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Will 🏳️‍🌈<p>The more I frequent science-based YouTube channels, the more I wish there was community measurement systems.</p><p>So many channels/videos choose Imperial units, metric units, or flip back and forth within the same video, sometimes just a sentence apart.</p><p>If YouTube were to pick a single standard and use it universally within the ecosystem, it would promote consistency and set expectations. After all, it is a global platform.</p><p>Whatcha think about this idea?</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/UnitsOfMeasurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitsOfMeasurement</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CommunityStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityStandards</span></a></p>
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn<p>Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #149: A buttload of wine. Also, Happy New Year!<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buttload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buttload</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/butt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booze</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cask</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unitsofmeasurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitsofmeasurement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/butwhytho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butwhytho</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bottomsup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bottomsup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfact</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strangebuttrue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strangebuttrue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/butwhytho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butwhytho</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bizarre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bizarre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfactsbadlydrawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfactsbadlydrawn</span></a></p>
Units of Measurement<p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/JSR385" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JSR385</span></a> Units of Measurement 2.0 has posted Maintenance Release 2: <br /><a href="https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/mrel/jsr385/index2.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jcp.org/aboutJava/communitypro</span><span class="invisible">cess/mrel/jsr385/index2.html</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/JCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JCP</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/JSRUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JSRUpdates</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/JSR385" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JSR385</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/UnitsofMeasurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitsofMeasurement</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Java</span></a></p>
Units of Measurement<p>The Java Community Process(SM) Program - communityprocess - maintenance review 2 of <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/JSR385" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JSR385</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/JCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JCP</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Java</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/UnitsofMeasurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitsofMeasurement</span></a> <a href="https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/maintenance/jsr385/index2.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jcp.org/aboutJava/communitypro</span><span class="invisible">cess/maintenance/jsr385/index2.html</span></a></p>
PSiReN-X<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://vmst.io/@selzero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>selzero</span></a></span> </p><p>I will <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AlsoAlsoAdd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlsoAlsoAdd</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/TheFormerUnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheFormerUnitedKingdom</span></a> has its own <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/System" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>System</span></a> of <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Measurements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measurements</span></a> including (but not limited to): </p><p>• <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/DoubleDeckerBuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleDeckerBuses</span></a> (Height)<br>• <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/OlympicSwimmingPools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OlympicSwimmingPools</span></a> / <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/FootballPitches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FootballPitches</span></a> (Length)<br>• <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> / <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a> (Geographic Landmass / Area)<br>• <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Heffalumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heffalumps</span></a> (Weight) </p><p>These are <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NonStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonStandard</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/UnitsOfMeasurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitsOfMeasurement</span></a>; we can <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/BlameBrexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlameBrexit</span></a> if you <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Like" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Like</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> won't <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AffectTheOutcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffectTheOutcome</span></a>... </p><p>🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | ☕️🍪🍫🦄🍫🍪☕</p>
Ruth Mottram<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@coprolite9000" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>coprolite9000</span></a></span> well given each country defines it's own unit of alcohol, perhaps we could all choose out own name so that there's less confusion. <br>The French van have the Cliquot but I think the Danish should be a Jacobsen (after the founder of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Carlsberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Carlsberg</span></a> who was also a noted philanthropist and gave the world stabilised <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/yeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yeast</span></a> to make consistent <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Beer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beer</span></a>), </p><p>en genstand = en Jacobsen...</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MastodonDK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonDK</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DKMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DKMastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/unitsOfMeasurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitsOfMeasurement</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/UnitsOfAlcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitsOfAlcohol</span></a></p>
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦<p>In the 70's, we learned both the Imperial and Metric Systems of Measurement and consequently are unfamiliar with either system. </p><p>"The battle of the standards: why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system"</p><p>Metric units have conquered the globe, but in the US and the UK, their presence has become part of a culture war between ‘traditional’ and ‘progressive’ values.</p><p>by @jjvincent@twitter.com </p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23507199/us-uk-anti-metric-sentiment-beyond-measure-james-vincent-excerpt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/2023/1/16/2350719</span><span class="invisible">9/us-uk-anti-metric-sentiment-beyond-measure-james-vincent-excerpt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoMetric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoMetric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SellingEnglandByThePound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SellingEnglandByThePound</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MatterOfInches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatterOfInches</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitsOfMeasurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitsOfMeasurement</span></a></p>