Petersson@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoHow long is a meter? (Only weird answers/definitions allowed)message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow long is a meter? (Only weird answers/definitions allowed)Petersson@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square119fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoLike what the other person said, you don’t know the extent of your error until you have a more accurate measuring technique. And you don’t just redefine an already-established unit. 😅 Rather, all the things that depend on the meter will be fucked up instead.
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoBut it would be wrong by only 1% and it would make the speed of light so much more easy to use and remember
Like what the other person said, you don’t know the extent of your error until you have a more accurate measuring technique.
And you don’t just redefine an already-established unit. 😅 Rather, all the things that depend on the meter will be fucked up instead.
But it would be wrong by only 1% and it would make the speed of light so much more easy to use and remember