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From PBS:
The kilogram — anywhere in the world, for any purpose — is based on the exact weight of a golf-ball-sized chunk of platinum and iridium stored under three glass bell jars in a vault in an ornate building outside of Paris. Accessing the vault requires three people with three separate keys and the oversight of the Bureau Internationale des Poids et Mesures, the international organization that oversees the International System of Units.
Despite all of this security, in the 129 years since the International Prototype of the Kilogram was forged, polished and sanctioned as an artifact of measurement, it seems to have lost a tiny amount of material.
[...] On Friday, metrologists — people who study the science of measurements — and representatives from 57 nations will gather in a conference room in Versailles, France to redefine the kilogram. In other words: the way we weigh the world is about to change.
Also at Smithsonian, New Atlas, and Nature.
Related: International Prototype of the Kilogram Soon to Become Obsolete
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Snotnose on Saturday November 17 2018, @03:29AM (2 children)
Simply set it so that 1.000 kilograms is the same as 1.000 pounds. Think of all the problems that will solve.
/ I would attribute the original author on this
// except I have no idea who that was
/// Satisfy yourself with I did not come up with this and don't remember who did
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 4, Funny) by coolgopher on Saturday November 17 2018, @03:40AM
xkcd [xkcd.com].
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Monday November 19 2018, @12:12AM
Who the hell would mod this insightful? Get out of bed, spend 30 minutes on the internet, some 10 hours later see this and remember a joke I read 10 hours ago, but not the source.
Insightful? I should downmod my own post.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.