetric unit, by not volume/area as a height unit?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

US customary has gone too far and must be destroyed