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Obligatory xkcd: xkcd: Space Launch System 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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AWS lambdas can now run for 15 minutes (previously maxed out at 5 mins), so there's that. 
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Reminds me of how we are closer in time to Tyrannosaurus rex than Tyrannosaurus rex was to Stegosaurus.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Herself has just talked herself into Kebab and Beer Night one night this week!
I was remarkably difficult to persuade into this, I have to say. I must have resisted and argued for ... ooo ... no, I didn't. Not even slightly.
Sometimes, even though you know it's evil; it's bad for you; it's fat, and salt, and gawd knows what meat; the food equivelant of VB; you just gotta have one ... and it's been so long. YES!
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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What you have to add into the equation is that beer is very good fro the digestion, and helps "streamline" the process.
Therefore, the kebab doesn't hang around long enough to become a problem.
You can't argue with the laws of nature.
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Kebab + Beer = Heaven!
You really are drinking for "evil" now 
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Just avoid a Kebab sober, tried one stone cold sober. Never again...
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Depends where you get it from! A good one works sober (and is easier to eat than when drunk).
Lamb shish, chicken shish, kofte shish, and lamb doner with pitta, coleslaw, and seriously hot chilli sauce. Yum!
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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Lamb donner pitta, Greasy locally... 
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Anyone with an ounce of common sense knew this was coming!
xkcd: Kilogram[^]
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That started me down the rabbit hole.
So, will the Kilogram actually weigh a different value in relation to the pound then?
Not much info out there and I'm totally confused. I had committed to memory that there are about 2.2 lbs in 1 kilo so I guess that will be wasted memory space. 
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raddevus wrote: . I had committed to memory that there are about 2.2 lbs in 1 kilo
That's always been a problem with converting a country from one unit to another.
When you buy something it has a size - period. Why do you need to convert it? After all, a 750ml bottle of Single Malt Scotch is very close to a fifth (of a gallon). Why do you need to convert it all all, though? As the say, but here it actually applies "It Is What It Is". Trying to get people to memorize long list of conversions was doomed from the start.
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The imperial system is not decimal. There are 36 inches in a yard, 12 inches in a foot, 16 ounces in a pound. It's very arbitrary. Even it's creators saw it's a bad idea and switched to metric. The US is still clinching to the old for some inexplicable reason.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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It the metric system that's arbitrary. Based on ten's ? Lousy factor retinue.
The Imperial System has an an entire system of weights based on base 2 - awaiting the computer era.
16oz = 2^4 ozs
Qt = 2^5
Cup = 2^3
Gallon = 2^7
Look at all the factors a yard has!
It's time you get rid of system that's designed only for people who must count on their fingers (of French origin if I'm correct). Now THAT is arbitrary.
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Um ... and what power of two lb are there in a stone?
What about the acre? Hectare? Chain?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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OriginalGriff wrote: What about the acre? Hectare? Chain?
You've clearly proven my point about the mess you have! A hectare is metric.[^]
Those sound very "english" - Furlong time, now, they've made a mess of things (like two flavors of gallon). They also abandoned their system - but didn't finish the job. You can discuss it over a Pint.
Cricket pitch - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]
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OriginalGriff wrote: What about the acre? Hectare? Chain?
That's the trouble. A lot of our measurement units came from different invaders, and ended up all being added to the language.
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BS. When you add and subtract, do you do it in binary or hexadecimal logic or imperial? How about binary perCENTages? It's actually a problem to add 2 inches to a foot and then express it in a percentage or in decimal feet. I actually convert it to centimeters to do stuff like that.
But you don't think about these things do you.
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So Fired up - I expect to hear la marseillaise any moment now.
You have it all ass-backwards. Since most everything numeric is done directly and indirectly by computer, it is that system which we must accommodate. For the simpleton's, there once was something called BCD[^], q.v.
But using the metric values - you cannot help but have errors. Accumulating errors.
Get with the program - it's the age of the computer. Many people on this site actually have been known to use them - just ask around.
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Regular everyday business people do not calculate as computers in binary bits. Nobody does. EVerybody conducts business in the decimal system. Next time when you order carpet try to write down the measurements in bits. See how it goes.
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Urban Cricket wrote: Next time when you order carpet try to write down the measurements in bits
No need - it's all done in YARDS.
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But the numbers will be decimal.
You don't get it I give up.
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Urban Cricket wrote: I give up.
That's exact what he was trying...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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You would expect a software developer to possess an IQ higher than his age ...
When you tell someone to write the weight of their sandwich in binary and he responds:
No I will write it in ounces!
Every follow up conversation becomes meaningless.
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754-2008 - IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic - IEEE Standard
Quote: Abstract:
This standard specifies interchange and arithmetic formats and methods for binary and decimal floating-point arithmetic in computer programming environments.
It appears that you are mistaken; many people do use the decimal system, even on computers. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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