King to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-25 months agoTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1255file-text
arrow-up1255external-linkTIL about Swatch Internet Time, a decimal time system that has no time zones.en.wikipedia.orgKing to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-25 months agomessage-square122fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@onion@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoWhat sort of cursed units do you use that have dates in them
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoDates? Swatch replaces seconds, minutes, and hours with .beats. Metres per second (used in scientific contexts), minutes per kilometre (used by runners), and kilometres per hour (used in most other contexts) would all be unusable under Swatch time.
minus-square@onion@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoIf we were using beats, it would be meters per .beat I guess. Many physical constants would be different numbers but that’s about it
minus-square@bdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-25 months ago(measure) per (new measure of time) It would be very inconvenient at first, but it doesn’t change the math.
What sort of cursed units do you use that have dates in them
Dates? Swatch replaces seconds, minutes, and hours with .beats. Metres per second (used in scientific contexts), minutes per kilometre (used by runners), and kilometres per hour (used in most other contexts) would all be unusable under Swatch time.
If we were using beats, it would be meters per .beat I guess. Many physical constants would be different numbers but that’s about it
(measure) per (new measure of time)
It would be very inconvenient at first, but it doesn’t change the math.