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minus-squareWandering_Uncertainty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoThat is an excellent point. Yeah, PSI would totally read as pounds times square inches which would be something else entirely. Adding in the extra P would fix it, too. PPSI. Suppose it’s another thing that people just have to get used to, haha.
minus-squarewieson@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI would even say, it reads as pounds times seconds times inch Or pikoseconds times inch Or pikoseconds times square root of -1 but now I’m being silly Well, I don’t have to get used to it, but some people seam to handle it well.
That is an excellent point. Yeah, PSI would totally read as pounds times square inches which would be something else entirely. Adding in the extra P would fix it, too. PPSI. Suppose it’s another thing that people just have to get used to, haha.
I would even say, it reads as pounds times seconds times inch
Or pikoseconds times inch
Or pikoseconds times square root of -1 but now I’m being silly
Well, I don’t have to get used to it, but some people seam to handle it well.