Imperial vs Metric System
@obfuscatedgeek Well, it's "kind of" true: 1g of hydrogen has ~1.008 moles of atoms
@val @obfuscatedgeek yeah I'd like to know the source to give proper credit, I'll try reverse image search
measuring this via Imperial measurements, I can confirm this is correct
the only certain thing about Imperial measurements is that they are uncertain
@obfuscatedgeek “In metric, one milliliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade—which is 1 percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighing the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it. …
@obfuscatedgeek …Whereas in the American system, the answer to ‘How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?’ is ‘Go fuck yourself,’ because you can’t directly relate any of those quantities.” Josh Bazell, Wild Thing (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8417995-in-metric-one-milliliter-of-water-occupies-one-cubic-centimeter)
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The American system is usually 'Go fuck yourself', whether measuring anything or otherwise.
Especially here in the Boston area.
@obfuscatedgeek To be fair, if the question isn't about water, the answer is the same in both systems^^
«En mètres, un millimètre d’eau occupe un centimètre cube, pèse un gramme, et nécessite une calorie pour le réchauffer d’un degré centigrade [NdlT: quasi pareil qu’un degré Celsius] — qui est 1 pourcent de la différence entre sa température de congélation et sa température d’ébullition. Une quantité d’hydrogène pesant le même poids contient exactement une mole d’atome.
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Tandis que dans le système américain, la réponse à la question «Quelle quantité d’énergie faut-il pour mettre en ébullition un gallon d’eau à température ambiante?» est «Va te faire foutre», car tu ne peux pas relier directement ces quantités.»
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@obfuscatedgeek How old is this? The sentence about hydrogen isn't true anymore.