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AnonTechie writes:
"I have the following requests to members of this new forum:
1) Please use SI Units wherever possible. Alternative comparative units such as swimming pools, size of Florida, cars, libraries of congress, etc are also welcome ...
2) Please cover tech/science related stories from around the world. Please do not make this a US only website !!
Cheers and best wishes,
AnonTechie"
[ED Note: We as a community welcome submissions from around the world, as befits our international userbase. The Editorial team in particular is looking closely at including voices from outside the U.S. as we continue to grow. As for the units question in particular, stories will certainly arrive with a variety of units depending on the origin of the submission. We encourage, though do not require, submitters to include conversions where appropriate for clarity out of courtesy to your fellow readers. Though we try to use a light touch when making edits to story submissions, Editors may add these from time to time as well, should clarity demand and time permit.
Soylentils, does the current ad-hoc approach meet your needs, or do you favor a more formal approach from your news discussion site?]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 24 2014, @12:42AM
I, for one, welcome our new metric overlords.
In all seriousness, most of the measurements I've seen or expect to see on Soylent are in a scientific context, so there shouldn't be much of a conversion shock. As long as it doesn't reach absurd levels of overcorrection ("Google OCR error causes 2 to be read as 5 - cars in 40km/h zones unexpectedly do 89!") this proposal would just be a consistency measure. I like consistency.
(Score: 4, Funny) by jt on Monday February 24 2014, @12:51AM
It's all about the context. SI units everywhere unless there is a really good reason not to; a good policy for the real world as well as this place. For example, taking certain body measurements in centimetres rather than inches is a good ego boost. (I am, of course, talking about height :) )
(Score: 1) by mojo chan on Monday February 24 2014, @01:35PM
150 mills does sound more impressive than 6 inches. I'm talking about height too of course, that is height when lying down.
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(Score: 1) by Non Sequor on Tuesday February 25 2014, @03:20AM
It's not an issue tif yiu convert the 2 and 5 to metric as well.
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