this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2024
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Anything But Metric

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Americans will use anything but metric

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This was obligatory. It's also where the community icon comes from!

As you can see, the template is fairly simple, no real frills needed.

Also, title text: The symbol for degrees Felsius is an average of the Euro symbol (€) and the Greek lunate epsilon (ϵ).

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Sweet, halfway freedom units. hawk sound

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

156 e is the boiling point of water

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

-366 e is absolute 0

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

This must be the most cursed xkcd.