• rbos@lemmy.ca
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    20 days ago

    You really recognize these weirdly precise numbers in packaging.

    355ml. 454g. 25.4mm.

    Yeah, suuuuure your chocolate bar is precise to 3 sig figs…

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      19 days ago

      12 fl oz, 1 pound, 1 inch for us Americans or those curious about the imperial system.

      Also, are you buying a pound of chocolate?

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        17 days ago

        Sometimes!

        But yeah, no, chocolate bars are usually 50-60g. Which is also a thing, because they used to be 72g. I remember that number specifically because that’s two of your “ounces”, except on a second Tuesday during the ides of march when an ounce is like 85 grams. But only for red things. There’s a whole separate system for blue things.