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They're not worth it! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] datelmd5sum 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except for some reason you didn't come up with your own units for:

electric potential difference
electric charge
electric current
resistance
capacitance
inductance
magnetic flux
amount of substance
radioactivity
...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is adapting a standard instead of making your own something negative?

[–] datelmd5sum 2 points 1 year ago

It's not compatible with their other units. E.g. 1 tesla = 1 Ns/Cm, but imperial uses poundfeet instead of newtons and feet instead of meters. Dimensional analysis with incompatible units is folly.