sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoCanada just cut a hole in the roof of a working nuclear reactor, hauled out eight steam generators weighing 100 tons each, and lowered new ones into the same hole, bringing the reactor back online se…www.autonocion.comexternal-linkmessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down114
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minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoWhat the fuck is a US ton…
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-23 days agoIt’s what we call the things Yanks and North Koreans use to measure weight since ‘ton’ is assumed to be a metric ton for the rest of the world. (Yes, I’ve seen the Canadian weights and measures flowchart but this is still a funny jab)
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days ago What the fuck is a US ton… I dunno, like two American football fields?
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 days agoAh, so ~0.909091 furlongs if we only count the play area. 1.090909 furlongs if we count the 10 yard infields.
minus-squareHeydo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoOr 907 kg. So almost a metric ton, which is 1,000 kg (or 1.000 kg for some). This shit isn’t at all confusing /s
minus-squareRailcar8095@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThat was more surprising to me than the actual article.
What the fuck is a US ton…
It’s what we call the things Yanks and North Koreans use to measure weight since ‘ton’ is assumed to be a metric ton for the rest of the world.
(Yes, I’ve seen the Canadian weights and measures flowchart but this is still a funny jab)
2000 lbs
I dunno, like two American football fields?
Ah, so ~0.909091 furlongs if we only count the play area. 1.090909 furlongs if we count the 10 yard infields.
2000 lb
Or 907 kg. So almost a metric ton, which is 1,000 kg (or 1.000 kg for some).
This shit isn’t at all confusing /s
That was more surprising to me than the actual article.