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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: 5, Interesting) by mth on Monday February 24 2014, @02:06AM
One thing to consider is the ease of converting between units. I have no problems converting miles to km in my head, but Fahrenheit to Celcius is not straightforward. I don't know if US readers are exposed to Celcius often enough to make that viable as the only unit used, if not then please mention both.
Note that degrees Celcius is not an SI unit; Kelvin is. So for reporting about lasers and stars, please use Kelvin, but for topics like the weather I'd prefer Celcius.
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Monday February 24 2014, @03:06AM
<pedantic mode="on">CelSius [wikipedia.org]</pedantic>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford