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Off by just a little (MCF is a thousand cubic feet) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The weird part is the AI got it right in the search I did prior to this one

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not defending ai at all or anything but why is M = 1000 in this case, when K is usually 1000?

Like I would assume 1KCF would be 1000CF and 1MCF would be 1,000,000CF

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The Roman numeral M=1,000. Greek kilo (K)=1,000. The only plausible explanation is the local sewer district is run by Romans.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Afterall, they're called aquaducts, not hydroducts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Oh actually is it just simply imperial vs metric?