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[–] DampSquid@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

1 trillion grams per second

There must be a better way to say this

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I assume you mean one octillion of femtograms?

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess one billion kilograms doesn't sound as cool?

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

one billion kilograms has the same problem - it is ambiguous, because you have to guess whether you are using short or long scale.

you could say million tonnes, but ton is not SI unit and is again ambiguous, because there is many different tonnes.

correct presentation that isn't open to interpretation is 1 x 10^9^ kilograms.

I mean, if it is spelled tonne then it is the metric unit of 1000 kilograms. Metric is also not necessarily synonymous with SI units. Celsius is another example of that.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

1 megatonne

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

I must be broken. I read teddygram after reading it correctly twice. Huh

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Source for this article, which includes the preprint, why don't they include these in articles anymore, dammit.