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@cjd

nautical miles are not SI metric unit, they are internationally used but not metric.That nsaid I would agree that its somewhat common to use nautical miles at sea internationally, which is more to the point than if its metric or not.

@mithrandir

@icedquinn rightfully deserved

I swore I'd never buy another thing on kickstarter again after getting screwed over the last time.... well I just caved.. lets hope I dont get cheated again.

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@Pat

Good example.. and now thank you for that nightmare.. imagine getting shot dead and feeling the bullet and your life drain moments **before** hearing the gunshot. You would think you were just hallucinating due to the fact that your dying when in reality its just science, but would still be creepy.

@Faket

@cjd

if we are talking about volume vs weight measurements then I agree, they have their uses depending on what your doing.

Though for baking soda youd still want weight like any other solid powders because it prevents the need for sifting. You just would want to use a separate vessel for measuring.

But as a general principle i agree with volume vs weight.

But when we are talking about the base units themselves, metric vs imperial... I still haven't heard a single situation where imperial serves an advantage over metric, yet there are several advantages of metric.

@mithrandir

@cjd

well you might not be able to measure **everything** direct into the mixing bowl. But the point is there is rhyme to the reason.

@mithrandir

@lupyuen roadside chicken has got to be all bones!

@cjd

There is actually very good reason for that.. volume lacks consistency if we talk about powders and solids.. 1 cup of flour can range in actual mass considerably if you pack the flour tightly into the measuring cup, vs loose.

Strictly speaking in american cooking when you measure the volume of flower your suppose to use a sifter which is quite messy as most of it misses the measuring cup and needs to be put back into the bag. If you measure it by just scooping it you get the wrong quantity (but close enough most people dont care)...

When you use weight none of that is an issue as the weight represents the same quantity whether its packed or not. For this reason the french tend to use weight because

1) with solids/powders it avoids extra steps and mess

2) with liquids its directly equivelent to volume and thus interchangable, if you dont care about a few decimal points percision (1 ml of water is 1 gram of water exactly by definition).. oil has a different density so doesnt work there, but is it really anymore difficult to weight it at that point?

3) its cleaner, if you use a single measuring cup for everything you have to clean it between uses or else things get into your food from earlier measurements. When its by weight you can weight it directly in the mixing bowl your using so no need t mess up an extra piece of glassware.

@mithrandir

@lupyuen Lovely, I'll let you know when I try it.. like i said, going to have to get to singapore and other asian countries and try the real deal though :) According to wikipedia the "true" stuff is made with a special breed of chicken, I can admire that level of detail in a food.

@cjd

Actually we tend to be even moving towards metric volume.. when was the last time you saw a gallon of pepsi :)

@mithrandir

@mithrandir

If youa re in the USA its pretty trivial to live your whole life using the imperial system, as long as you dont do any hard science.

Outside the USA however youll have a hard time using the imperial system for anything, aside from a few remote exceptions.

My issue has less to do with how common it is (though that is part of it) and more to do with the fact that metric is just a superior system in terms of simplicity and intuitiveness. Only place I'd say metric and imperial doesnt really have too much of an advantage either way would be temperatures.

@cjd

FYI you can easily hack a 15$ spark cap lighter off amazon and turn it into a a high voltage power supply. Im easily getting a 1cm spark gap off this. They are AC so could easily hook it as a first stage to a tesla coil id imagine.

@cjd

makes sense.

@mithrandir

@cjd

Thats weird, in most of the world other than the USA torque wrenches are indeed in newton meters. You can see one attached.

@mithrandir

@lupyuen We do have vietnamese resteraunts but keep in mind america for whatever reason bastardizes ansy sort of asian food and its really just some american thing.

What I'd need to do is go into the vietnamese market we have (where native vietnamese imigrants tend to go) and go to the resteraunt there, then I'd have to ask for the vietnamese menu (they tend to hide it) and order off that.. however it is never in english. but I can ask the waiter, I bet they would know if i describe it.

I'm sure its safe to eat i was just surprised by its raw look. On closer inspection it seems the meat is cooked its just poached (boiled?) which explains why it looks almost raw but isnt, the meat isnt pink.

either way I intent to make it a point to try it sometime soon if I can find it. I need to start traveling again soon and asian countries including singapore is on my list.

@cjd

correct, they are the exact same concepts just with different base units with metric prefixes.

By the way there is a non-standard (so while metric not part of SI metric) for newton-force and thats kilogram force. It would be the force exerted by 1 kg, and therefore more similar to the pound-force.. reason it isnt used is because it produces weird numbers (in much the same way pound-force does).. whereas newton-force sticks to units of 1 and doesnt rely on gravity so much easier to use intuitively in calculations.

@mithrandir

@lupyuen I dont really know enough about singapore food. We have a few things we claim are singapore foods in america but probably in reality has nothing to do with singapore food...

Based on the wikipedia article sounds like something id love to try.