small44@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoScientists are hoping to redefine the second – here's whytheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
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minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoCan’t wait for decimal time with 100,000 seconds/day /s
minus-squareTheUnicornOfPerfidy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoI actually quite like this idea. Or we could start using number base 12 instead of 10 everywhere else.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 months agoThis would outdate centuries of equipment and scientific publications in the metric system. A better idea is the International Fixed Calendar:
minus-squareOmniraptor@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoIt’ll likely happen once we move to living mostly in space (if we survive that long ofc)
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWith a full switch to metric, hopefully. We’ve lost a Mars probe to unit confusion already.
Can’t wait for decimal time with 100,000 seconds/day /s
I actually quite like this idea. Or we could start using number base 12 instead of 10 everywhere else.
This would outdate centuries of equipment and scientific publications in the metric system.
A better idea is the International Fixed Calendar:
It’ll likely happen once we move to living mostly in space (if we survive that long ofc)
With a full switch to metric, hopefully. We’ve lost a Mars probe to unit confusion already.