Then there’s my favorite cursed unit: the kip! 1 kip=1000 lbs. “Kip” is short for “kilo-pounds.” It’s a unit used frequently in American civil and structural engineering. And it is so deliciously cursed.
Fun fact: the SI (international system of units) actually defines a multiplier “Ki”, but it is not a factor of 1000. A Kisomething is 1024 something. As in 1KiB = 1024B (Kilobytes resp. Bytes).
Yes, a kilobyte is 1000 bytes, a kibibyte is 1024 bytes. But almost always when talking about kilobytes, kibibytes are implied. Except when they aren’t.
Then there’s my favorite cursed unit: the kip! 1 kip=1000 lbs. “Kip” is short for “kilo-pounds.” It’s a unit used frequently in American civil and structural engineering. And it is so deliciously cursed.
It’s also about 31 slugs.
Fun fact: the SI (international system of units) actually defines a multiplier “Ki”, but it is not a factor of 1000. A Kisomething is 1024 something. As in 1KiB = 1024B (Kilobytes resp. Bytes).
Isn’t it even more convoluted than this?
Doesn’t KiB translate to Kibibytes? Because “kilo” is 1000 (powers of 10).
Kibi is 1024, the “bi” is supposed to mean “binary”, or powers of 2.
Yes, a kilobyte is 1000 bytes, a kibibyte is 1024 bytes. But almost always when talking about kilobytes, kibibytes are implied. Except when they aren’t.
Kihex?
Back in the early days of telephones at&t used kft to measure lines. Yes that is kilofoot
I think the mil/thou is pretty cursed.