HCl is already in your stomach, what’s the big deal of a little in the lungs?!?

In the end, it doesn’t even matter

Is this “Um ackchyually” bait? 😅

The Commonwealth isn’t the countries with the British Monarch as head of state.

But yeah, the British Monarch is the head of state in Australia. Annoyingly

Yeah, if we can’t even manage to enshrine a bloody advisory body to parliament with no powers into the constitution, then good luck getting a republic with the conservative media grip over this country.

I’m actually astonished how left-leaning we are in general, given the situation. But yeah, the Voice to Parliament referendum gives me very little hope in people voting to become a republic.

Legal layman here, why is it I keep hearing of American companies suing regulators? I can’t recall that ever being the case in Australia, unless they’re claiming some law/regulation is unconstitutional or something.

Am I just ill informed? Seems weird.

Regulator is empowered by the law, law is made by legislators, unless it’s against the constitution of your country, surely the answer to any of these cases is: tough shit, company? No? How do they sue a regulator for regulating? Seems weird.

This is why I enjoy coming on Lemmy, it’s at the right size where I feel like I’m watching the same TV show with some friends and we’re cracking jokes linking back to the previous episode haha

I would be willing to bet there are more people in the US using Kelvin in their jobs than Rankine.

Lb-mole? That one I’m not sure.

To me, these wanna-be scientific units are weird, like, just use metric at that point 😅

Also 1000th of an inch. Like, come on! You’re just teasing us

Hecking trolls these days! Back in my day they were just looking for rage on the internet, now they’re trying to influence people not to vote.

Then you are willfully ignoring the powers that your government has.

You’re not wrong to say it’s all being influenced to the point of almost total control by the people with the money, but it’s not correct to say that both parties are equivalent and will pursue the same policies. Or that voting makes no difference.

It absolutely does matter, and you’re either being disingenuous, or getting high on some copium.

Please go vote, Jesus

How is this not a warrantless search?

I also really dislike this. Making simple noises is the kind of baby talk I can get behind. And then just using fewer words, simple words you want them to learn first. This and talking in higher pitched voices. I’m cool with all that baby talk.

But the latter feels like how parents with “fur babies” (who describe themselves as such) talk to their pets, and drives me up the wall.

Yes, and also it’s still the case not voting for the candidate you prefer (not like, prefer) over the other, makes it more likely for the other to win.

The voting system is super-duper flawed, but you don’t win by not playing.

Wait, this is real? I just assumed it was fake because the thought of Trump actually doing any work whatsoever seems strange.

He didn’t actually serve anyone right? It was just a photo shoot, right?

Maybe the movement should stop pushing for a number and just say you want a regulator who just increases minimum wage by inflation every year, as well as setting absolute minimum federal minimum wage up to a level where you can actually live.

But without asking for legislation that gives a regulator the authority to set minimum wages, even if you get $25/hr, you’ll just have to get the movement going again ever few years.

This is not a novel idea by me, it’s done all over the world.

It’s not cursed, it’s just a different way of grouping. Nothing about grouping in multiples of 10³ is a more natural grouping, were just more used to it.

And I’m pointing out how metric prefixes are actually euro-centric, and that’s annoying for them. But there’s nothing fundamentally worse about breaking digits in groups of 4, rather than 3

1,000,000,000,000 = 1,0000,0000,0000 (10¹²) [Meme of black and white muscular arms embracing.]

Look up the indian system, now that’s actually cursed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system

Absolutely, mm > cm all the way. Other than you putting s at the end of mm, we don’t take the Lord’s (metric) name in vain around here.

I do feel kind of sorry for East Asia though, since their languages seperate at intervals of 10⁴, rather than 10³. The giga and mega prefixes just make no sense there. 1 GW = 10,0000,0000 W and 1 MW = 100,0000.

Language strikes again

Not sure, but perhaps they would prefer a prefix of 10^-4 rather than mm (10^-3).

Stay strong friend 🫡, and don’t you let them take your numerals from you

1.852 all the way in every single context. I will die on this hill haha

You do you, but this is a big no-no from my point of view.

For example separating the prefix m from mm would be rather confusing, and look like another unit.

You can, however, put 10^x wherever you like 👍

Can I ask why, though? I’m also an engineer and I just never spell it out, if I can avoid it (so far, luckily, haven’t had push back since I’m on delivery and not proposals or anything like that.)

To me, it’s just more annoying to read it as words, and no matter what you do, mistakes can still happen, including when it’s spelled out.

Just my 2 cents.