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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•24 hours agoUnless you’re converting seconds to minutes, hours, days, years, etc. Then you get things like watt hours. Or light years.
minus-square@splooshlinkEnglish2•20 hours agoThe Hives were right, we need to convert to the metric system for time.
minus-square@HuginlinkEnglish2•21 hours agoFun trivia. It’s called a second because it’s the second division of an hour after minutes. You can keep going with thirds and fourths for sub second time.
Unless you’re converting seconds to minutes, hours, days, years, etc.
Then you get things like watt hours. Or light years.
Which is why neither are SI-units
The Hives were right, we need to convert to the metric system for time.
Fun trivia. It’s called a second because it’s the second division of an hour after minutes. You can keep going with thirds and fourths for sub second time.