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xkcd #3289: Highway Signs

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Highway engineers like Planck units because, like the speed of light, the energy capacity of a typical car's gas tank is 1.

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[-] Jakylla@jlai.lu 2 points 4 days ago

Love also CGS system for electrical related stuff...

Battery rated for 0.3836g^1/2^c^1/2^s^−1^, capacity 3,236,000,000,000g^1/2^c^3/2^s^−1^

this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2026
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