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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoUnless you’re converting seconds to minutes, hours, days, years, etc. Then you get things like watt hours. Or light years.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoFun trivia. It’s called a second because it’s the second division of an hour after minutes. You can keep going with thirds and fourths for sub second time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoThe Hives were right, we need to convert to the metric system for time.
Unless you’re converting seconds to minutes, hours, days, years, etc.
Then you get things like watt hours. Or light years.
Fun trivia. It’s called a second because it’s the second division of an hour after minutes. You can keep going with thirds and fourths for sub second time.
Which is why neither are SI-units
The Hives were right, we need to convert to the metric system for time.